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  • Poll finds Missouri voters back bans on transgender health care

    Rating: Transphobic, Missouri Independent, August 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Poll finds Missouri voters back bans on transgender health care • Missouri Independent UPDATE on Friday, Aug. 25, at 3:15 p.m.: This story was updated to reflect the decision by Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer, who handed down a…

  • Transgender athlete laws by state: Legislation, science, more

    Rating: Transneutral, ESPN, August 24, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video 1 archive) (Video 2 archive) (Video 3 archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender athlete laws by state: Legislation, science, more Since 2020, 23 states have passed laws restricting transgender athletes’ ability to participate in school sports in accordance with their gender identity.…

  • US judge's school privacy ruling allows transgender bathroom use based on gender identity

    US judge’s school privacy ruling allows transgender bathroom use based on gender identity

    Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, August 11, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary US judge’s school privacy ruling allows transgender bathroom use based on gender identity A U.S. District Court judge Thursday blocked implementation of a new Idaho law that would prevent transgender students from using restrooms, locker rooms…

  • CNN fact-checked by Community Notes for report that transgender patients ‘have no regrets’ about ‘top surgery’

    Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, August 10, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary CNN fact-checked by Community Notes for report that transgender patients ‘have no regrets’ about ‘top surgery’ CNN was fact-checked by X’s Community Notes after it cited a study claiming “[t]ransgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets…

  • Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds

    Rating: Transsupportive, CNN, August 9, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets about top surgery, small study finds Some arguments in favor of laws that restrict gender-affirming care claim that patients may some day regret any irreversible or semi-irreversible part of their…

  • Pediatricians’ group affirms support for ‘gender-affirming’ care, calls for review of guidelines

    Rating: Transphobic, Catholic News Agency, August 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Pediatricians’ group affirms support for ‘gender-affirming’ care, calls for review of guidelines Shutterstock By Daniel Payne Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 7, 2023 / 12:17 pm An influential pediatricians’ group affirmed its support for what activists call “gender-affirming” medical…

  • Ne-Yo on Best Practice Care for Transgender Kids: ‘I Don’t Understand’ – Billboard

    Rating: Transphobic, Billboard, August 5, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Ne-Yo on Best Practice Care for Transgender Kids: ‘I Don’t Understand’ – Billboard Ne-Yo shared his thoughts on how to parent transgender children and questioned minors’ rights to receive gender-affirming care in a new interview. The singer, a dad of seven…

  • Pontiac transgender woman sues to get testicles back from ex

    Rating: Transphobic, Detroit News, August 4, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Pontiac transgender woman sues to get testicles back from ex Pontiac — A transgender woman from Pontiac has filed a court claim demanding her testicles back, insisting her ex-boyfriend is keeping them in a jar in his refrigerator and refusing…

  • No More Closed Doors for Russian Transgender People

    Combined with the relentless transphobic rhetoric of Russian politicians and authorities, these developments suggest that Russia is an unsafe environment for transgender individuals. Those who choose to leave the country because of their identity should have the opportunity to find refuge in foreign nations where their lives and health will not be endangered. Rating: Transsupportive,…

  • Florida veered from norms to strip transgender care from Medicaid, records show

    Rating: Transsupportive, Tampa Bay Times, August 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Florida veered from norms to strip transgender care from Medicaid, records show Days before a state agency began researching whether transgender medical care for Floridians should be covered by Medicaid, officials started lining up experts known for…