Category: topics
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Appeals court upholds ruling granting Indiana transgender students access to restrooms
Rating: Transsupportive, The Hill, August 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Appeals court upholds ruling granting Indiana transgender students access to restrooms A federal appeals court this week upheld a lower court ruling that transgender students in Indiana must have access to school restrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity. In…
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Pontiac transgender woman sues to get testicles back from ex
Rating: Transphobic, Detroit News, August 4, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Pontiac transgender woman sues to get testicles back from ex Pontiac — A transgender woman from Pontiac has filed a court claim demanding her testicles back, insisting her ex-boyfriend is keeping them in a jar in his refrigerator and refusing…
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After Freedom Caucus Erupts, Wyoming DOC Changes Tune On Transgender Inmates
Rating: Transphobic, Cowboy State Daily, August 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary After Freedom Caucus Erupts, Wyoming DOC Changes Tune On Transgender Inmates After a group of state Republican lawmakers are challenging the Wyoming Department of Corrections (DOC) over how it accommodates transgender inmates, the DOC walked back statements on the policy, saying…
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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…
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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…
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Bans on Transgender People Using Bathrooms and Facilities According to Their Gender Identity
Rating: Transsupportive, Movement Advancement Project, August 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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No More Closed Doors for Russian Transgender People
Combined with the relentless transphobic rhetoric of Russian politicians and authorities, these developments suggest that Russia is an unsafe environment for transgender individuals. Those who choose to leave the country because of their identity should have the opportunity to find refuge in foreign nations where their lives and health will not be endangered. Rating: Transsupportive,…
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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…
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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…
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Attorney General: Transgender clinic investigation sparked by doctor’s video
Rating: Transneutral, WTVF via News Channel 5 Nashville, August 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Attorney General: Transgender clinic investigation sparked by doctor’s video NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, in an exclusive interview, defended his investigation of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s transgender clinic and revealed the video that, he…