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Category: drag

Adirondack library, known for drag queen story hour controversy, closes after staff abruptly quits

Rating: Transneutral, NYup, September 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Adirondack library, known for drag queen story hour controversy, closes after staff abruptly quits By Sunny Hernandez | ahernandez@nyup.com An Upstate New York library closed this week when all but one of its employees abruptly quit. According to CBS 6 Albany,…

September 28, 2023
Texas Anti-Abortion Judge Suggests Drag Is “Sexualized,” Allows Ban

Rating: Trans supportive neutral phobic, Erin In The Morning, September 22, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Texas Anti-Abortion Judge Suggests Drag Is “Sexualized,” Allows Ban An infamous federal judge in Texas, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, ruled today that a ban on drag shows at West Texas A&M does not violate…

September 22, 2023
Things to know about the latest court and policy action on transgender issues in the US

Rating: Transneutral, The Associated Press, September 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Things to know about the latest court and policy action on transgender issues in the US On Friday, Texas became the most populous state with a ban in effect against gender-affirming care for minors. The law was…

September 1, 2023
Texas supreme court allows ban on transgender youth care to take effect

Rating: Transneutral, The Guardian US, August 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Texas supreme court allows ban on transgender youth care to take effect The Texas supreme court allowed a new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Friday, setting up Texas to be the…

August 31, 2023
This Is What Transgender Eradication Looks Like

Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, August 23, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary This Is What Transgender Eradication Looks Like On Monday morning, we learned of a tragic incident: a woman was fatally attacked outside her store by an individual who had torn down the pride flag displayed…

August 23, 2023
Ron DeSantis tries to erase trans people from Florida schools.

Rating: Transsupportive, Slate, August 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Ron DeSantis tries to erase trans people from Florida schools. On Monday, the deputy general counsel of Florida’s Orange County Public Schools system sent an email to principals announcing new policies for the upcoming academic year. To implement recently…

August 8, 2023
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
Houston-area teacher fired for attending drag show at downtown bar

The 19-year veteran teacher was let go based on social media posts on her personal account from a drag performance at Houston’s Hamburger Mary’s. Rating: Transneutral, Chron (aka Houston Chronicle), July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Houston-area teacher fired for attending drag show at downtown bar The 19-year veteran teacher was let…

July 27, 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