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  • These Trans-Rights Advocates Aren’t Waiting for Dems to Save Them

    These Trans-Rights Advocates Aren’t Waiting for Dems to Save Them

    Rating: Transsupportive, Rolling Stone, January 9, 2025 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary THESE TRANS-RIGHTS ADVOCATES AREN’T WAITING FOR DEMS TO SAVE THEM The Gender Liberation Movement occupied Capitol bathrooms last month to protest an anti-trans ban. They’re just getting started By NIKKI MCCANN RAMIREZ JANUARY 9, 2025 President-elect Donald Trump and…

  • J.K. Rowling’s ‘No Trans Kids’ Claim and the 2024 Backlash

    J.K. Rowling’s ‘No Trans Kids’ Claim and the 2024 Backlash

    Rating: Transsupportive, Transvitae, December 31, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary J.K. Rowling’s ‘No Trans Kids’ Claim and the 2024 Backlash This article examines J.K. Rowling’s stance on transgender rights, particularly her claim that “there are no trans kids,” which has reignited controversy throughout 2024. Explore the debates stirred by…

  • 2024 was the year trans people like me became untouchables

    2024 was the year trans people like me became untouchables

    Rating: Transsupportive, San Francisco Chronicle, December 31, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary OPINION//OPEN FORUM 2024 was the year trans people like me became untouchables What happens when a winning candidate attacks a minority comprising less than 1% of the population? They become an untouchable caste, with no allies By Diana…

  • Global Resistance to Anti-gender Opposition

    Rating: Transsupportive, Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice, October 11, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary See also: Executive Summary, Overview Global Resistance to Anti-gender Opposition LGBTQI+ Activism in Colombia, India, Kenya, Peru, and Serbia September 2023 Purpose and Gratitude In May 2022, we, two researchers with long histories of activism,…

  • Russia’s Law Targeting Transgender People Sows Fear for L.G.B.T. Russians

    Rating: Trans supportive neutral phobic, New York Times, August 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Russia’s Law Targeting Transgender People Sows Fear for L.G.B.T. Russians A new law underscores how Vladimir V. Putin is increasingly using the war in Ukraine as justification for greater restrictions on L.G.B.T.Q. life, portraying it as a consequence…

  • Appeals court lets Kentucky enforce ban on transgender care for minors

    Rating: Transneutral, Associated Press via NBC News, July 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Appeals court lets Kentucky enforce ban on transgender care for minors The law, enacted this year over the veto of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, prevents transgender minors from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapy. A federal appeals court is…

  • All the ways queer icon Sinéad O’Connor proved she was a fearless LGBTQ+ ally

    As tributes pour in for Irish singer and outspoken political activist Sinéad O’Connor, who died yesterday (26 July), aged 56, many are remembering her long-standing LGBTQ+ allyship. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary All the ways queer icon Sinéad O’Connor proved she was a fearless LGBTQ+ ally…

  • Take Action: DEFEND TRANS LIVES

    Add your name to help us fight for a country where everyone can live as their true and authentic selves. Rating: Transsupportive, ACLU, June 21, 2023 (PDF archive)

  • Government ‘fanning culture war’ over free speech, says UK’s first LGBTQ+ history professor

    Issue blown out of proportion, says Matt Cook, after appointment of ‘free speech tsar’ for higher education Rating: Transsupportive, Guardian, June 10, 2023 (PDF archive)

  • I Took My Trans Daughter To Florida On Vacation. Now I’m Not Sure If We’ll Ever Go Back.

    “Was I willingly dragging my daughter into the line of fire?… Would my daughter not only *be* safe, but *feel* safe, when we landed?” Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 7, 2023 (PDF archive)