Category: locker room ban

  • Transgender sports debate: Physicians say bans are health issue

    Rating: Transneutral, STAT, September 19, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender sports debate: Physicians say bans are health issue Almost half of U.S. states have banned or restricted trans youths’ access to gender-affirming puberty blockers, hormones, and surgery — and many of the same states are also targeting trans…

  • Katy ISD ‘administrator’ will enforce new transgender policy

    Rating: Transneutral, Chron, September 5, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Katy ISD ‘administrator’ will enforce new transgender policy Katy Independent School District will have an “FFJ Student Welfare Administrator” at every school campus to “ensure the new policy’s requirements are met,” according to a district spokesperson. The district’s introduction…

  • Some students see danger in Youngkin’s policies on transgender students

    Rating: Transneutral, The Hill, September 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Some students see danger in Youngkin’s policies on transgender students FAIRFAX, Va. — When recent Fairfax High School graduate Beatrice Stotz considers Virginia’s new education policies on transgender students, she thinks about a friend of hers whose parents…

  • Oberlin College women's coach says she was 'burned at the stake' over her views on transgender athletes

    Oberlin College women’s coach says she was ‘burned at the stake’ over her views on transgender athletes

    Rating: Transphobic, New York Post , August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Oberlin College women’s coach says she was ‘burned at the stake’ over her views on transgender athletes Oberlin College women’s lacrosse head coach Kim Russell broke her silence about transgender inclusion in women’s sports in…

  • Nebraska governor signs order narrowly defining sex as that assigned at birth

    Nebraska governor signs order narrowly defining sex as that assigned at birth

    Rating: Transneutral, Associated Press via AOL, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Nebraska governor signs order narrowly defining sex as that assigned at birth SUMMER BALLENTINE August 30, 2023 at 4:43 PM Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen on Wednesday signed an executive order strictly defining a person’s sex.…

  • Anti-transgender laws drive families to move to Illinois

    Rating: Transsupportive, Chalkbeat Chicago, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Anti-transgender laws drive families to move to Illinois Back in the spring, Kimberly Reynolds stared at a map of the U.S. Each state was filled in with a color gradient: red for those with the strictest active anti-transgender…

  • Alaska education board to consider controversial policy change for transgender athletes

    Rating: Transphobic, Alaska’s News Source, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Alaska education board to consider controversial policy change for transgender athletes ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Alaska education board is holding a special meeting on Thursday where the board will likely be taking action on…

  • The young people impacted by Missouri law restricting transgender rights

    Rating: Transsupportive, Channel 4 News, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary The young people impacted by Missouri law restricting transgender rights – Channel 4 News A swathe of Republican-controlled states across America have been passing laws restricting transgender rights – the latest, Missouri where new legislation…

  • White House punts on 'yes or no answer' to transgender athletes playing female sports

    White House punts on ‘yes or no answer’ to transgender athletes playing female sports

    Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary White House punts on ‘yes or no answer’ to transgender athletes playing female sports The White House said Tuesday that “there is no yes or no answer” when asked whether it is fair that transgender athletes…

  • Katy ISD’s controversial proposed transgender policy draws hundreds

    Rating: Transneutral, Houston Chronicle, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Katy ISD’s controversial proposed transgender policy draws hundreds Katy ISD staff must now inform parents whose children ask to be identified as transgender, after the board of trustees on Monday narrowly passed a new official policy containing a…