Category: New York
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Danica Roem makes history as first openly transgender person elected to Virginia state Senate
Rating: Transneutral, CBS News, November 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Danica Roem makes history as first openly transgender person elected to Virginia state Senate BY SHAWNA MIZELLE UPDATED ON: NOVEMBER 8, 2023 / 8:22 PM EST / CBS NEWS Danica Roem has made history Tuesday as the first openly…
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Danica Roem Will Become the First Transgender State Senator in the South
Rating: Transsupportive, New York Times, November 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Danica Roem Will Become the First Transgender State Senator in the South A Democrat in her third term in the Virginia House of Delegates and a former journalist, she won a competitive race in the northern part…
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Anti-trans prison housing bill raises alarms
Rating: Transsupportive, The Capital Times, November 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Anti-trans prison housing bill raises alarms Rylee Jenich spent 10 years incarcerated in various Wisconsin men’s prisons. For the last six of those years, Jenich — a trans-feminine person who uses they/them pronouns — publicly identified as…
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Merchant Marine transgender policy allows service exemptions
Rating: Transphobic, New York Post , October 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Merchant Marine transgender policy allows service exemptions WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) wants answers from the Merchant Marine Academy after the Long Island institution implemented a new policy allowing midshipmen undergoing gender transitions to seek…
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Speaker Mike Johnson Roundly Condemned by LGBTQ+ Groups, Biden Campaign, and Democrats
Rating: Transneutral, Advocate, October 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Speaker Mike Johnson Roundly Condemned by LGBTQ+ Groups, Biden Campaign, and Democrats LGBTQ+ groups and other progressive forces, including President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, are denouncing the elevation of far-right U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson to speaker of the House…
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Japan Supreme Court hands down a landmark transgender rights decision
Rating: Transneutral, NPR, October 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Japan Supreme Court hands down a landmark transgender rights decision : NPR Japan’s Supreme Court hands down a landmark transgender rights decision October 25, 20231:59 PM ET Anthony Kuhn The unnamed plaintiff’s lawyers, Kazuyuki Minami, left, and…
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“Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria” Republished In Junk-Science Journal With A Shady Record
Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, October 23, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria” Republished In Junk-Science Journal With A Shady Record On Monday, several prominent anti-trans accounts announced the republication of a previously retracted paper supporting the notion of “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria,” a pseudoscientific…
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Adirondack library, known for drag queen story hour controversy, closes after staff abruptly quits
Rating: Transneutral, NYup, September 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Adirondack library, known for drag queen story hour controversy, closes after staff abruptly quits By Sunny Hernandez | ahernandez@nyup.com An Upstate New York library closed this week when all but one of its employees abruptly quit. According to CBS 6 Albany,…