Category: Washington, D.C.
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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…
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Will Republicans Shutdown Government In Part Over Trans People?
Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, September 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Will Republicans Shutdown Government In Part Over Trans People? The United States teeters on the brink of a shutdown, and signs suggest it might be protracted. In Washington, tempers flare as federal workers brace for the…
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White House punts on ‘yes or no answer’ to transgender athletes playing female sports
Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary White House punts on ‘yes or no answer’ to transgender athletes playing female sports The White House said Tuesday that “there is no yes or no answer” when asked whether it is fair that transgender athletes…
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Who’s behind transgender policies in Southern California schools? – Press Enterprise
Rating: Transneutral, The Press-Enterprise, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Who’s behind transgender policies in Southern California schools? – Press Enterprise Sidelined in Sacramento, California conservatives went back to school. They won school board seats last fall and are now working to advance what they see as an…
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Why Is the White House Caving to Transphobic Fear Mongers on Fox News?
The White House hosted a remarkably inclusive Pride celebration this year, including many queer BIPOC and trans activists. Rose Montoya was one of these people. While on the White House lawn, she posted a partially “topless” video of her holding her breasts in her hands, standing in solidarity with trans people who have scars from gender-affirming top…
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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)
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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…
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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)