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  • How did testosterone become so criminalized? The ’90s Olympic bribery scandal that started it all.

    Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary How did testosterone become so criminalized? The ’90s Olympic bribery scandal that started it all. Throughout the late 80s, 90s, and early 2000s, Americans became obsessed with anabolic steroid doping – i.e., hormonally altering one’s body to win…

  • Welsh government plans to redefine women to include transgender females

    Rating: Transneutral, The Telegraph, October 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Welsh government plans to redefine women to include transgender females The Welsh government is to redefine women to include transgender females under planned new laws. The proposal was revealed on Sunday in a leaked draft of its Gender…

  • Merchant Marine transgender policy allows service exemptions

    Rating: Transphobic, New York Post , October 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Merchant Marine transgender policy allows service exemptions WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) wants answers from the Merchant Marine Academy after the Long Island institution implemented a new policy allowing midshipmen undergoing gender transitions to seek…

  • Africa’s rich LGBTQ+ history has long been suppressed & activists are taking a stand

    Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Africa’s rich LGBTQ+ history has long been suppressed & activists are taking a stand In a world that is becoming increasingly aware of the importance of embracing diversity and acknowledging the stories of marginalized communities, Nigeria stands as…

  • Court blocks Idaho’s deeply transphobic student bathroom bill

    Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Court blocks Idaho’s deeply transphobic student bathroom bill Idaho’s bathroom ban for transgender students has been temporarily blocked by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The law, SB1100, banned trans kids from using school facilities that align with…

  • Alabama lawmaker & Moms for Liberty want to expand “Don’t Say Gay” law to all grades

    Rating: Transneutral, LGBTQ Nation, October 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Alabama lawmaker & Moms for Liberty want to expand “Don’t Say Gay” law to all grades Five-year-olds in the state are watching sexually explicit X-rated movies in school libraries, according to Republican state Rep. Mack Butler of Alabama.…

  • Florida school removed Bible from shelves over “sexually explicit content”

    Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Florida school removed Bible from shelves over “sexually explicit content” The Bible has returned to school shelves in one Florida district after it was briefly removed after being challenged last week under a recent state law. Volusia County…

  • Missouri School District Hears Policy On Hoax

    Missouri School District Hears Policy On Hoax “Litter Boxes” And Trans Bathroom Bans

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, October 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Missouri School District Hears Policy On Hoax “Litter Boxes” And Trans Bathroom Bans Francis Howell School District in Missouri, one of the state’s largest, recently held a hearing regarding a new policy aimed at transgender students…

  • Speaker Mike Johnson Roundly Condemned by LGBTQ+ Groups, Biden Campaign, and Democrats

    Rating: Transneutral, Advocate, October 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Speaker Mike Johnson Roundly Condemned by LGBTQ+ Groups, Biden Campaign, and Democrats LGBTQ+ groups and other progressive forces, including President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, are denouncing the elevation of far-right U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson to speaker of the House…

  • Definition of ‘infertility’ updated to include LGBTQ+ couples

    Definition of ‘infertility’ updated to include LGBTQ+ couples

    Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, October 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Major medical group update definition of ‘infertility’ to include LGBTQ+ couples A major medical association has updated its definition of ‘infertility’ to include LGBTQ+ couples. (Pexels) A major medical group has updated its definition of “infertility” to be more…