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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Moms For Liberty’s School Board Takeover Attempts Fizzled Out On Election Day

    Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, November 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Moms For Liberty’s School Board Takeover Attempts Fizzled Out On Election Day The results from an election cycle widely viewed as a preview for 2024 are bad news for the group’s ultra-conservative agenda. By Nathalie Baptiste Nov…

  • 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…

  • Idaho Bathroom Ban Temporarily Blocked By 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals

    Idaho Bathroom Ban Temporarily Blocked By 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, October 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Idaho Bathroom Ban Temporarily Blocked By 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals On Thursday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the bathroom ban for transgender students in Idaho could not proceed, at least for the…

  • Largest School District In Vermont Unanimously Codifies Trans Rights For Students

    Largest School District In Vermont Unanimously Codifies Trans Rights For Students

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, October 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Largest School District In Vermont Unanimously Codifies Trans Rights For Students Transgender students have faced an array of threats in recent years. Several states have barred them from sports, restricted their bathroom access, banned books about…

  • 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…