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Florida veered from norms to strip transgender care from Medicaid, records show

Rating: Transsupportive, Tampa Bay Times, August 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Florida veered from norms to strip transgender care from Medicaid, records show Days before a state agency began researching whether transgender medical care for Floridians should be covered by Medicaid, officials started lining up experts known for…

August 2, 2023
The Transgender Movement’s House of Cards Is Falling

Rating: Transphobic, Public Discourse, August 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary The Transgender Movement’s House of Cards Is Falling This week, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is holding its annual leadership conference at its headquarters in Itasca, Illinois. One issue that won’t be on the agenda but will be on the minds of many members is how to treat gender…

August 2, 2023
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
How many transgender and intersex people live in the US? Anti-LGBTQ+ laws will impact millions

Rating: Transneutral, Yahoo News, July 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary How many transgender and intersex people live in the US? Anti-LGBTQ+ laws will impact millions New laws targeting LGBTQ+ people are proliferating in GOP-led states, but often absent from policy decisions is a clear understanding of how many people will be directly…

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
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
Media Body Shaming and Witch-hunt.

In a new low-point for the British media last week the usual suspects caused a week-long witch hunt for someone whose only crime seems to be drawing attention to high utility bills and being trans. That is how it started but it quickly escalated because the person in question, Mika Minio-Paluello, was also the mother who had…

July 5, 2023