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  • 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…

  • US Man Tries To Kill Transgender Woman On First Date, She Fights Him

    Rating: Transneutral, NDTV, November 19, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary US Man Tries To Kill Transgender Woman On First Date, She Fights Him “If the knife were a little bit sharper, I would have been dead,” she added. Edited by Anoushka Sharma Updated: November 19, 2023 6:03 pm IST A…

  • New Poll: 76% Say Trans Care For Trans Youth Should Be Decided By Parents Or Doctors

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, November 17, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary New Poll: 76% Say Trans Care For Trans Youth Should Be Decided By Parents Or Doctors Over the past three years, 21 states have implemented bans or severe limitations on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. These…

  • Moral Panic Losing Steam? TX Trans Boy to Resume Role in Oklahoma!

    Rating: Transsupportive, Assigned Media, November 14, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Moral Panic Losing Steam? TX Trans Boy to Resume Role in Oklahoma! Nov 14 In North Texas, Max Hightower will resume his role in the school’s production of Oklahoma! Meanwhile, the Daily Caller reports Disney is allowing janitorial…

  • 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…

  • Why was a transgender Texas boy removed from a lead role in the school musical ‘Oklahoma’?

    Rating: Transsupportive, Dallas Morning News, November 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Why was a transgender Texas boy removed from a lead role in the school musical ‘Oklahoma’? Max Hightower was cast in ensemble roles for theater productions throughout high school. Then, finally, his teacher offered him one of…

  • Man Sentenced to 48 Years For Murdering Transgender Woman in 2019

    Rating: Transneutral, PEOPLE, November 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Man Sentenced to 48 Years For Murdering Transgender Woman in 2019Man Sentenced to 48 Years For Murdering Transgender Woman in 2019  PEOPLE Kendrell Lavar Lyles, 37, of Texas, pleaded guilty to fatally shooting Muhlaysia Booker a month after she was…

  • Sherman High School transgender student loses lead theater role over gender policy

    Rating: Transsupportive, KXII, November 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Sherman High School transgender student loses lead theater role over gender policy A Sherman High School policy has taken a lead role away from a transgender theater student. By Erin Pellet Published: Nov. 6, 2023 at 3:35 PM PST|Updated: 21…

  • Annette Bening warns anti-trans lawmakers: “You do not want to make this momma mad”

    Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Annette Bening warns anti-trans lawmakers: “You do not want to make this momma mad” Over the weekend, Annette Bening received GLSEN’s Advocate Award at the LGBTQ+ organization’s annual Rise Up L.A. benefit. The four-time Oscar nominee lived up…

  • As transgender health care draws patients to New Mexico, waitlists grow

    Rating: Transsupportive, CBS News, October 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary As transgender health care draws patients to New Mexico, waitlists grow ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — This summer, Sophia Machado packed her bags and left her home in Oregon to move to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where her sister lived and…