Category: legislature
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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…
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2024 was the year trans people like me became untouchables
Rating: Transsupportive, San Francisco Chronicle, December 31, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary OPINION//OPEN FORUM 2024 was the year trans people like me became untouchables What happens when a winning candidate attacks a minority comprising less than 1% of the population? They become an untouchable caste, with no allies By Diana…
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Republican lawmakers quietly pass bill targeting transgender Ohioans’ ability to run for public office
Rating: Transsupportive, Buckeye Flame, December 30, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Republican lawmakers quietly pass bill targeting transgender Ohioans’ ability to run for public office New law limits transgender candidates and expands who can challenge their eligibility for office. BY H.L. COMERIATO (THEY/THEM) ● POLITICS, TRANSGENDER ● DECEMBER 30, 2024 During the final hours of Ohio…
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Supreme Court Takes Up Trans Care Ban In Tennessee, With Potentially Huge Impacts
Update: Action Alert: Petition U.S. Supreme Court to Support Adolescent Gender-Affirming Care Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, June 24, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) More Info: Families Split Apart: Families Fleeing Anti-Trans Laws File Amicus In Supreme Court Case Action Recommendations Content Summary Supreme Court Takes Up Trans Care Ban In Tennessee,…
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Ohio governor signs bill limiting bathroom use by transgender students
Rating: Trans supportive neutral phobic, The Associated Press, November 27, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Ohio governor signs bill limiting bathroom use by transgender students By JULIE CARR SMYTH and GEOFF MULVIHILLUpdated 12:32 PM PST, November 27, 2024 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Transgender students from kindergarten through college at Ohio…