Category: legislature
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Indian state proposes sweeping LGBTQ policy
Rating: Transsupportive, Washington Blade, February 15, 2025, (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Suggest/Improve an Action on the Action Portal! Content Summary (Washington Blade photo by Ernesto Valle) The government of Tamil Nadu in southern India has proposed a policy that is designed to improve the lives of LGBTQ and intersex people in…
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States move to restrict transgender adult care amid gender-affirming youth care battles
Rating: Transneutral, ABC News, February 14, 2025, (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Suggest/Improve an Action on the Action Portal! Content Summary States move to restrict transgender adult care After months of targeting transgender youth medical care, legislators are setting their sights on restrictions against care for transgender adults. Carma Marshall Bell After…
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There’s a Reason Even ‘Smart’ People Surrender to Trump
Rating: Transsupportive, New York Times, February 13, 2025 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary By Patrick Healy and M. Gessen Produced by Vishakha Darbha The deputy editor of Opinion, Patrick Healy, speaks with the columnist M. Gessen about why so many people and institutions, including Democrats, have bent the knee to Trump, despite strongly disagreeing…
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Pennsylvania lawmaker introduces “Two Gender Protection Act”
Rating: Transneutral, ABC, February 6, 2025 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Pennsylvania Politics Pennsylvania lawmaker introduces “Two Gender Protection Act” by: Brady Doran Posted: Feb 6, 2025 / 12:44 PM EST Updated: Feb 6, 2025 / 12:46 PM EST (WHTM)– Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano introduced a bill that would require…
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Action Alert: U.S. – Tell Your Senator to Vote NO on S. 9
Rating: Transsupportive, Advocates for Trans Equality, January 16, 2025 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Tell Your Senator to Vote NO on S. 9 Send a strong message to your Senators today demanding that they protect trans and intersex youth, and address the real issues that impact our communities. Recently, Senate members…
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House votes to ban transgender students from girls’ sports
Rating: Transneutral, Washington Post, January 14, 2025 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary House votes to ban transgender students from girls’ sports The new House made transgender students in sports one of their first priorities for 2025. The bill’s path in the Senate is unclear. Updated January 14, 2025 at 3:01 p.m.…
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Montana Republican Claims Bathroom Ban Is Needed Because Some Trans Women Like Other Women
Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, January 14, 2025 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Montana Republican Claims Bathroom Ban Is Needed Because Some Trans Women Like Other Women The statement raises the question as to what the representative thinks about lesbians in bathrooms. ERIN REED JAN 14, 2025…
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Action Alert: Tell Congress: Trans Kids Deserve a Way to Play
Rating: Transsupportive, Equality Florida, January 11, 2025 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have voted on their top priorities, and the number one issue is: Kick transgender kids off of sports teams. Lawmakers in Congress are using a playbook that extremist political operatives cooked…
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These Trans-Rights Advocates Aren’t Waiting for Dems to Save Them
Rating: Transsupportive, Rolling Stone, January 9, 2025 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary THESE TRANS-RIGHTS ADVOCATES AREN’T WAITING FOR DEMS TO SAVE THEM The Gender Liberation Movement occupied Capitol bathrooms last month to protest an anti-trans ban. They’re just getting started By NIKKI MCCANN RAMIREZ JANUARY 9, 2025 President-elect Donald Trump and…
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Transgender trailblazer Sarah McBride heads to her debut in Congress, hoping for a touch of grace
Rating: Transsupportive, Associated Press, December 31, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender trailblazer Sarah McBride heads to her debut in Congress, hoping for a touch of grace BY TIFFANY STANLEY, Updated 3:28 AM PST, December 31, 2024 DOVER, Del. (AP) — It was her last day in session…