Category: queer
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Katy ISD ‘administrator’ will enforce new transgender policy
Rating: Transneutral, Chron, September 5, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Katy ISD ‘administrator’ will enforce new transgender policy Katy Independent School District will have an “FFJ Student Welfare Administrator” at every school campus to “ensure the new policy’s requirements are met,” according to a district spokesperson. The district’s introduction…
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May you never know the fear…
Making the rounds of the interwebs… Rating: Transsupportive, September 2, 2023
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Excluded: Denver’s unhoused transgender population faces barriers to housing, added violence
Rating: Transsupportive, Rocky Mountain PBS, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Excluded: Denver’s unhoused transgender population faces barriers to housing, added violence DENVER — Ana Miller wonders when she can stop living in fear. As a transgender woman who is often between housing and homelessness, each morning…
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In a State Hostile to LGBTQ+ People, Arkansas’ First Transgender Center Is a Lifeline
Rating: Transsupportive, Them, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary In a State Hostile to LGBTQ+ People, Arkansas’ First Transgender Center Is a Lifeline One of the most impactful of these meetings took place last year, when Intransitive hosted lawyers from the ACLU in town to litigate…
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Anti-transgender laws drive families to move to Illinois
Rating: Transsupportive, Chalkbeat Chicago, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Anti-transgender laws drive families to move to Illinois Back in the spring, Kimberly Reynolds stared at a map of the U.S. Each state was filled in with a color gradient: red for those with the strictest active anti-transgender…
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How South Carolina’s abortion law sounds to transgender men
Rating: Transsupportive, South Carolina Public Radio, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary How South Carolina’s abortion law sounds to transgender men For gender-expansive people in general, and for transgender men in particular, South Carolina’s ban on most abortions after six weeks raises scary questions. Chief among those is…
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Buy a rainbow Swatch, get a three-year jail term in Malaysia
The Swiss watchmaker Swatch produces a variety of rainbow-themed wristwatches. The Malaysian government announced today that anyone who buys or sells one could face up to three years in jail. According to an NBC News report, the government has deemed LGBTQ-themed Swatch products as “potentially harmful to morality. Rating: Transneutral, Boing Boing, August 10, 2023 (PDF…
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Central Bucks is proposing a policy to ban transgender athletes playing on teams aligned with their gender identities
Rating: Transphobic, The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 10, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Central Bucks is proposing a policy to ban transgender athletes playing on teams aligned with their gender identities The Central Bucks school board is considering a policy that would ban transgender students from playing on…
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Janelle Monae Vows To Fight Anti-LGBTQ Bills: I’ll Never ‘Be Silent’
“If we’re erasing history, how are we supposed to correct the mistakes that the past has made and create a better future?” Monáe asked. Rating: Transsupportive, Huffington Post, June 8, 2023 (PDF archive)