Category: heroes
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In a State Hostile to LGBTQ+ People, Arkansas’ First Transgender Center Is a Lifeline
Rating: Transsupportive, Them, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary In a State Hostile to LGBTQ+ People, Arkansas’ First Transgender Center Is a Lifeline One of the most impactful of these meetings took place last year, when Intransitive hosted lawyers from the ACLU in town to litigate…
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Laura Kelly: Gender Hero
Governor of state of Kansas who vetoed a legislative bathroom ban on transgender people.
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Kris Kobach gets more time on Kansas transgender driver’s license case
Rating: Transneutral, The Topeka Capital-Journal, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Kris Kobach gets more time on Kansas transgender driver’s license case The Kansas attorney general’s office now has more time to prepare its arguments over gender markers on driver’s licenses after arguing that allowing transgender people to…
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Arya Witner: Gender Hero
Transgender person seeking an at-large seat on the New Bedford City Council in the U.S. state of Rhode Island, the first transgender person to seek any elective post in that city.
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New Bedford transgender candidate focused on drug, homeless issues
Rating: Transsupportive, SouthCoastToday.com, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary New Bedford transgender candidate focused on drug, homeless issues NEW BEDFORD — For five years Arya Witner worked at the downtown New Bedford bus terminal next door to City Hall “and witnessed the worst of both.” Witner said she…
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Intransitive: Gender Hero
Transgender rights and support organization in the U.S. state of Arkansas that in 2023 opened a Transgender Community Center.
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Eric Holcomb: Gender Hero
Republican Governor of U.S. state of Indiana who vetoed HB 1041 which made it illegal for athletes assigned male at birth to participate in girls’ sports from kindergarten through high school graduation, that veto overturned by the Indiana General Assembly on May 24, 2022.
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Transgender athlete laws by state: Legislation, science, more
Rating: Transneutral, ESPN, August 24, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive) (Video 3 archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender athlete laws by state: Legislation, science, more Since 2020, 23 states have passed laws restricting transgender athletes’ ability to participate in school sports in accordance with their gender identity.…
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Andy Beshear: Gender Hero
Governor of U.S. state of Kentucky who vetoed state legislation that banned gender-affirming care for children and that banned transgender girls and women from participating in school sports matching their gender identity.
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Jon Bel Edwards: Gender Waffler
Democratic Governor of U.S. state of Louisiana who vetoed three transphobic anti-LGBT bills on June 30, 2023, but also on June 6, 2022, after previously vetoing a similar bill, declined to veto SB 44, which bans transgender women and girls from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity at all public and some…