Category: legal gender change

  • State Department puts “X” passport applicants in limbo

    State Department puts “X” passport applicants in limbo

    Rating: Transsupportive, Papers, Please, March 12, 2025 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations See Also Content Summary State Department puts “X” passport applicants in limbo The US State Department is withholding passports from some US citizens, effectively denying them the ability to leave or return to the US, without any basis in law…

  • Equaldex: Explore the progress of LGBTQ+ rights across the world

    Rating: Transsupportive, Equaldex, November 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Explore the progress of LGBTQ+ rights across the world.

  • Things to know about the latest court and policy action on transgender issues in the US

    Rating: Transneutral, The Associated Press, September 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Things to know about the latest court and policy action on transgender issues in the US On Friday, Texas became the most populous state with a ban in effect against gender-affirming care for minors. The law was…

  • Alaska education board votes to ban transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports

    Alaska education board votes to ban transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports

    Rating: Transneutral, Anchorage Daily News, August 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Alaska education board votes to ban transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports A board appointed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy decided Thursday in favor of a new regulation that would ban transgender girls from participation in high…

  • Kris Kobach gets more time on Kansas transgender driver’s license case

    Rating: Transneutral, The Topeka Capital-Journal, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Kris Kobach gets more time on Kansas transgender driver’s license case The Kansas attorney general’s office now has more time to prepare its arguments over gender markers on driver’s licenses after arguing that allowing transgender people to…

  • The young people impacted by Missouri law restricting transgender rights

    Rating: Transsupportive, Channel 4 News, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary The young people impacted by Missouri law restricting transgender rights – Channel 4 News A swathe of Republican-controlled states across America have been passing laws restricting transgender rights – the latest, Missouri where new legislation…

  • White House punts on 'yes or no answer' to transgender athletes playing female sports

    White House punts on ‘yes or no answer’ to transgender athletes playing female sports

    Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary White House punts on ‘yes or no answer’ to transgender athletes playing female sports The White House said Tuesday that “there is no yes or no answer” when asked whether it is fair that transgender athletes…

  • ACLU sues Indiana over law banning gender-affirming surgery in prison

    Rating: Transneutral, IndyStar, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary ACLU sues Indiana over law banning gender-affirming surgery in prison The ACLU of Indiana is suing the Indiana Department of Correction for denying gender-affirming surgery to a transgender woman, challenging a new state law that prohibits the…

  • Transgender prisoner files lawsuit against Indiana DOC after being prevented access to surgery

    Rating: Transneutral, FOX 59 Indianapolis, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender prisoner files lawsuit against Indiana DOC after being prevented access to surgery EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The Indiana office of the American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of a transgender prisoner, has filed a lawsuit in federal…

  • Katy ISD’s controversial proposed transgender policy draws hundreds

    Rating: Transneutral, Houston Chronicle, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Katy ISD’s controversial proposed transgender policy draws hundreds Katy ISD staff must now inform parents whose children ask to be identified as transgender, after the board of trustees on Monday narrowly passed a new official policy containing a…