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Maplewood Richmond Heights School District denounces new transgender athletes law

Rating: Transneutral, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Maplewood Richmond Heights School District denounces new transgender athletes law Jack Suntrup JEFFERSON CITY — Maplewood Richmond Heights School District administrators on Monday called a new state law restricting transgender athletes discriminatory and didn’t shut the door…

August 28, 2023
No More Closed Doors for Russian Transgender People

Combined with the relentless transphobic rhetoric of Russian politicians and authorities, these developments suggest that Russia is an unsafe environment for transgender individuals. Those who choose to leave the country because of their identity should have the opportunity to find refuge in foreign nations where their lives and health will not be endangered. Rating: Transsupportive,…

August 2, 2023
Oklahoma governor signs order targeting transgender rights

Rating: Transneutral, The Hill, August 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Oklahoma governor signs order targeting transgender rights Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed an executive order Tuesday directing state agencies to adopt narrow definitions of “male” and “female” in a move that will roll back legal protections for transgender people in the…

August 2, 2023
Transgender rights targeted in executive order signed by Oklahoma governor

Rating: Transneutral, Associated Press via KTUL, August 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Transgender rights targeted in executive order signed by Oklahoma governor KTUL by SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Tue, August 1st 2023, 1:12 PM PDT Screenshot from the Stand with Women ceremonial signing. Aug. 1, 2023. Courtesy: Independent Women’s Voice OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —…

August 1, 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
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
Trans men entering Miss Italy in protest demand apology amid ‘continuous transphobia’ across country

A group of trans men, who have entered the Miss Italy contest to protest its ban on trans women, say they want to “blow away the sand castle of biology [organisers have] been hanging on to”. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Trans men entering Miss Italy in protest…

July 27, 2023
Lawsuit over Kansas IDs would be a ‘morass’ if transgender people intervene, attorney general says

Rating: Transneutral, The Associated Press, July 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Lawsuit over Kansas IDs would be a ‘morass’ if transgender people intervene, attorney general says TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Allowing transgender Kansas residents to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to force the state to list the sex they were assigned…

July 26, 2023
Lawsuit over Kansas IDs would be a ‘morass’ if transgender people intervene, attorney general says

Rating: Transneutral, ABC News, July 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Lawsuit over Kansas IDs would be a ‘morass’ if transgender people intervene, attorney general says TOPEKA, Kan. — Allowing transgender Kansas residents to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to force the state to list the sex they were assigned at birth…

July 26, 2023
Labour ‘placating gender critics’ with latest U-turn – and trans members have had enough

Labour is sitting on the fence over trans rights to placate a gender-critical faction of the party, trans members claim. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Labour ‘placating gender critics’ with latest U-turn – and trans members have had enough Labour shadow equalities secretary Anneliese Dodds and leader Keir…

July 26, 2023