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  • Transgender prisoner files lawsuit against Indiana DOC after being prevented access to surgery

    Rating: Transneutral, FOX 59 Indianapolis, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender prisoner files lawsuit against Indiana DOC after being prevented access to surgery EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The Indiana office of the American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of a transgender prisoner, has filed a lawsuit in federal…

  • Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds

    Rating: Transsupportive, CNN, August 9, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds Some arguments in favor of laws that restrict gender-affirming care claim that patients may some day regret any irreversible or semi-irreversible part of their…

  • The Transgender Movement’s House of Cards Is Falling

    Rating: Transphobic, Public Discourse, August 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary The Transgender Movement’s House of Cards Is Falling This week, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is holding its annual leadership conference at its headquarters in Itasca, Illinois. One issue that won’t be on the agenda but will be on the minds of many members is how to treat gender…

  • Transgender Woman Denied Euthanasia in Canada over Post-Surgical Pain and Regret

    At least one transgendered individual has been legally euthanized because of profound regret over transitioning. The killing took place in in Belgium ten years ago. Rating: Transphobic, National Review, July 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Transgender Woman Denied Euthanasia in Canada over Post-Surgical Pain and Regret By WESLEY J. SMITH July…

  • A Patchwork of Transgender Healthcare Laws Push Families Across State Lines

    Rating: Transsupportive, NPR, July 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Audio archive) Content Summary A Patchwork of Transgender Healthcare Laws Push Families Across State Lines July 26, 20235:48 PM ET LGBTQ activists rally at the State Capitol Building in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Earlier this year state legislators put into place legal protections for trans people…

  • Supreme Court Lets Gender Dysphoria Ruling Stand in Win for Transgender Rights

    MONDAY, July 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday let stand a federal appeals court ruling that found people with gender dysphoria should be protected against discrimination under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Rating: Transsupportive, HealthDay News, July 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Supreme Court Lets Gender…

  • Florida Reverts Adult Transgender Care To 1979 In Violation Of Standards Of Care

    A new set of provisions in Florida mostly rewind transgender standards of care to the disastrous standards of 1979. This will whittle down remaining transgender adult care to a trickle in the state. Rating: Transsupportive, Erin In The Morning, June 23, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

  • What is gender dysphoria anyway? (And who decided it had to be a thing?)

    I introduced gender dysphoria in a previous article, “Body Positivity Whilst Trans”, as a fundamental feeling of discomfort with your body that can’t simply be willed away through positive thinking. I also mentioned in that article not understanding at first that I did experience this sort of discomfort, because I had a mistaken idea of what it…

  • Pride sponsors, stand up for your trans employees in Missouri

    Show us that you value our community. Tell Attorney General Bailey and Governor Parsons that this will not stand. Spread the word! Share this petition with the hashtag #NOMODiscrimination and this link: https://chng.it/48GZHRPGzf See also: this update. Rating: Transsupportive, Change.org, April 24, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

  • CMDA Ethics Statement Transgender Identification

    A novel way of thinking about one’s body has entered into popular culture. “Transgender” individuals refer to their “gender” as a sexual identity that may be male or female, something in between, or neither. This self-identification differs from, and takes priority over, their biological sex as recognized in their chromosomal DNA and innate physical sexual…