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  • EXCLUSIVE: Meet the director of Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health Exclusive interview: Director of Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health

    Rating: Transsupportive, Washington Blade, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary EXCLUSIVE: Meet the director of Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health Exclusive interview: Director of Johns Hopkins Center for Transgender Health The topic of gender affirming healthcare has never attracted more attention or scrutiny, presenting challenges…

  • 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.…

  • 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…

  • Right-Wing Transphobic Dog Whistle Jargon

    Under construction… your suggestions welcome! Jargon Translation biological female / biological woman person assigned female at birth (often used to misidentify trans man) biological male / biological man person assigned male at birth (often used to misidentify trans woman) chemical castration puberty blockers child mutilation gender-affirming surgery for minors gender confusion used to describe people,…

  • How South Carolina’s abortion law sounds to transgender men

    Rating: Transsupportive, South Carolina Public Radio, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary How South Carolina’s abortion law sounds to transgender men For gender-expansive people in general, and for transgender men in particular, South Carolina’s ban on most abortions after six weeks raises scary questions. Chief among those is…

  • The young people impacted by Missouri law restricting transgender rights

    Rating: Transsupportive, Channel 4 News, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary The young people impacted by Missouri law restricting transgender rights – Channel 4 News A swathe of Republican-controlled states across America have been passing laws restricting transgender rights – the latest, Missouri where new legislation…

  • 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…

  • Transgender prisoner files lawsuit against Indiana DOC after being prevented access to surgery

    Rating: Transneutral, FOX 59 Indianapolis, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender prisoner files lawsuit against Indiana DOC after being prevented access to surgery EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The Indiana office of the American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of a transgender prisoner, has filed a lawsuit in federal…

  • Maplewood Richmond Heights School District denounces new transgender athletes law

    Rating: Transneutral, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Maplewood Richmond Heights School District denounces new transgender athletes law Jack Suntrup JEFFERSON CITY — Maplewood Richmond Heights School District administrators on Monday called a new state law restricting transgender athletes discriminatory and didn’t shut the door…