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  • The Transgender Movement’s House of Cards Is Falling

    Rating: Transphobic, Public Discourse, August 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary The Transgender Movement’s House of Cards Is Falling This week, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is holding its annual leadership conference at its headquarters in Itasca, Illinois. One issue that won’t be on the agenda but will be on the minds of many members is how to treat gender…

  • Virginia meeting on school transgender policies ends in chaos

    Rating: Transneutral, NBC News, July 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Virginia meeting on school transgender policies ends in chaos   Protesters were removed and arrests were made at a Roanoke County School Board meeting on new transgender policies. WSLS’ Connor Dietrich reports. July 28, 2023

  • Roanoke County mom of trans daughter shows concern for new transgender student policy

    Rating: Transneutral, WSLS 10, July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Roanoke County mom of trans daughter shows concern for new transgender student policy ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – Sherry Howard’s daughter, Elisa, came out as transgender in 8th grade back in 2019. First, to her family, then her peers. “As you…

  • Some Virginia school districts rejecting governor’s policy on transgender bathrooms, preferred pronouns

    Rating: Transneutral, Fox News, July 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Some Virginia school districts rejecting governor’s policy on transgender bathrooms, preferred pronouns | Fox News Several school districts in Virginia said they would be rejecting Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s model policies requiring students to use bathrooms and pronouns that match…

  • Top 5 States To Be Transgender In 2023

    Transgender people are migrating across the country, and many are trying to decide which state they want to move to. This list shows the best states for being trans in 2023. Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, July 5, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)

  • 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)

  • VCU Health supports transgender and non-binary community with pronoun pins

    Since the start of the initiative in June 2022, more than 9,000 pins have been distributed throughout the health system. Rating: Transsupportive, VCU Health, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)

  • Army Cautiously Jabbing Back as GOP Chastises Military as ‘Woke’

    The services have come under near constant attacks on Capitol Hill over the past year, with Republican lawmakers claiming the military is getting soft due to its embrace of racial minorities, women and LGBTQ+ troops. The criticism comes at a particularly sensitive time for the Army, which had its worst recruiting year in decades in…

  • 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)