Category: school
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Asleep at the Wheel
Policy report from transphobic organization Policy Exchange seeking to implement and reinforce transphobic policies for schools in the United Kingdom. Rating: Transphobic, Policy Exchange, March 30, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Culture wars take center stage in Tudor Dixon’s education proposals
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon seized on national culture wars in a pair of press conferences this week, with education policy priorities aimed at transgender children in sports and discussion of sexual orientation and gender in classrooms. Rating: Transneutral, MLive, September 28, 2022 (PDF archive)
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Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to criminalise life-saving healthcare for trans kids
Notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene plans to introduce legislation that would criminalise vital gender-affirming care for trans youth. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, August 19, 2022 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Pro-Trump Candidate Calls for Executing Parents of LGBTQ+ Kids
Mark Burns, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate in South Carolina’s 4th Congressional District called for the arrest and execution of those who advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and the protection of trans children. Rating: Transsupportive, The Advocate via Yahoo, June 14, 2022 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)
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CMDA Ethics Statement Transgender Identification
A novel way of thinking about one’s body has entered into popular culture. “Transgender” individuals refer to their “gender” as a sexual identity that may be male or female, something in between, or neither. This self-identification differs from, and takes priority over, their biological sex as recognized in their chromosomal DNA and innate physical sexual…
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Right-wing and evangelical media helped land anti-trans parent group the Kelsey Coalition in USA Today
The Kelsey Coalition has been promoting harmful junk science in the media and to policymakers. Rating: Transsupportive, Media Matters, August 16, 2019 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Trans competition is discriminatory, say teens backed by anti-abortion lawyers
Three high-school students in Connecticut have filed a federal discrimination complaint challenging the state’s policy of letting trans students compete on sports teams according to their gender identity. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 20, 2019 (PDF archive)