Category: transgender
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We’re facing an unprecedented onslaught of bills targeting the rights of the transgender and nonbinary community in state legislatures across the country — and the attacks are getting worse every day. The latest from Texas could have sweeping impact in OTHER states. Rating: Transsupportive, Human Rights Campaign, June 22, 2023 (PDF archive)
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US judge strikes out cruel Florida rule on trans healthcare
A federal judge has struck down a rule that would have banned Medicaid payments for trans healthcare in Florida, in yet another win for LGBTQ+ rights. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 22, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Transgender documentary “Never Too Late” premieres in Sacramento
It’s never too late to embrace your identity. That’s the message of the Never Too Late documentary that premiered at the Bay Street Theater tonight, the documentary follows Stephanie Haskins journey as a transgender woman. She became one of the oldest known people to have gender confirmation, confirmation surgery at 76 years old. Rating: Transsupportive,…
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Family shares their journey with their transgender child
Lunch with Hendrix is a combination of whipped cream, cookies, crackers, more whipped cream, and given a little more time, we may have ended up with cake. Rating: Transsupportive, Fox News, June 22, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)
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How extremists are exploiting transgender kids to undermine our free democracy
Here in Ohio and across the country, the promise of a representative legislative process has been shattered by anti-transgender extremists’ misinformation and censorship. Rating: Transsupportive, Ohio Capital Journal, June 22, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Lawmakers push to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender minors as legislative session nears its end
A flurry of bills which have moved quickly in the past two weeks would limit gender-affirming care for teens and create other restrictions on the lives of transgender youth. Rating: Transsupportive, North Carolina Health News, June 22, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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U.S. court strikes down Florida transgender health rule
A U.S. judge on Wednesday struck down a Florida rule and a statute that banned state Medicaid payments for transgender healthcare, marking the second defeat in two weeks for anti-transgender legislation in the state. Rating: Transneutral, Reuters, June 22, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Federal judge blocks Florida ban on Medicaid funds for transgender treatment
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down Florida rules championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis restricting Medicaid coverage for gender dysphoria treatments for potentially thousands of transgender people. Rating: Transneutral, CBS, June 22, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)