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  • First Openly Transgender Lawyer to Argue at Supreme Court (1)

    First Openly Transgender Lawyer to Argue at Supreme Court (1)

    Rating: Transsupportive, Bloomberg Law, October 21, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Oct. 21, 2024, 9:34 AM PDT; Updated: Oct. 21, 2024, 10:06 AM PDT First Openly Transgender Lawyer to Argue at Supreme Court (1) Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson Senior Reporter The ACLU’s Chase Strangio will become the first openly transgender lawyer to argue…

  • Trump and Republicans Bet Big on Anti-Trans Ads Across the Country

    Trump and Republicans Bet Big on Anti-Trans Ads Across the Country

    Rating: Transneutral, The New York Times, October 8, 2024 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Trump and Republicans Bet Big on Anti-Trans Ads Across the Country Republicans have spent tens of millions of dollars on the ads, part of an attempt to help them win over suburban female voters. By Shane Goldmacher…

  • 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…

  • Trans sex worker & ACLU sue Tennessee over HIV criminalization law

    Trans sex worker & ACLU sue Tennessee over HIV criminalization law

    Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Trans sex worker & ACLU sue Tennessee over HIV criminalization law The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Transgender Law Center have filed a federal lawsuit against a Tennessee law that requires HIV-positive sex workers to register…

  • Looking To 2024: What's Next In The Fight Over Trans Rights In America

    Looking To 2024: What’s Next In The Fight Over Trans Rights In America

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, October 18, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Looking To 2024: What’s Next In The Fight Over Trans Rights In America 2023 has been a challenging year for transgender individuals in America. As most legislatures across the country went out of session, the momentum…

  • 18 Republican AGs Sign Letter Citing Anti-Abortion Ruling To Target Trans Adult Care

    18 Republican AGs Sign Letter Citing Anti-Abortion Ruling To Target Trans Adult Care

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, October 16, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary 18 Republican AGs Sign Letter Citing Anti-Abortion Ruling To Target Trans Adult Care Republican attorneys general and legal representatives from 18 states have submitted an amicus brief in a Florida case, Dekker v. Weida, which currently…

  • 11th Circuit Court Upholds Ruling Blocking Drag Ban

    11th Circuit Court Upholds Ruling Blocking Drag Ban

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, October 11, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary 11th Circuit Court Upholds Ruling Blocking Drag Ban In a significant ruling released Wednesday by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Florida drag ban will not be allowed to take effect. This decision upholds an…

  • Appeals court upholds Tennessee, Kentucky bans on transgender care for minors

    Appeals court upholds Tennessee, Kentucky bans on transgender care for minors

    Rating: Transneutral, Reuters, September 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Appeals court upholds Tennessee, Kentucky bans on transgender care for minors Sept 28 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed Tennessee and Kentucky to enforce laws banning gender-affirming medical care for minors, such as puberty blockers, hormones…

  • Landmark Ruling: Montana Judge Blocks Trans Ban Citing Overwhelming Medical Evidence

    Landmark Ruling: Montana Judge Blocks Trans Ban Citing Overwhelming Medical Evidence

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, September 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Landmark Ruling: Montana Judge Blocks Trans Ban Citing Overwhelming Medical Evidence In a landmark decision released Wednesday morning, Montana District Court Judge Jason Marks has halted the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. The…

  • Texas Anti-Abortion Judge Suggests Drag Is

    Texas Anti-Abortion Judge Suggests Drag Is “Sexualized,” Allows Ban

    Rating: Trans supportive neutral phobic, Erin In The Morning, September 22, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Texas Anti-Abortion Judge Suggests Drag Is “Sexualized,” Allows Ban An infamous federal judge in Texas, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, ruled today that a ban on drag shows at West Texas A&M does not violate…