Category: gender identities
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In India, transgender beggars use digital apps to avoid discrimination
Rating: Transsupportive, Al Jazeera English, November 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary In India, transgender beggars use digital apps to avoid discrimination The rise in digital transactions has helped marginalised communities like transgender people to manage their finances. By Rohit Lohia and Sameer Mushtaq Published On 8 Nov 20238 Nov…
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Sherman High School transgender student loses lead theater role over gender policy
Rating: Transsupportive, KXII, November 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Sherman High School transgender student loses lead theater role over gender policy A Sherman High School policy has taken a lead role away from a transgender theater student. By Erin Pellet Published: Nov. 6, 2023 at 3:35 PM PST|Updated: 21…
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Anti-trans prison housing bill raises alarms
Rating: Transsupportive, The Capital Times, November 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Anti-trans prison housing bill raises alarms Rylee Jenich spent 10 years incarcerated in various Wisconsin men’s prisons. For the last six of those years, Jenich — a trans-feminine person who uses they/them pronouns — publicly identified as…
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Annette Bening warns anti-trans lawmakers: “You do not want to make this momma mad”
Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Annette Bening warns anti-trans lawmakers: “You do not want to make this momma mad” Over the weekend, Annette Bening received GLSEN’s Advocate Award at the LGBTQ+ organization’s annual Rise Up L.A. benefit. The four-time Oscar nominee lived up…
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As transgender health care draws patients to New Mexico, waitlists grow
Rating: Transsupportive, CBS News, October 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary As transgender health care draws patients to New Mexico, waitlists grow ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — This summer, Sophia Machado packed her bags and left her home in Oregon to move to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where her sister lived and…
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Speaker Mike Johnson’s Wife Removes Website Equating Homosexuality to Bestiality and Incest
Rating: Transsupportive, Advocate, October 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Speaker Mike Johnson’s Wife Removes Website Equating Homosexuality to Bestiality and Incest IMAGES: FACEBOOK @SPEAKERJOHNSON; SHUTTERSTOCK Following scrutiny, Kelly Johnson, wife of newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, has taken down her Christian counseling website that contained documents comparing…
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How did testosterone become so criminalized? The ’90s Olympic bribery scandal that started it all.
Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary How did testosterone become so criminalized? The ’90s Olympic bribery scandal that started it all. Throughout the late 80s, 90s, and early 2000s, Americans became obsessed with anabolic steroid doping – i.e., hormonally altering one’s body to win…