Category: legislature

  • 2024 was the year trans people like me became untouchables

    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…

  • Republican lawmakers quietly pass bill targeting transgender Ohioans’ ability to run for public office

    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…

  • Supreme Court Takes Up Trans Care Ban In Tennessee, With Potentially Huge Impacts

    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,…

  • Ohio governor signs bill limiting bathroom use by transgender students

    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…

  • Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights

    Update: Action Alert: Petition U.S. Supreme Court to Support Adolescent Gender-Affirming Care Rating: Transneutral, CNN, November 27, 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’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights By John Fritze, CNN…

  • Texas doctor accused of illegally providing transgender hormone treatments to minors

    Texas doctor accused of illegally providing transgender hormone treatments to minors

    Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, October 18, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Texas doctor accused of illegally providing transgender hormone treatments to minors Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a Dallas doctor for violating a ban on transgender medical procedures for minors Published October 18, 2024 10:05am EDT…

  • Families Split Apart: Families Fleeing Anti-Trans Laws File Amicus In Supreme Court Case

    Families Split Apart: Families Fleeing Anti-Trans Laws File Amicus In Supreme Court Case

    Update: Action Alert: Petition U.S. Supreme Court to Support Adolescent Gender-Affirming Care Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, September 5, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Families Split Apart: Families Fleeing Anti-Trans Laws File Amicus In Supreme Court Case The amicus brief of families who have been impacted by anti-trans…

  • The GOP Debate Had One Of The Grossest Anti-Trans Moments Yet

    Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, December 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary The Latest GOP Debate Had One Of The Grossest Anti-Trans Moments Yet Megyn Kelly opened the floor for candidates to openly attack transgender youth on Wednesday night. By Nick Visser Dec 6, 2023, 11:22 PM EST |…

  • New Poll: 76% Say Trans Care For Trans Youth Should Be Decided By Parents Or Doctors

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, November 17, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary New Poll: 76% Say Trans Care For Trans Youth Should Be Decided By Parents Or Doctors Over the past three years, 21 states have implemented bans or severe limitations on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. These…

  • Why was a transgender Texas boy removed from a lead role in the school musical ‘Oklahoma’?

    Rating: Transsupportive, Dallas Morning News, November 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Why was a transgender Texas boy removed from a lead role in the school musical ‘Oklahoma’? Max Hightower was cast in ensemble roles for theater productions throughout high school. Then, finally, his teacher offered him one of…