Category: Boing Boing

  • GenderMenace.net Media Rankings for August 2023

    GenderMenace.net Media Rankings for August 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…

  • Buy a rainbow Swatch, get a three-year jail term in Malaysia

    Buy a rainbow Swatch, get a three-year jail term in Malaysia

    The Swiss watchmaker Swatch produces a variety of rainbow-themed wristwatches. The Malaysian government announced today that anyone who buys or sells one could face up to three years in jail. According to an NBC News report, the government has deemed LGBTQ-themed Swatch products as “potentially harmful to morality. Rating: Transneutral, Boing Boing, August 10, 2023 (PDF…

  • GenderMenace.net Media Rankings for June 2023

    GenderMenace.net Media Rankings for June 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…

  • Target stores in Oklahoma evacuated after bomb threats

    Target stores in Oklahoma evacuated after bomb threats

    Target stores in Oklahoma were briefly evacuated over the weekend after receiving bomb threats. “We have to take it seriously,” Sgt. Rob Robertson of the Oklahoma City Police Department told media, even if it’s almost certainly a hoax. Rating: Transneutral, BoingBoing, June 12, 2023 (PDF archive)

  • Right-wing protest turns violent outside school board meeting in Glendale, California

    Right-wing protest turns violent outside school board meeting in Glendale, California

    Rating: Transsupportive, Boing Boing, June 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)

  • Texas and Uganda pass new anti-gay laws

    Texas and Uganda pass new anti-gay laws

    Lawmakers in Texas passed a law on Sunday banning “public performance of sexual conduct” which prohibits “prurient” drag and “accessories or prosthetics that enhance the female or male form” in public, or anywhere children might see it. It is “part of a broader effort in Texas and other conservative states to crack down on drag…