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Transgender issues: The Enquirer answers reader comments

Our stories on Kentucky’s new law prohibiting gender-affirming medical care – as well as a similar bill proposed in Ohio – generated hundreds of online comments. Rating: Transsupportive, Cincinnati Enquirer, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

June 20, 2023
Ohio House expected to pass bans on transgender student athletes, medical care for kids

2 bills up for House votes today would ban transgender females from women’s sports, ban transgender medical care for children, and report students who question their sexual identity in school. Rating: Transneutral, Columbus Dispatch, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)

June 20, 2023
‘Gender-critical’ activists attempted to protest a Primark in Lincoln. Two people showed up

Hundreds of pro-LGBTQ+ activists came together in Lincoln to drown out an anti-trans protest against Primark’s Pride campaign, which which was attended by just two ‘gender-critical’ campaigners. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 19, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive)

June 19, 2023
Rishi Sunak mocks trans women in leaked video footage

British prime minister Rishi Sunak has been secretly filmed mocking trans people in footage shared exclusively with PinkNews. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 18, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)

June 18, 2023
Michigan Supreme Court may require use of preferred pronouns in court

Justices on the Michigan Supreme Court are weighing whether to instate a new rule to require all courts within the state use a person’s preferred pronouns in court proceedings. Rating: Transneutral, MLive, June 17, 2023 (partial PDF archive)

June 17, 2023
High school volleyball player speaks out after being injured by transgender opponent

Payton McNabb, a North Carolina high school volleyball player, suffered a concussion when a biological male player spiked the ball into her face. Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, June 16, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive) (HTML archive)

June 16, 2023
Target Sees Small Win After Pride Collection Backlash

Major retailer Target has had a win after weeks of facing calls for a boycott over its support for the LGBTQ+ community. Rating: Transneutral, Newsweek, June 16, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)

June 16, 2023
What is gender dysphoria anyway? (And who decided it had to be a thing?)

I introduced gender dysphoria in a previous article, “Body Positivity Whilst Trans”, as a fundamental feeling of discomfort with your body that can’t simply be willed away through positive thinking. I also mentioned in that article not understanding at first that I did experience this sort of discomfort, because I had a mistaken idea of what it…

June 16, 2023
Thousands protest Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence outside Dodger Stadium hours before start of Pride Night

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will receive a Community Hero Award Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, June 16, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)

June 16, 2023
Former minister says N.B. premier’s response to her resignation ‘says it all’

As New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs spoke in the legislature Thursday about his conviction that gender dysphoria has become “trendy,” and increased acceptance of it is hurting kids and excluding parents, cabinet minister Dorothy Shephard got up and left the chamber. Rating: Transneutral, CBC, June 16, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)

June 16, 2023