Category: organizations
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Mapping the transphobia/far-right Twitter nexus
The convergence between “gender critical” anti-trans activists and the far right is becoming increasingly apparent. Posie Parker’s Let Women Speak rallies are attended by anti-abortion campaigners and Sieg Heil-ing Nazis. The LGB Alliance have found a new home at 55 Tufton Street alongside neoliberal and climate-misinformation think tanks. And fascist group Patriotic Alternative (PA) have been leading anti-drag protests. Rating: Transsupportive, Medium, May 23,…
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NAACP Warns Against Travel To Florida Over Ron DeSantis’ ‘Openly Hostile’ Politics
The Republican governor and potential 2024 candidate is accused of attempting to erase Black history and restrict diversity, equity and inclusion. Huffington Post, May 21, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Many transgender health bills came from a handful of far-right interest groups, AP finds
Aaron and Lacey Jennen’s roots in Arkansas run deep. They’ve spent their entire lives there, attended the flagship state university, and are raising a family. So they’re heartbroken at the prospect of perhaps having to move to one of an ever-dwindling number of states where gender-affirming health care for their transgender teenage daughter, Sabrina, is…
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There Is No Place for Anti-Trans Agendas in the UN
We express grave concerns over the series of harmful statements made and actions taken by the current UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem. To our dismay, the Special Rapporteur has persistently advocated for additional obstacles and conditions to legal gender recognition that undermine the rights protections of…
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What states are restricting transgender health care
Politicians in red states are placing new limits on gender-affirming care for transgender people, creating a patchwork of sanctions on health providers who offer such services and limits on access. Rating: Transsupportive, Axios, May 17, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Trans journalist Erin Reed on fighting anti-LGBTQ+ hate and working at the coalface of transphobia
Independent journalist Erin Reed might be one of the busiest legislative trackers of the year. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, May 9, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Twitter quietly removes policy against deadnaming transgender people
Twitter has quietly removed a policy against the “targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals,” raising concerns that the Elon Musk-owned platform is becoming less safe for marginalized groups. Rating: Transsupportive, Associated Press via PBS, April 18, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Channel 4 sparks backlash over Gender Wars doc with anti-trans Kathleen Stock: ‘No way can this be good’
Channel 4 has announced a number of new programmes set to air in spring 2023, including a documentary Gender Wars, which focuses on trans-exclusionary professor Kathleen Stock. Pink News, April 18, 2023 (PDF archive)