Category: safety

  • Senator Admits

    Senator Admits “Kids Online Safety Act” Will Target Trans Content Online

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, September 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Senator Admits “Kids Online Safety Act” Will Target Trans Content Online A bill with bipartisan backing is quietly making its way through Congress, and it could pose a significant threat to LGBTQ+ content online.…

  • Some students see danger in Youngkin’s policies on transgender students

    Some students see danger in Youngkin’s policies on transgender students

    Rating: Transneutral, The Hill, September 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Some students see danger in Youngkin’s policies on transgender students FAIRFAX, Va. — When recent Fairfax High School graduate Beatrice Stotz considers Virginia’s new education policies on transgender students, she thinks about a friend of hers whose parents…

  • Texas high court allows law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect

    Texas high court allows law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect

    Rating: Transneutral, The Associated Press, August 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Texas high court allows law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court allowed a new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Friday,…

  • Texas supreme court allows ban on transgender youth care to take effect

    Texas supreme court allows ban on transgender youth care to take effect

    Rating: Transneutral, The Guardian US, August 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Texas supreme court allows ban on transgender youth care to take effect The Texas supreme court allowed a new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Friday, setting up Texas to be the…

  • Alcohol Use Among Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth

    Alcohol Use Among Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth

    Rating: Transsupportive, Psychology Today, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Alcohol Use Among Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth Alcohol Use Among Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth Drinking to cope may do more harm than good. Posted August 30, 2023 |  Reviewed by Gary Drevitch KEY POINTS Source: pexels/free use/RDNE Stock project Transgender and gender…

  • EXCLUSIVE: Meet the director of Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health Exclusive interview: Director of Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health

    EXCLUSIVE: Meet the director of Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health Exclusive interview: Director of Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health

    Rating: Transsupportive, Washington Blade, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary EXCLUSIVE: Meet the director of Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health Exclusive interview: Director of Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health The topic of gender affirming healthcare has never attracted more attention or scrutiny, presenting challenges…

  • Cuba: Set Trans Activist Brenda Díaz Free!

    Cuba: Set Trans Activist Brenda Díaz Free!

    Brenda Díaz, a Cuban trans activist, was detained and sentenced to 14 years in a men’s prison after joining a peaceful protest. We ask the government for her just treatment and immediate release. Rating: Transsupportive, AllOut, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations SIGN NOW Content Summary CUBA: SET TRANS ACTIVIST…

  • Transgender activist Makyyla Holland wins settlement against Broome County Jail

    Transgender activist Makyyla Holland wins settlement against Broome County Jail

    Rating: Transsupportive, Binghamton University Pipe Dream, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender activist Makyyla Holland wins settlement against … Alleging widespread discrimination and abuse during her incarceration, Makyyla Holland’s settlement includes a county policy to protect LGBTI individuals. Makyyla Holland, a transgender woman, experienced violence and discrimination…

  • Excluded: Denver’s unhoused transgender population faces barriers to housing, added violence

    Excluded: Denver’s unhoused transgender population faces barriers to housing, added violence

    Rating: Transsupportive, Rocky Mountain PBS, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Excluded: Denver’s unhoused transgender population faces barriers to housing, added violence DENVER — Ana Miller wonders when she can stop living in fear.  As a transgender woman who is often between housing and homelessness, each morning…

  • New Poll Shows Massive Backlash To Anti-LGBTQ School Policies

    New Poll Shows Massive Backlash To Anti-LGBTQ School Policies

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary New Poll Shows Massive Backlash To Anti-LGBTQ School Policies   Over the past two years, over a dozen states—all under Republican governance—have enacted policies that forcibly disclose the gender identities of transgender youth to…