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Russia’s Law Targeting Transgender People Sows Fear for L.G.B.T. Russians

Rating: Trans supportive neutral phobic, New York Times, August 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Russia’s Law Targeting Transgender People Sows Fear for L.G.B.T. Russians A new law underscores how Vladimir V. Putin is increasingly using the war in Ukraine as justification for greater restrictions on L.G.B.T.Q. life, portraying it as a consequence…

August 1, 2023
Appeals court lets Kentucky enforce ban on transgender care for minors

Rating: Transneutral, Associated Press via NBC News, July 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Appeals court lets Kentucky enforce ban on transgender care for minors The law, enacted this year over the veto of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, prevents transgender minors from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapy. A federal appeals court is…

July 31, 2023
Roanoke County mom of trans daughter shows concern for new transgender student policy

Rating: Transneutral, WSLS 10, July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Roanoke County mom of trans daughter shows concern for new transgender student policy ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – Sherry Howard’s daughter, Elisa, came out as transgender in 8th grade back in 2019. First, to her family, then her peers. “As you…

July 27, 2023
Vladimir Putin signs Russia law banning trans healthcare and adoptions, and annulling marriages

Vladimir Putin has signed extreme legislation which bans all forms of gender-affirming care in Russia, as well as removing marriage and adoption rights for trans people. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Vladimir Putin signs Russia law banning trans healthcare and adoptions, and annulling marriages Vladimir Putin signs law…

July 25, 2023
Poll: Ohioans don’t think trans athletes should play in school sports

Poll: Ohioans don’t think trans athletes should play in school sports The Columbus Dispatch

July 24, 2023
Democratic governor pushes back against transgender-related attacks by GOP in Kentucky campaign

Democratic governor pushes back against transgender-related … WPSD Local 6

July 24, 2023
Dr. Marci Bowers says transgender Americans are a “vulnerable population that deserves health care”

Dr. Marci Bowers says transgender Americans are a “vulnerable population that deserves health care” CBS News

July 23, 2023
US senator JD Vance moves to ban all gender-affirming care for trans minors across the nation

Yet another federal ban on gender-affirming care for minors has been proposed by Republican lawmakers, this time by Ohio senator JD Vance. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

July 21, 2023
The House just passed a defense bill with controversial abortion, LGBTQ measures. It doesn’t stand a chance in the Senate.

Top Democrats said provisions on abortion, transgender medical care and diversity programs are an “an ode to bigotry and ignorance.” Rating: Transneutral, Politico, July 14, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive)

July 14, 2023
Being trans is a matter of semantics

Is it right to question why someone is trans? Or that gender is a social construction rooted in oppression? Coming out as a gender other than the one you were assigned at birth is a weird experience, partly because you have to overcome what society views as normative gender and partly because as you soon…

July 13, 2023