Category: United States of America (USA)

  • How did testosterone become so criminalized? The ’90s Olympic bribery scandal that started it all.

    Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary How did testosterone become so criminalized? The ’90s Olympic bribery scandal that started it all. Throughout the late 80s, 90s, and early 2000s, Americans became obsessed with anabolic steroid doping – i.e., hormonally altering one’s body to win…

  • San Jose Officials Take Stand Against Lgbtq Hate

    Rating: Transsupportive, San Francisco Chronicle, October 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary San Jose Officials Take Stand Against Lgbtq Hate Oct 30, 2023 By Lorraine Gabbert San Jose Spotlight A resolution to support San Jose’s LGBTQ+ community sparked an emotional outcry from residents and politicians. The San Jose City…

  • 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…

  • Black Trans Woman Lisa Love Killed Walking Home in Chicago

    Rating: Transsupportive, Advocate.com, October 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Black Trans Woman Lisa Love Killed Walking Home in Chicago Lisa Love, a Black transgender woman from Chicago, was shot and killed in the early hours of October 17. She was 35. She’s one of more than 20 trans…

  • Che Flores becomes first out trans non-binary referee in NBA

    Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, October 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Che Flores becomes first out trans non-binary referee in NBA An NBA referee has made history as the first publicly out trans non-binary referee in professional sports in the United States.  Che Flores, a second-year staff referee for the…

  • Dozens of mourners gather to honor A’nee Roberson, a Black trans woman killed in D.C.

    Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Dozens of mourners gather to honor A’nee Roberson, a Black trans woman killed in D.C. On Wednesday, nearly 100 mourners gathered for a vigil in Washington, D.C. to honor A’nee Roberson, a 30-year-old Black trans woman…

  • Black Trans Woman London Price Killed in Front of Grandma

    Rating: Transsupportive, Advocate, October 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Black Trans Woman London Price Killed in Front of Grandma London Price, a 26-year-old Black transgender woman, was fatally shot Monday outside her home in northwest Miami-Dade County. “Family members said Price was first pistol-whipped in front of her…

  • Court blocks Idaho’s deeply transphobic student bathroom bill

    Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Court blocks Idaho’s deeply transphobic student bathroom bill Idaho’s bathroom ban for transgender students has been temporarily blocked by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The law, SB1100, banned trans kids from using school facilities that align with…

  • Alabama lawmaker & Moms for Liberty want to expand “Don’t Say Gay” law to all grades

    Rating: Transneutral, LGBTQ Nation, October 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Alabama lawmaker & Moms for Liberty want to expand “Don’t Say Gay” law to all grades Five-year-olds in the state are watching sexually explicit X-rated movies in school libraries, according to Republican state Rep. Mack Butler of Alabama.…

  • Florida school removed Bible from shelves over “sexually explicit content”

    Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Florida school removed Bible from shelves over “sexually explicit content” The Bible has returned to school shelves in one Florida district after it was briefly removed after being challenged last week under a recent state law. Volusia County…