Category: mental health
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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…
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All the ways queer icon Sinéad O’Connor proved she was a fearless LGBTQ+ ally
As tributes pour in for Irish singer and outspoken political activist Sinéad O’Connor, who died yesterday (26 July), aged 56, many are remembering her long-standing LGBTQ+ allyship. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary All the ways queer icon Sinéad O’Connor proved she was a fearless LGBTQ+ ally…
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A Patchwork of Transgender Healthcare Laws Push Families Across State Lines
Rating: Transsupportive, NPR, July 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Audio archive) Content Summary A Patchwork of Transgender Healthcare Laws Push Families Across State Lines July 26, 20235:48 PM ET LGBTQ activists rally at the State Capitol Building in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Earlier this year state legislators put into place legal protections for trans people…
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Dr. Marci Bowers says transgender Americans are a “vulnerable population that deserves health care”
Dr. Marci Bowers says transgender Americans are a “vulnerable population that deserves health care” CBS News
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US senator JD Vance moves to ban all gender-affirming care for trans minors across the nation
Yet another federal ban on gender-affirming care for minors has been proposed by Republican lawmakers, this time by Ohio senator JD Vance. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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MPs urge Rishi Sunak to ditch ‘unlawful’ plan to make schools out trans children
The government has been accused of “diminishing the lives of trans people” in controversial guidance that’s being prepared for schools. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 19, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Being trans is a matter of semantics
Is it right to question why someone is trans? Or that gender is a social construction rooted in oppression? Coming out as a gender other than the one you were assigned at birth is a weird experience, partly because you have to overcome what society views as normative gender and partly because as you soon…
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Judge rules transgender health care ban unconstitutional
A Federal judge in Arkansas ruled against the state’s law banning transgender health care. A doctor who testified in the case, who has treated trans patients for 30 years, says,”It’s not just that someone learns that there are transgender or non-binary people in society and is contemplating that as an identity. It’s that they are…