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  • Senator Admits

    Senator Admits “Kids Online Safety Act” Will Target Trans Content Online

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, September 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Senator Admits “Kids Online Safety Act” Will Target Trans Content Online A bill with bipartisan backing is quietly making its way through Congress, and it could pose a significant threat to LGBTQ+ content online.…

  • LGBTQ+ Groups Fight Proposals That Strip Protections From Transgender Kids

    Rating: Transneutral, KQED, September 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary LGBTQ+ Groups Fight Proposals That Strip Protections From Transgender Kids A new political campaign is attempting to disrupt and even dismantle key protections for transgender youth in California. Protect Kids California, a recently formed group of mostly conservative state…

  • Some students see danger in Youngkin’s policies on transgender students

    Rating: Transneutral, The Hill, September 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Some students see danger in Youngkin’s policies on transgender students FAIRFAX, Va. — When recent Fairfax High School graduate Beatrice Stotz considers Virginia’s new education policies on transgender students, she thinks about a friend of hers whose parents…

  • Texas high court allows law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect

    Rating: Transneutral, The Associated Press, August 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Texas high court allows law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court allowed a new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Friday,…

  • Texas supreme court allows ban on transgender youth care to take effect

    Rating: Transneutral, The Guardian US, August 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Texas supreme court allows ban on transgender youth care to take effect The Texas supreme court allowed a new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Friday, setting up Texas to be the…

  • Pittsburgh could become sanctuary city for transgender health care

    Rating: Transsupportive, National Public Radio via 90.5 WESA, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Pittsburgh could become sanctuary city for transgender health care Pittsburgh could become a sanctuary city for transgender health care. A package of bills introduced in City Council Tuesday would prohibit city agencies from supporting…

  • California Republicans To Try Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives

    California Republicans To Try Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary California Republicans To Try Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives   Voters in California may remember Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that sought to ban gay marriage by defining marriage as between a man and a woman. The initiative,…

  • 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…

  • 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…