Category: Advocate

  • After Election Loss, Central Bucks School Board Passes Trans Sports Ban, Gives Superintendent 0K

    After Election Loss, Central Bucks School Board Passes Trans Sports Ban, Gives Superintendent $700K

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, November 16, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary After Election Loss, Central Bucks School Board Passes Trans Sports Ban, Gives Superintendent $700K Parents were outraged as the final school board meeting of the outgoing school board was called to order in Central…

  • GenderMenace.net Media Rankings for October 2023

    Here at GenderMenace.net, we review a lot of media stories that address gender issues each month. For each story, we provide a rating of “Transsupportive”, “Transneutral”, or “Transphobic”. These labels make it possible to perform an article count for each media source that gives a sense of how to rank them from most transsupportive to…

  • 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…

  • Speaker Mike Johnson’s Wife Removes Website Equating Homosexuality to Bestiality and Incest

    Speaker Mike Johnson’s Wife Removes Website Equating Homosexuality to Bestiality and Incest

    Rating: Transsupportive, Advocate, October 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Speaker Mike Johnson’s Wife Removes Website Equating Homosexuality to Bestiality and Incest IMAGES: FACEBOOK @SPEAKERJOHNSON; SHUTTERSTOCK Following scrutiny, Kelly Johnson, wife of newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, has taken down her Christian counseling website that contained documents comparing…

  • 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…

  • Black Trans Woman Lisa Love Killed Walking Home in Chicago

    Black Trans Woman Lisa Love Killed Walking Home in Chicago

    Rating: Transsupportive, Advocate.com, October 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Black Trans Woman Lisa Love Killed Walking Home in Chicago Lisa Love, a Black transgender woman from Chicago, was shot and killed in the early hours of October 17. She was 35. She’s one of more than 20 trans…

  • 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…

  • Speaker Mike Johnson Roundly Condemned by LGBTQ+ Groups, Biden Campaign, and Democrats

    Speaker Mike Johnson Roundly Condemned by LGBTQ+ Groups, Biden Campaign, and Democrats

    Rating: Transneutral, Advocate, October 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Speaker Mike Johnson Roundly Condemned by LGBTQ+ Groups, Biden Campaign, and Democrats LGBTQ+ groups and other progressive forces, including President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, are denouncing the elevation of far-right U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson to speaker of the House…

  • GenderMenace.net Media Rankings for September 2023

    GenderMenace.net Media Rankings for September 2023

    Here at GenderMenace.net, we review a lot of media stories that address gender issues each month. For each story, we provide a rating of “Transsupportive”, “Transneutral”, or “Transphobic”. These labels make it possible to perform an article count for each media source that gives a sense of how to rank them from most transsupportive to…

  • Americans Don’t Want Politicians Focusing on Transgender Issues, Survey Finds

    Americans Don’t Want Politicians Focusing on Transgender Issues, Survey Finds

    Rating: Transsupportive, Advocate.com, September 18, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Americans Don’t Want Politicians Focusing on Transgender Issues, Survey Finds Most Americans are not concerned with legislation around transgender issues and harbor doubts about whether lawmakers are informed enough on matters related to trans lives to create fair policies…