Category: safety

  • ‘Transgender’ Baptisms? Sorting Out the Vatican’s Recent Statement

    ‘Transgender’ Baptisms? Sorting Out the Vatican’s Recent Statement

    Rating: Transphobic, National Catholic Register, November 14, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary ‘Transgender’ Baptisms? Sorting Out the Vatican’s Recent Statement| National Catholic Register If you’ve been watching the news, you were likely surprised to see clickbait headlines from mainstream outlets like The Washington Post proclaiming: “Vatican says transgender people…

  • Why was a transgender Texas boy removed from a lead role in the school musical ‘Oklahoma’?

    Why was a transgender Texas boy removed from a lead role in the school musical ‘Oklahoma’?

    Rating: Transsupportive, Dallas Morning News, November 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Why was a transgender Texas boy removed from a lead role in the school musical ‘Oklahoma’? Max Hightower was cast in ensemble roles for theater productions throughout high school. Then, finally, his teacher offered him one of…

  • Equaldex: Explore the progress of LGBTQ+ rights across the world

    Equaldex: Explore the progress of LGBTQ+ rights across the world

    Rating: Transsupportive, Equaldex, November 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Explore the progress of LGBTQ+ rights across the world.

  • Anti-trans prison housing bill raises alarms

    Anti-trans prison housing bill raises alarms

    Rating: Transsupportive, The Capital Times, November 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Anti-trans prison housing bill raises alarms Rylee Jenich spent 10 years incarcerated in various Wisconsin men’s prisons. For the last six of those years, Jenich — a trans-feminine person who uses they/them pronouns — publicly identified as…

  • As transgender health care draws patients to New Mexico, waitlists grow

    As transgender health care draws patients to New Mexico, waitlists grow

    Rating: Transsupportive, CBS News, October 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary As transgender health care draws patients to New Mexico, waitlists grow ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — This summer, Sophia Machado packed her bags and left her home in Oregon to move to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where her sister lived and…

  • How did testosterone become so criminalized? The ’90s Olympic bribery scandal that started it all.

    How did testosterone become so criminalized? The ’90s Olympic bribery scandal that started it all.

    Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary How did testosterone become so criminalized? The ’90s Olympic bribery scandal that started it all. Throughout the late 80s, 90s, and early 2000s, Americans became obsessed with anabolic steroid doping – i.e., hormonally altering one’s body to win…

  • Welsh government plans to redefine women to include transgender females

    Rating: Transneutral, The Telegraph, October 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Welsh government plans to redefine women to include transgender females The Welsh government is to redefine women to include transgender females under planned new laws. The proposal was revealed on Sunday in a leaked draft of its Gender…

  • Merchant Marine transgender policy allows service exemptions

    Merchant Marine transgender policy allows service exemptions

    Rating: Transphobic, New York Post , October 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Merchant Marine transgender policy allows service exemptions WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) wants answers from the Merchant Marine Academy after the Long Island institution implemented a new policy allowing midshipmen undergoing gender transitions to seek…

  • Dozens of mourners gather to honor A’nee Roberson, a Black trans woman killed in D.C.

    Dozens of mourners gather to honor A’nee Roberson, a Black trans woman killed in D.C.

    Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Dozens of mourners gather to honor A’nee Roberson, a Black trans woman killed in D.C. On Wednesday, nearly 100 mourners gathered for a vigil in Washington, D.C. to honor A’nee Roberson, a 30-year-old Black trans woman…

  • Maine Mass Shooter Liked Anti-Trans Posts Online

    Maine Mass Shooter Liked Anti-Trans Posts Online

    Rating: Transneutral, Advocate.com, October 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Maine Mass Shooter Liked Anti-Trans Posts Online The suspect in a Maine mass shooting, Robert Card, seems to have held extremist right-wing views, particularly against the transgender community, according to social media accounts appearing to be from him. The…