Category: heroes
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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…
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Becky Hormuth: Gender Hero
Parent of a transgender child who, at a Francis Howell school board hearing in the U.S. state of Missouri, stated emphatically, “If this policy passes, my family has no choice but to seek further legal action against the Francis Howell board of education, because inclusivity is not only a moral imperative, it is also a…
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Amy Easterling: Gender Hero
An advocate from Francis Howell Forward, an organization in the U.S. state of Missouri, who vocally criticized a transphobic Francis Howell school board policy, stating, “The first read of policy 2116 puts our transgender and gender non-conforming students in the crosshairs of a manufactured culture warm” and then chastised the board for succumbing to the…
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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…
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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…
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Largest School District In Vermont Unanimously Codifies Trans Rights For Students
Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, October 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Largest School District In Vermont Unanimously Codifies Trans Rights For Students Transgender students have faced an array of threats in recent years. Several states have barred them from sports, restricted their bathroom access, banned books about…
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Trans sex worker & ACLU sue Tennessee over HIV criminalization law
Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Trans sex worker & ACLU sue Tennessee over HIV criminalization law The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Transgender Law Center have filed a federal lawsuit against a Tennessee law that requires HIV-positive sex workers to register…
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Champlain Valley School District: Gender Hero
U.S. state of Vermont school district that voted unanimously to pass a policy with the greatest protections for transgender and non-binary students in the state.
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Melissa Ratcliff: Gender Hero
Democratic representative in the state legislature of the U.S. state of Wisconsin who has a transgender kid and disputed Republican debate on three anti-transgender bills with a heartfelt speech stating, “My son is transgender… [you’re] using children as pawns in your political game. It’s sad. It’s mean. It’s bullying kids” that met with applause from…
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Wisconsin Rep Neubauer: Anti-Trans Bills “Will Not Become Law,” Veto to Come
Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, October 12, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Wisconsin Rep Neubauer: Anti-Trans Bills “Will Not Become Law,” Veto to Come On Thursday, the Wisconsin Assembly passed three bills aimed at transgender individuals in the state. Two of these bills seek to ban transgender athletes…