Category: sex

  • Florida ‘Effectively’ Bans AP Psychology Course Over Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Content

    The College Board announced it was refusing to change the content of its psychology course for the state’s Department of Education. Rating: Transneutral, Huffington Post, August 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Florida ‘Effectively’ Bans AP Psychology Course Over Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Content The College Board announced it was refusing…

  • Transgender school bathroom case left for Supreme Court to decide

    Rating: Transsupportive, IndyStar, August 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Content Summary Transgender school bathroom case left for Supreme Court to decide A federal court has upheld that three transgender students at two Indiana schools must have access to the bathrooms and locker rooms for their expressed gender identities.  The Seventh…

  • Florida veered from norms to strip transgender care from Medicaid, records show

    Florida veered from norms to strip transgender care from Medicaid, records show

    Rating: Transsupportive, Tampa Bay Times, August 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Florida veered from norms to strip transgender care from Medicaid, records show Days before a state agency began researching whether transgender medical care for Floridians should be covered by Medicaid, officials started lining up experts known for…

  • Oklahoma governor signs order targeting transgender rights

    Oklahoma governor signs order targeting transgender rights

    Rating: Transneutral, The Hill, August 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Oklahoma governor signs order targeting transgender rights Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed an executive order Tuesday directing state agencies to adopt narrow definitions of “male” and “female” in a move that will roll back legal protections for transgender people in the…

  • Transgender rights targeted in executive order signed by Oklahoma governor

    Transgender rights targeted in executive order signed by Oklahoma governor

    Rating: Trans supportive neutral phobic, NBC News, August 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Transgender rights targeted in executive order signed by Oklahoma governor The order requires state agencies and boards to define the words “female” and “male” to correspond with a person’s sex assigned at birth. OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma…

  • The Transgender Movement’s House of Cards Is Falling

    The Transgender Movement’s House of Cards Is Falling

    Rating: Transphobic, Public Discourse, August 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary The Transgender Movement’s House of Cards Is Falling This week, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is holding its annual leadership conference at its headquarters in Itasca, Illinois. One issue that won’t be on the agenda but will be on the minds of many members is how to treat gender…

  • Russia’s Law Targeting Transgender People Sows Fear for L.G.B.T. Russians

    Russia’s Law Targeting Transgender People Sows Fear for L.G.B.T. Russians

    Rating: Trans supportive neutral phobic, New York Times, August 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Russia’s Law Targeting Transgender People Sows Fear for L.G.B.T. Russians A new law underscores how Vladimir V. Putin is increasingly using the war in Ukraine as justification for greater restrictions on L.G.B.T.Q. life, portraying it as a consequence…

  • Many new bans on medical care for transgender children are being challenged in courts

    Rating: Transneutral, NPR, July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Audio archive) Content Summary Many new bans on medical care for transgender children are being challenged in courts : NPRMany new bans on medical care for transgender children are being challenged in courts  NPR Many new bans on medical care for transgender children are being challenged…

  • Trans men entering Miss Italy in protest demand apology amid ‘continuous transphobia’ across country

    Trans men entering Miss Italy in protest demand apology amid ‘continuous transphobia’ across country

    A group of trans men, who have entered the Miss Italy contest to protest its ban on trans women, say they want to “blow away the sand castle of biology [organisers have] been hanging on to”. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Trans men entering Miss Italy in protest…

  • Lawsuit over Kansas IDs would be a ‘morass’ if transgender people intervene, attorney general says

    Lawsuit over Kansas IDs would be a ‘morass’ if transgender people intervene, attorney general says

    Rating: Transneutral, ABC News, July 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Lawsuit over Kansas IDs would be a ‘morass’ if transgender people intervene, attorney general says TOPEKA, Kan. — Allowing transgender Kansas residents to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to force the state to list the sex they were assigned at birth…