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  • ‘Transgender’ Baptisms? Sorting Out the Vatican’s Recent Statement

    Rating: Transphobic, National Catholic Register, November 14, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary ‘Transgender’ Baptisms? Sorting Out the Vatican’s Recent Statement| National Catholic Register If you’ve been watching the news, you were likely surprised to see clickbait headlines from mainstream outlets like The Washington Post proclaiming: “Vatican says transgender people…

  • New Randomized Trial Shows Trans Care Lowers Suicidality

    For the first time, a randomized controlled trial has been completed on gender affirming care and the results are stunning: 55% of those on care saw reduction of suicidality vs 5% of control. Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, September 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary New Randomized Trial…

  • Anti-transgender Republican Running Against Virginia’s Danica Roem

    Rating: Transneutral, Out South Florida, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Anti-transgender Republican Running Against Virginia’s Danica Roem (WB) Virginia state Sen. Danica Roem (D-Manassas)’s Republican opponent in her state Senate race continues to highlight his opposition to transgender rights. Bill Woolf’s consulting company, Woolf Group Strategic Solutions,…

  • Right-Wing Transphobic Dog Whistle Jargon

    Under construction… your suggestions welcome! Jargon Translation biological female / biological woman person assigned female at birth (often used to misidentify trans man) biological male / biological man person assigned male at birth (often used to misidentify trans woman) chemical castration puberty blockers child mutilation gender-affirming surgery for minors gender confusion used to describe people,…

  • Judge rules transgender health care ban unconstitutional

    A Federal judge in Arkansas ruled against the state’s law banning transgender health care. A doctor who testified in the case, who has treated trans patients for 30 years, says,”It’s not just that someone learns that there are transgender or non-binary people in society and is contemplating that as an identity. It’s that they are…

  • 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…

  • Ask Ethan: What is a woman?

    If you think you know what sex, gender, and “the right thing to do” for trans youth and adults are, be sure it agrees with actual science. Rating: Transsupportive, BigThink, June 9, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary STARTS WITH A BANG — JUNE 9, 2023 Ask Ethan: What is a woman?  If you…

  • Less than half in Britain back gender-affirming care for trans teenagers

    Britain also ranks low in 30-country poll on support for access to public facilities matching gender identity. Rating: Transneutral, Guardian, June 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

  • Pride sponsors, stand up for your trans employees in Missouri

    Show us that you value our community. Tell Attorney General Bailey and Governor Parsons that this will not stand. Spread the word! Share this petition with the hashtag #NOMODiscrimination and this link: https://chng.it/48GZHRPGzf See also: this update. Rating: Transsupportive, Change.org, April 24, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

  • What the Science on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Kids Really Shows

    Laws that ban gender-affirming treatment ignore the wealth of research demonstrating its benefits for trans people’s health Rating: Transsupportive, Scientific American, May 12, 2022 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary What the Science on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Kids Really Shows Laws that ban gender-affirming treatment ignore the wealth of research demonstrating its…