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Transgender and gender diverse rights in Russia deteriorating rapidly

Rating: Transsupportive, Washington Blade, July 18, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender and gender diverse rights in Russia deteriorating rapidly Lawmakers on Tuesday expected to give final approval to gender transition ban bill Published 2 months ago on July 18, 2023 By Brody Levesque Russian President Vladimir Putin signs legislation this past Spring. (Photo courtesy…

July 18, 2023
Louisiana governor vetoes bills targeting gender-affirming care, pronoun usage

Louisiana Gov. Jon Bel Edwards (D) vetoed three bills targeting the LGBTQ community on Friday. Rating: Transsupportive, The Hill, June 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

June 30, 2023
He’s The Trans Son Of An Anti-Trans Influencer. It’s His Turn To Speak.

Renton Sinclair’s mother is a former Miss Illinois who wants to force trans people out of public life. That’s exactly what makes her a rising star in MAGA World. Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)

June 30, 2023
Kansas, Other States Threaten To Undo Legal Gender Changes; What To Do

Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, and Tennessee all have passed laws “defining sex” to exclude trans people. Now Kansas intends to revert all gender changes back legally. Here’s what you can do. Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, June 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

June 27, 2023
June Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map

A map of the risk for anti-trans laws. For Pride, America feels like it has cleaved into two countries – one which targets transgender people everywhere, and one that has taken huge protective steps. Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, June 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

June 25, 2023
Elon Musk claims use of ‘cis’ and ‘cisgender’ on Twitter is ‘harassment’, threatens to suspend users

Twitter owner Elon Musk has declared both ‘cis’ and ‘cisgender’ are slurs on the social media platform, warning people who engage in “repeated, targeted harassment” by using them face account suspensions. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 21, 2023 (PDF archive)

June 22, 2023
Middletown BOE Approves Controversial Transgender Student Policy

The Middletown school district is now required to notify parents if their child seeks to go by a different name or gender pronoun. Rating: Transneutral, Patch, June 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)

June 21, 2023
Ohio House passes ban on minor gender-affirming care, trans athletes in girls’ sports

The Ohio House passed a bill making it illegal for minors to take puberty blockers, have gender reassignment surgery, and barring transgender athletes from female-only sports. Rating: Transneutral, ABC, June 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

June 21, 2023
Transgender issues: The Enquirer answers reader comments

Our stories on Kentucky’s new law prohibiting gender-affirming medical care – as well as a similar bill proposed in Ohio – generated hundreds of online comments. Rating: Transsupportive, Cincinnati Enquirer, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

June 20, 2023
Former minister says N.B. premier’s response to her resignation ‘says it all’

As New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs spoke in the legislature Thursday about his conviction that gender dysphoria has become “trendy,” and increased acceptance of it is hurting kids and excluding parents, cabinet minister Dorothy Shephard got up and left the chamber. Rating: Transneutral, CBC, June 16, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)

June 16, 2023