Category: election
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New Bedford transgender candidate focused on drug, homeless issues
Rating: Transsupportive, SouthCoastToday.com, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary New Bedford transgender candidate focused on drug, homeless issues NEW BEDFORD — For five years Arya Witner worked at the downtown New Bedford bus terminal next door to City Hall “and witnessed the worst of both.” Witner said she…
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California Republicans To Try Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives
Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary California Republicans To Try Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives Voters in California may remember Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that sought to ban gay marriage by defining marriage as between a man and a woman. The initiative,…
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Poll finds Missouri voters back bans on transgender health care
Rating: Transphobic, Missouri Independent, August 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Poll finds Missouri voters back bans on transgender health care • Missouri Independent UPDATE on Friday, Aug. 25, at 3:15 p.m.: This story was updated to reflect the decision by Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer, who handed down a…
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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…
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Murrieta school district passes policy on transgender students
Rating: Transphobic, Los Angeles Times, August 11, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Murrieta school district passes policy on transgender students The Murrieta Valley Unified School District on Thursday night approved a policy that requires staff to inform parents if a student is transgender or gender-nonconforming, becoming the…
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1st transgender woman to run for Alabama House says cultural divide hurts all
Rating: Transsupportive, AL, August 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) ACTION RECOMMENDATIONS Content Summary 1st transgender woman to run for Alabama House says cultural divide hurts all By Mike Cason | mcason@al.com Running for the legislature was not in Sylvia Swayne’s plans for this year, but the 26-year-old Birmingham resident said she felt the…
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Appeals court upholds ruling granting Indiana transgender students access to restrooms
Rating: Transsupportive, The Hill, August 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Appeals court upholds ruling granting Indiana transgender students access to restrooms A federal appeals court this week upheld a lower court ruling that transgender students in Indiana must have access to school restrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity. In…
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Florida ‘Effectively’ Bans AP Psychology Course Over Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Content
The College Board announced it was refusing to change the content of its psychology course for the state’s Department of Education. Rating: Transneutral, Huffington Post, August 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Florida ‘Effectively’ Bans AP Psychology Course Over Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Content The College Board announced it was refusing…
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Ron DeSantis rants about ‘indoctrinating children’ after seeing one single Pride flag
The Florida governor – who has targeted the LGBTQ+ community with his Don’t Say Gay law and by repeatedly working to remove rights from the trans community – announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in May. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 18, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)