Category: school

  • Annette Bening warns anti-trans lawmakers: “You do not want to make this momma mad”

    Annette Bening warns anti-trans lawmakers: “You do not want to make this momma mad”

    Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Annette Bening warns anti-trans lawmakers: “You do not want to make this momma mad” Over the weekend, Annette Bening received GLSEN’s Advocate Award at the LGBTQ+ organization’s annual Rise Up L.A. benefit. The four-time Oscar nominee lived up…

  • ADL Drops Libs of TikTok From Extremism List After Threats

    ADL Drops Libs of TikTok From Extremism List After Threats

    Rating: Transneutral, Advocate, October 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary ADL Drops Libs of TikTok From Extremism List After Threats The Anti-Defamation League has temporarily removed Chaya Raichik and her anti-LGBTQ+ Libs of TikTok account from its “Glossary of Extremism.” The Friday decision came after Raichik’s demand to expunge…

  • San Jose Officials Take Stand Against Lgbtq Hate

    Rating: Transsupportive, San Francisco Chronicle, October 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary San Jose Officials Take Stand Against Lgbtq Hate Oct 30, 2023 By Lorraine Gabbert San Jose Spotlight A resolution to support San Jose’s LGBTQ+ community sparked an emotional outcry from residents and politicians. The San Jose City…

  • 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…

  • Che Flores becomes first out trans non-binary referee in NBA

    Che Flores becomes first out trans non-binary referee in NBA

    Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, October 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Che Flores becomes first out trans non-binary referee in NBA An NBA referee has made history as the first publicly out trans non-binary referee in professional sports in the United States.  Che Flores, a second-year staff referee for the…

  • Court blocks Idaho’s deeply transphobic student bathroom bill

    Court blocks Idaho’s deeply transphobic student bathroom bill

    Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Court blocks Idaho’s deeply transphobic student bathroom bill Idaho’s bathroom ban for transgender students has been temporarily blocked by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The law, SB1100, banned trans kids from using school facilities that align with…

  • Alabama lawmaker & Moms for Liberty want to expand “Don’t Say Gay” law to all grades

    Alabama lawmaker & Moms for Liberty want to expand “Don’t Say Gay” law to all grades

    Rating: Transneutral, LGBTQ Nation, October 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Alabama lawmaker & Moms for Liberty want to expand “Don’t Say Gay” law to all grades Five-year-olds in the state are watching sexually explicit X-rated movies in school libraries, according to Republican state Rep. Mack Butler of Alabama.…

  • Florida school removed Bible from shelves over “sexually explicit content”

    Florida school removed Bible from shelves over “sexually explicit content”

    Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Florida school removed Bible from shelves over “sexually explicit content” The Bible has returned to school shelves in one Florida district after it was briefly removed after being challenged last week under a recent state law. Volusia County…

  • 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…

  • Missouri School District Hears Policy On Hoax

    Missouri School District Hears Policy On Hoax “Litter Boxes” And Trans Bathroom Bans

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, October 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Missouri School District Hears Policy On Hoax “Litter Boxes” And Trans Bathroom Bans Francis Howell School District in Missouri, one of the state’s largest, recently held a hearing regarding a new policy aimed at transgender students…