WARNING: Among posts supportive of transgender people, you may encounter transphobic items intended to assist in research and action to prevent transphobia.
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Marlon Wayans: Gender Hero
Comedian, actor, and screenwriter in the United States who has publicly supported his transgender child.
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Catholic Medical Association: Gender Villain
Religious organization that opposes gender-affirming care for transgender people that has released a position paper claiming that “The Ideology of Gender Harms Children”.
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Stephanie Borowicz: Gender Villain
Legislator in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania who authored a “Don’t Say Gay” bill that would extend educational gag orders targeting LGBTQ+ topics until students reach grade 6, who said, “it really needs to be protected all the way up to 12th grade”.
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Kim Reynolds: Gender Villain
Republican Governor of U.S. state of Iowa who, on March 3, 2022, signed into law House File 2416, which prohibits transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ sports, starting in kindergarten, and women’s college athletics.
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Chris Rufo: Gender Villain
Right-wing conservative activist in the U.S. who in 2021 started writing that LGBTQ+ people and others are “grooming” children.
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Danica Roem: Gender Hero
WINNER: GenderMenace.net Gender Hero Award for November 2023 U.S. state of Virginia state Senator who was the first transgender person elected (and later re-elected) to a state Senate.
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James Martin: Gender Hero
Jesuit priest who has advocated for years for greater LGBTQ inclusion in the Catholic church.
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New Ways Ministry: Gender Hero
Organization that advocates for greater LGBTQ acceptance in the Catholic church, in the U.S. state of Maryland.
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Francis DeBernardo: Gender Hero
Executive director of New Ways Ministry, which advocates for greater LGBTQ acceptance in the Catholic church, in the U.S. state of Maryland.