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Transgender health care restrictions tweaked as bill nears passage

Republicans in the North Carolina state House have scaled back proposed restrictions on gender-affirming care for kids and teens. Rating: Transneutral, WUNC, June 20, 2023, (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

June 20, 2023
Europe pumps the breaks on transgender care for minors amid uproar in US

Republicans in the U.S. are citing Europe’s skepticism of transgender care for minors. Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, June 20, 2023, PDF archive, HTML archive

June 20, 2023
Transgender care bans cause families to flee to other states

‘I’ve kept her safe’: Families flee states with transgender care bans to protect their children Rating: Transsupportive, USA Today, June 20, 2023, PDF archive, HTML archive

June 20, 2023
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
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
Elon Musk Celebrates Pride Month By Going On An Anti-Trans Tweeting Spree

Critics say the platform isn’t safe for trans users after the company rolled back protections against “targeted misgendering.” Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 12, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)

June 12, 2023
How Trans Organizers Are Fighting Back Against Ron DeSantis

“Ron DeSantis accidentally created the most powerful resistance that he could ever imagine because we’re angry and we’re connecting and we’re caring for each other.” Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 11, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)

June 11, 2023
Elon Musk Slams Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

Video quoting Elon Musk’s transphobic tweets and providing so-called medical science from Greg Marchand, who is apparently an obstetrician/gynecologist who opposes gender-affirming care. Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, June 11, 2023 (Video archive 1) (Video archive 2)

June 11, 2023
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…

June 9, 2023