Category: school

  • Oberlin College women's coach says she was 'burned at the stake' over her views on transgender athletes

    Oberlin College women’s coach says she was ‘burned at the stake’ over her views on transgender athletes

    Rating: Transphobic, New York Post , August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Oberlin College women’s coach says she was ‘burned at the stake’ over her views on transgender athletes Oberlin College women’s lacrosse head coach Kim Russell broke her silence about transgender inclusion in women’s sports in…

  • 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…

  • Nebraska governor signs order narrowly defining sex as that assigned at birth

    Nebraska governor signs order narrowly defining sex as that assigned at birth

    Rating: Transneutral, Associated Press via AOL, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Nebraska governor signs order narrowly defining sex as that assigned at birth SUMMER BALLENTINE August 30, 2023 at 4:43 PM Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen on Wednesday signed an executive order strictly defining a person’s sex.…

  • 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…

  • GLAAD Responds to Recent Court Rulings on Transgender Health Care in Texas, Missouri

    GLAAD Responds to Recent Court Rulings on Transgender Health Care in Texas, Missouri

    Rating: Transsupportive, GLAAD, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary GLAAD Responds to Recent Court Rulings on Transgender Health Care in Texas, Missouri Transgender Americans and their loved ones are being forced to navigate a more complicated array of attacks than ever on their rights. From legislative movement and…

  • 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…

  • New Bedford transgender candidate focused on drug, homeless issues

    Rating: Transsupportive, SouthCoastToday.com, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary New Bedford transgender candidate focused on drug, homeless issues NEW BEDFORD — For five years Arya Witner worked at the downtown New Bedford bus terminal next door to City Hall “and witnessed the worst of both.” Witner said she…

  • 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…