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Category: South Carolina

  • America’s Censored Classrooms 2023

    Rating: Transsupportive, PEN America, November 9, 2023 (PDF archive 1) (PDF archive 2) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary America’s Censored Classrooms 2023  Lawmakers Shift Strategies as Resistance Rises Key Findings Over the past three years, state legislators have launched an onslaught of educational gag orders—state legislative and policy efforts to restrict teaching…

  • How South Carolina’s abortion law sounds to transgender men

    Rating: Transsupportive, South Carolina Public Radio, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary How South Carolina’s abortion law sounds to transgender men For gender-expansive people in general, and for transgender men in particular, South Carolina’s ban on most abortions after six weeks raises scary questions. Chief among those is…

  • Transgender athlete laws by state: Legislation, science, more

    Rating: Transneutral, ESPN, August 24, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive) (Video 3 archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender athlete laws by state: Legislation, science, more Since 2020, 23 states have passed laws restricting transgender athletes’ ability to participate in school sports in accordance with their gender identity.…

  • Supreme Court Lets Gender Dysphoria Ruling Stand in Win for Transgender Rights

    MONDAY, July 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday let stand a federal appeals court ruling that found people with gender dysphoria should be protected against discrimination under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Rating: Transsupportive, HealthDay News, July 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Supreme Court Lets Gender…

  • June Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map

    A map of the risk for anti-trans laws. For Pride, America feels like it has cleaved into two countries – one which targets transgender people everywhere, and one that has taken huge protective steps. Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, June 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

  • Opinion: Love your own family, stop hating families of LGBTQ+ kids

    It is once again June. For the LGBTQ+ community, it’s officially recognized as Pride Month — an opportunity for us to reflect on our history of tribulations, celebrate our triumphs and unite around the experience of existing as we are, in a world that often tells us we should not. Rating: Transsupportive, Detroit Free Press,…

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • Pro-Trump Candidate Calls for Executing Parents of LGBTQ+ Kids

    Mark Burns, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate in South Carolina’s 4th Congressional District called for the arrest and execution of those who advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and the protection of trans children. Rating: Transsupportive, The Advocate via Yahoo, June 14, 2022 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)