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Transgender rights targeted in executive order signed by Oklahoma governor

Rating: Trans supportive neutral phobic, NBC News, August 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Transgender rights targeted in executive order signed by Oklahoma governor The order requires state agencies and boards to define the words “female” and “male” to correspond with a person’s sex assigned at birth. OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma…

August 2, 2023
The Transgender Movement’s House of Cards Is Falling

Rating: Transphobic, Public Discourse, August 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary The Transgender Movement’s House of Cards Is Falling This week, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is holding its annual leadership conference at its headquarters in Itasca, Illinois. One issue that won’t be on the agenda but will be on the minds of many members is how to treat gender…

August 2, 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
How many transgender and intersex people live in the US? Anti-LGBTQ+ laws will impact millions

Rating: Transneutral, Yahoo News, July 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary How many transgender and intersex people live in the US? Anti-LGBTQ+ laws will impact millions New laws targeting LGBTQ+ people are proliferating in GOP-led states, but often absent from policy decisions is a clear understanding of how many people will be directly…

July 27, 2023
Supreme Court Lets Gender Dysphoria Ruling Stand in Win for Transgender Rights

MONDAY, July 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday let stand a federal appeals court ruling that found people with gender dysphoria should be protected against discrimination under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Rating: Transsupportive, HealthDay News, July 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Supreme Court Lets Gender…

July 3, 2023
Transgender woman running to become Venezuela’s next president

Tamara Adrián less than two weeks ago registered as a presidential candidate in the Venezuelan primary, becoming the first openly transgender person in the world to make such a move. Rating: Transsupportive, BoredBat, July 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

July 1, 2023
Tennessee AG seeks patient referrals, doctor records in broad VUMC transgender clinic inquiry

New records filed in federal court outline the information the Attorney General’s Office is seeking from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Those documents extend beyond patient medical records. Rating: Transneutral, Tennessean, June 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

June 21, 2023
Vanderbilt University turns over transgender patients’ medical records to Tennessee AG’s office

Rating: Transneutral, Daily Mail, June 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)

June 21, 2023
Government ‘fanning culture war’ over free speech, says UK’s first LGBTQ+ history professor

Issue blown out of proportion, says Matt Cook, after appointment of ‘free speech tsar’ for higher education Rating: Transsupportive, Guardian, June 10, 2023 (PDF archive)

June 10, 2023
Too much alike? Oxfam forced to deny ‘TERF’ video depicts J.K. Rowling

British-founded charity Oxfam faces backlash after posting a now-deleted video showing a woman wearing a ‘TERF’ badge – with some comparing the likeness to the controversial Harry Potter author. Rating: Transneutral, euronews, June 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (original Video archive) (updated Video archive)

June 7, 2023