Category: sports
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Anti-trans prison housing bill raises alarms
Rating: Transsupportive, The Capital Times, November 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Anti-trans prison housing bill raises alarms Rylee Jenich spent 10 years incarcerated in various Wisconsin men’s prisons. For the last six of those years, Jenich — a trans-feminine person who uses they/them pronouns — publicly identified as…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Che Flores becomes first out trans non-binary referee in NBA
Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, October 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Che Flores becomes first out trans non-binary referee in NBA An NBA referee has made history as the first publicly out trans non-binary referee in professional sports in the United States. Che Flores, a second-year staff referee for the…
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Dozens of mourners gather to honor A’nee Roberson, a Black trans woman killed in D.C.
Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Dozens of mourners gather to honor A’nee Roberson, a Black trans woman killed in D.C. On Wednesday, nearly 100 mourners gathered for a vigil in Washington, D.C. to honor A’nee Roberson, a 30-year-old Black trans woman…
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Eddie Izzard says ‘trans rights are human rights. End of story’ as he stars in Doctor Jekyll remake
Rating: Transsupportive, Sky News, October 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Eddie Izzard says ‘trans rights are human rights. End of story’ as he stars in Doctor Jekyll remake Eddie Izzard says the majority of people she meets on the streets are “positive” and “accepting” of her as a…
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Largest School District In Vermont Unanimously Codifies Trans Rights For Students
Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, October 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Largest School District In Vermont Unanimously Codifies Trans Rights For Students Transgender students have faced an array of threats in recent years. Several states have barred them from sports, restricted their bathroom access, banned books about…
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USA Cycling updates transgender athlete participation policy
Rating: Transneutral, Cyclingnews, October 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary USA Cycling updates transgender athlete participation policy USA Cycling has updated its transgender athlete participation policy, which now aims to establish new categories for transgender athletes to compete across domestic races within the US. Beginning January 1, 2024, transgender…