Category: election
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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)
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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)
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Trump Says He’ll Ban Federal Government From Promoting Transgender Care at Any Age
Trump’s speech at the Moms for Liberty conference previewed a crackdown on LGBTQ rights, and a push to incarcerate more kids. Rating: Transneutral, Daily Beast, July 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Delaware state senator Sarah McBride launches bid to be first trans member of Congress
The highest-ranking transgender elected official in the United States, Sarah McBride, has launched a bid to become Delaware’s sole member of the US House of Representatives. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)