Category: medical
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Body positivity whilst trans
Sometime around April 2021, I did something very brave: I looked in the mirror. Rating: Transsupportive, Medium, May 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Target’s Capitulation To The Anti-Trans Mob and The Pitfalls of Corporate Pride
As soon as Pride month rolls around, we are greeted with a huge number of corporations paying lip service to Pride, usually by changing their social media profile pictures so that their logo is shown with the rainbow colors as a supposed expression of support. Correspondingly, we are also given a number of very surface-level…
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Texas Children’s to stop transgender care in coming months, CEO email says
It’s very likely Senate Bill 14 will be signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, which would ban transgender care for minor children in Texas. These are services that were being offered by Texas Children’s Hospitals. ABC13 Houston, May 25, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Exclusive: Mike Pence says he would ban transgender troops again
Mike Pence addressed numerous topics, including trans rights, Trump, the war in Ukraine and the current field in the race for president. Rating: ?, Scripps News via WKBW ABC, May 24, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Nebraska Governor Signs Combined Anti-Trans, Anti-Abortion Bill Into Law
As expected, Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed a bill Monday that both limits gender-affirming care for young people and outlaws abortion at 12 weeks of pregnancy. Huffington Post, May 22, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Many transgender health bills came from a handful of far-right interest groups, AP finds
Aaron and Lacey Jennen’s roots in Arkansas run deep. They’ve spent their entire lives there, attended the flagship state university, and are raising a family. So they’re heartbroken at the prospect of perhaps having to move to one of an ever-dwindling number of states where gender-affirming health care for their transgender teenage daughter, Sabrina, is…
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May Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map
The map of anti-trans risk has polarized into two Americas – one where trans people have full legal protections, and one where they are persecuted by the state. Rating: Transsupportive, Erin In The Morning, May 20, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Axios-Ipsos poll: “No clear agreement” on Americans’ LGBTQ opinions
Many Americans lack fully developed views on LGBTQ issues and sexual identity as more states enact laws restricting access to transgender health care, according to the latest Axios-Ipsos American Health Index. Rating: Transneutral, Axios, May 19, 2023 (PDF archive)
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What states are restricting transgender health care
Politicians in red states are placing new limits on gender-affirming care for transgender people, creating a patchwork of sanctions on health providers who offer such services and limits on access. Rating: Transsupportive, Axios, May 17, 2023 (PDF archive)