Category: mental health

  • 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…

  • VB School Board fails motion to adopt transgender policies

    Rating: Transneutral, WVEC, August 23, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary VB School Board fails motion to adopt transgender policies The vote, following a resolution introduced by board member Victoria Manning, comes as school boards across Virginia are beginning to vote on the adoption.…

  • Murrieta school district passes policy on transgender students

    Rating: Transphobic, Los Angeles Times, August 11, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Murrieta school district passes policy on transgender students The Murrieta Valley Unified School District on Thursday night approved a policy that requires staff to inform parents if a student is transgender or gender-nonconforming, becoming the…

  • CNN fact-checked by Community Notes for report that transgender patients ‘have no regrets’ about ‘top surgery’

    Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, August 10, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary CNN fact-checked by Community Notes for report that transgender patients ‘have no regrets’ about ‘top surgery’ CNN was fact-checked by X’s Community Notes after it cited a study claiming “[t]ransgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets…

  • Clothing non-profit for transgender youth expands space, mission

    Rating: Transsupportive, ABC WCPO 9 Cincinnati, August 10, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Clothing non-profit for transgender youth expands space, mission SILVERTON — The local organization helping transgender and gender non-conforming youth find comfort in clothes and style has a new home – and new opportunities to…

  • Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds

    Rating: Transsupportive, CNN, August 9, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds Some arguments in favor of laws that restrict gender-affirming care claim that patients may some day regret any irreversible or semi-irreversible part of their…

  • Education board clears room after outbursts over transgender policy proposal

    Rating: Transneutral, The Bakersfield Californian, August 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Education board clears room after outbursts over transgender policy proposal The Kern County Board of Education retired early to private session Tuesday evening after a series of outbursts following a failed effort to force a…

  • Martina Navratilova rips USTA’s transgender inclusion policy: ‘This is not right and it is not fair’

    Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, August 6, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Martina Navratilova rips USTA’s transgender inclusion policy: ‘This is not right and it is not fair’ Tennis legend Martina Navratilova called out the United States Tennis Association (USTA)’s transgender inclusion policy early Sunday morning in response to another…