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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Erin Reed: Gender Hero
Independent transgender journalist, creator of Erin in the Morning, and fiancé of silenced transgender Montana legislator Zooey Zephyr. WINNER: GenderMenace.net Gender Hero Award for August 2023
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Kathleen Kauth: Gender Villain
U.S. state of Nebraska state Senator who introduced bill to restrict transgender student participation in high school sports and limit access to bathrooms and locker rooms, which did not advance out of committee, and also introduced a bill banning gender-affirming surgery for anyone under 19 and restricting the use of hormone treatments and puberty blockers in minors.
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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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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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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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Peggy Mayfield: Gender Villain
Republican Representative in the U.S. Indiana state legislature who authored legislation, which passed in 2023, to restrict the Indiana Department of Corrections from using its own resources to facilitate gender-affirming surgeries.
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Todd Rokita: Gender Villain
Indiana Attorney General who issued a statement that Indiana residents do not want their tax dollars going towards transgender surgeries commenting: “This is not necessary medical treatment – it is an atrocity.”
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Pacific Justice Institute: Gender Villain
Right-wing organization, whose southern California office president is Brad Dacus, that supported in August 2023 a school board policy requiring nonconsensual outing of transgender students contrary to state law.
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California Policy Center: Gender Villain
Conservative organization that promotes transphobic and homophobic ideology that teachers unions are “sexualizing” students at school.
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Coalition for Parental Rights: Gender Villain
Coalition of transphobic organizations, including organized conservative groups like Moms for Liberty, the Pacific Justice Institute, and the California Policy Center, that promotes transgender parental notification policies in schools.