Category: political parties
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Labour ‘placating gender critics’ with latest U-turn – and trans members have had enough
Labour is sitting on the fence over trans rights to placate a gender-critical faction of the party, trans members claim. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Labour ‘placating gender critics’ with latest U-turn – and trans members have had enough Labour shadow equalities secretary Anneliese Dodds and leader Keir…
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Swimming Announces ‘Open’ Category For Transgender Athletes—Here Are The Other Major Sports With Restrictions Or Bans
Rating: Transneutral, Forbes, July 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Swimming Announces ‘Open’ Category For Transgender Athletes—Here Are The Other Major Sports With Restrictions Or Bans Topline World Aquatics—the international governing body for swimming—announced Tuesday it will start an “Open” category that includes all transgender athletes, after the body joined several other sports…
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Transgender swimmers will be included in new ‘open category’ trial for races
Rating: Transneutral, Yahoo Sports, July 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Transgender swimmers will be included in new ‘open category’ trial for races Transgender swimmers will eventually be able to compete in a new category set up by the sport’s world governing body. World Aquatics president Husain Al-Musallam announced Tuesday that a trial…
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Poll: Ohioans don’t think trans athletes should play in school sports
Poll: Ohioans don’t think trans athletes should play in school sports The Columbus Dispatch
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Democratic governor pushes back against transgender-related attacks by GOP in Kentucky campaign
Democratic governor pushes back against transgender-related … WPSD Local 6
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US senator JD Vance moves to ban all gender-affirming care for trans minors across the nation
Yet another federal ban on gender-affirming care for minors has been proposed by Republican lawmakers, this time by Ohio senator JD Vance. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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MPs urge Rishi Sunak to ditch ‘unlawful’ plan to make schools out trans children
The government has been accused of “diminishing the lives of trans people” in controversial guidance that’s being prepared for schools. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 19, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Ron DeSantis rants about ‘indoctrinating children’ after seeing one single Pride flag
The Florida governor – who has targeted the LGBTQ+ community with his Don’t Say Gay law and by repeatedly working to remove rights from the trans community – announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in May. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 18, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)
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Labour MP says Tory government ‘vilifying trans people’ after draft policy leak
Draft policy that would stop trans civil servants using the toilets that match their gender identity has been condemned as dangerous and “completely unworkable” by Labour MP Kate Osborne. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 14, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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The House just passed a defense bill with controversial abortion, LGBTQ measures. It doesn’t stand a chance in the Senate.
Top Democrats said provisions on abortion, transgender medical care and diversity programs are an “an ode to bigotry and ignorance.” Rating: Transneutral, Politico, July 14, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive)