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  • Excluded: Denver’s unhoused transgender population faces barriers to housing, added violence

    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…

  • New Poll Shows Massive Backlash To Anti-LGBTQ School Policies

    New Poll Shows Massive Backlash To Anti-LGBTQ School Policies

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary New Poll Shows Massive Backlash To Anti-LGBTQ School Policies   Over the past two years, over a dozen states—all under Republican governance—have enacted policies that forcibly disclose the gender identities of transgender youth to…

  • Schools that don’t adopt Virginia’s transgender model policies can be sued, according to state officials – The Virginian-Pilot

    Rating: Transneutral, The Virginian-Pilot, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Schools that don’t adopt Virginia’s transgender model policies can be sued, according to state officials – The Virginian-Pilot Some Virginia school divisions appear to be entering a faceoff with the state and parents groups over Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s…

  • Pittsburgh could become sanctuary city for transgender health care

    Rating: Transsupportive, National Public Radio via 90.5 WESA, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Pittsburgh could become sanctuary city for transgender health care Pittsburgh could become a sanctuary city for transgender health care. A package of bills introduced in City Council Tuesday would prohibit city agencies from supporting…

  • Groups rally about transgender youth ballot initiatives

    Rating: Transphobic, KTXL FOX 40 Sacramento, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Groups rally about transgender youth ballot initiatives (FOX40.COM) — Hundreds of people rallied outside of Sacramento’s capitol building August 28 to voice their opinions about a ballot measure that the authors say is designed…

  • 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…

  • Alaska education board to consider controversial policy change for transgender athletes

    Rating: Transphobic, Alaska’s News Source, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Alaska education board to consider controversial policy change for transgender athletes ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Alaska education board is holding a special meeting on Thursday where the board will likely be taking action on…

  • White House punts on 'yes or no answer' to transgender athletes playing female sports

    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…

  • CADOJ sues school district over transgender student notification policy

    Rating: Transneutral, KCRA Sacramento, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary CADOJ sues school district over transgender student notification policy Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday announced his office filed a lawsuit against a Southern California school district for its new policy that requires parents to be notified if…

  • ACLU sues Indiana over law banning gender-affirming surgery in prison

    Rating: Transneutral, IndyStar, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary ACLU sues Indiana over law banning gender-affirming surgery in prison The ACLU of Indiana is suing the Indiana Department of Correction for denying gender-affirming surgery to a transgender woman, challenging a new state law that prohibits the…