Category: gender identities
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Landmark Ruling: Montana Judge Blocks Trans Ban Citing Overwhelming Medical Evidence
Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, September 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Landmark Ruling: Montana Judge Blocks Trans Ban Citing Overwhelming Medical Evidence In a landmark decision released Wednesday morning, Montana District Court Judge Jason Marks has halted the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. The…
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“Biological Clothing”
Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, September 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary “Biological Clothing” “Sex based uniforms are also lawful,” a slide proclaimed at a Sex Matters event in Manchester, England. “Children’s actual sex must be known by everyone in the school environment.” Meanwhile, in the United States,…
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Born of Woman: Rebuttal
Rating: Transsupportive, Gender Menace, September 19, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations The opinion piece by Christine Rosen in the National Review raises concerns about the implications of artificial wombs and how they are discussed in contemporary discourse. While Rosen argues against the framing of pregnancy and birth in gender-inclusive terms, it…
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Transgender sports debate: Physicians say bans are health issue
Rating: Transneutral, STAT, September 19, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender sports debate: Physicians say bans are health issue Almost half of U.S. states have banned or restricted trans youths’ access to gender-affirming puberty blockers, hormones, and surgery — and many of the same states are also targeting trans…
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Kansas City high school names transgender homecoming queen, stirring debate
Rating: Transphobic, krcgtv.com, September 19, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Kansas City high school names transgender homecoming queen, stirring debate krcgtv.com by JACKSON WALKER | Crisis in the Classroom Tue, September 19th 2023, 1:55 PM PDT Oak Park High School in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo: Oak Park High School via Facebook)…
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Transgender activist Makyyla Holland wins settlement against Broome County Jail
Rating: Transsupportive, Binghamton University Pipe Dream, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender activist Makyyla Holland wins settlement against … Alleging widespread discrimination and abuse during her incarceration, Makyyla Holland’s settlement includes a county policy to protect LGBTI individuals. Makyyla Holland, a transgender woman, experienced violence and discrimination…
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Excluded: Denver’s unhoused transgender population faces barriers to housing, added violence
Rating: Transsupportive, Rocky Mountain PBS, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Excluded: Denver’s unhoused transgender population faces barriers to housing, added violence DENVER — Ana Miller wonders when she can stop living in fear. As a transgender woman who is often between housing and homelessness, each morning…
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Anti-transgender laws drive families to move to Illinois
Rating: Transsupportive, Chalkbeat Chicago, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Anti-transgender laws drive families to move to Illinois Back in the spring, Kimberly Reynolds stared at a map of the U.S. Each state was filled in with a color gradient: red for those with the strictest active anti-transgender…
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How South Carolina’s abortion law sounds to transgender men
Rating: Transsupportive, South Carolina Public Radio, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary How South Carolina’s abortion law sounds to transgender men For gender-expansive people in general, and for transgender men in particular, South Carolina’s ban on most abortions after six weeks raises scary questions. Chief among those is…