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Indian state proposes sweeping LGBTQ policy

Rating: Transsupportive, Washington Blade, February 15, 2025, (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Suggest/Improve an Action on the Action Portal! Content Summary (Washington Blade photo by Ernesto Valle) The government of Tamil Nadu in southern India has proposed a policy that is designed to improve the lives of LGBTQ and intersex people in…

February 15, 2025
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…

October 30, 2023
How sports are handling transgender women in competition – DW – 10/01/2023

Rating: Transneutral, Deutsche Welle, October 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary How sports are handling transgender women in competition – DW – 10/01/2023 Discussions about transgender rights and sports have been ongoing among athletes and sports federations for years. In a recent development, an upcoming World Aquatics Swimming…

October 1, 2023
Protesters march against Board of Education’s decision to ban transgender athletes from girls’ sports

Rating: Transneutral, Alaska’s News Source, September 4, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Protesters march against Board of Education’s decision to ban transgender athletes from girls’ sports ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – A protest and march was held in Downtown Anchorage Saturday after the State Board of Education and…

September 4, 2023
LGBTQ+ Groups Fight Proposals That Strip Protections From Transgender Kids

Rating: Transneutral, KQED, September 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary LGBTQ+ Groups Fight Proposals That Strip Protections From Transgender Kids A new political campaign is attempting to disrupt and even dismantle key protections for transgender youth in California. Protect Kids California, a recently formed group of mostly conservative state…

September 2, 2023
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…

August 29, 2023
California Republicans To Try Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives

Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, August 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary California Republicans To Try Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives Voters in California may remember Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that sought to ban gay marriage by defining marriage as between a man and a woman. The initiative,…

August 28, 2023
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.…

August 24, 2023
Martina Navratilova rips USTA’s transgender inclusion policy: ‘This is not right and it is not fair’

Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, August 6, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Martina Navratilova rips USTA’s transgender inclusion policy: ‘This is not right and it is not fair’ Tennis legend Martina Navratilova called out the United States Tennis Association (USTA)’s transgender inclusion policy early Sunday morning in response to another…

August 6, 2023
Martina Navratilova blasts US Tennis Association after transgender star Alicia Rowley won women’s national tournament and claims the sport is ‘not for failed male athletes’

Rating: Transphobic, Daily Mail, August 6, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Martina Navratilova blasts US Tennis Association after transgender star Alicia Rowley won women’s national tournament and claims the sport is ‘not for failed male athletes’ Martina Navratilova blasts US Tennis Association after transgender star Alicia Rowley won women’s national tournament and claims…

August 6, 2023