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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…

August 1, 2023
Some Virginia school districts rejecting governor’s policy on transgender bathrooms, preferred pronouns

Rating: Transneutral, Fox News, July 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Some Virginia school districts rejecting governor’s policy on transgender bathrooms, preferred pronouns | Fox News Several school districts in Virginia said they would be rejecting Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s model policies requiring students to use bathrooms and pronouns that match…

July 26, 2023
Poll: Ohioans don’t think trans athletes should play in school sports

Poll: Ohioans don’t think trans athletes should play in school sports The Columbus Dispatch

July 24, 2023
Dr. Marci Bowers says transgender Americans are a “vulnerable population that deserves health care”

Dr. Marci Bowers says transgender Americans are a “vulnerable population that deserves health care” CBS News

July 23, 2023
Ohio lawmakers and religious lobbyists coordinate on anti-trans legislation

Communication on trans athlete bans, other anti-trans bills goes back years Rating: Transsupportive, Ohio Capital Journal, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

June 20, 2023
‘Gender-critical’ activists attempted to protest a Primark in Lincoln. Two people showed up

Hundreds of pro-LGBTQ+ activists came together in Lincoln to drown out an anti-trans protest against Primark’s Pride campaign, which which was attended by just two ‘gender-critical’ campaigners. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 19, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive)

June 19, 2023
Florida’s drag ban is facing a new test: comic conventions

OPINION: The gender experimentation offered by the cosplay community must be preserved as conservatives continue on their mission to destroy gender nonconformity Rating: Transsupportive, Xtra, June 15, 2023 (PDF archive)

June 15, 2023
Florida Transformers convention bans ‘cross-dressing cosplay’ under state’s anti-drag law

A Transformers convention set to be held in Orlando, Florida is offering refunds to ticket holders after it was forced to change its cosplay rules because of Ron DeSantis’ strict anti-drag laws. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 9, 2023 (PDF archive)

June 9, 2023
Gay congressman Robert Garcia honours RuPaul on House floor

Gay Democrat Robert Garcia has celebrated Pride Month by celebrating drag icon RuPaul’s legacy on the US House floor. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 8, 2023 (PDF archive)

June 8, 2023
San Francisco’s Deep History of Policing Public Cross-Dressing

A 19th-century law led to over 100 local arrests of people wearing clothes typical of the opposite sex — an archaic ban akin to Tennessee’s recent law banning public drag, which has now been blocked and deemed unconstitutional by a federal judge. Rating: Transsupportive, Underscore, June 5, 2023 (PDF archive)

June 5, 2023