Gender Menace

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Category: discrimination

Michigan Supreme Court may require use of preferred pronouns in court

Justices on the Michigan Supreme Court are weighing whether to instate a new rule to require all courts within the state use a person’s preferred pronouns in court proceedings. Rating: Transneutral, MLive, June 17, 2023 (partial PDF archive)

June 17, 2023
High school volleyball player speaks out after being injured by transgender opponent

Payton McNabb, a North Carolina high school volleyball player, suffered a concussion when a biological male player spiked the ball into her face. Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, June 16, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive) (HTML archive)

June 16, 2023
Target Sees Small Win After Pride Collection Backlash

Major retailer Target has had a win after weeks of facing calls for a boycott over its support for the LGBTQ+ community. Rating: Transneutral, Newsweek, June 16, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)

June 16, 2023
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…

June 16, 2023
Thousands protest Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence outside Dodger Stadium hours before start of Pride Night

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will receive a Community Hero Award Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, June 16, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)

June 16, 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
Scottish politicians clash over gender recognition reform and Tory attacks on ‘woke’ culture

Senior Scottish politicians clashed on the direction of gender recognition reform and the future of LGBTQ+ rights, during a fiery debate at the PinkNews Edinburgh parliamentary reception. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 15, 2023 (PDF archive)

June 15, 2023
Athlete sues Connecticut over loss to trans runner – who she beat in several other races

An athlete declaring herself the “fastest girl in Connecticut” is suing the state after she lost a race to a trans athlete. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 15, 2023 (PDF archive)

June 15, 2023
Michigan city bans all Pride flags from public buildings claiming LGBTQ+ people are ‘already represented’

Officials in a small city near Detroit, Michigan have unanimously voted to ban LGBTQ+ flags from public buildings, under the guise of religious freedom. Rating: Transneutral, Pink News, June 15, 2023 (PDF archive)

June 15, 2023
Michigan City Bans Pride Flags From Public Property

A Hamtramck, Michigan city council member said LGBTQ people are “already represented” as the council barred pride flags from publicly owned flagpoles. Rating: Transneutral, Huffington Post, June 15, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)

June 15, 2023