Category: heroes
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Intransitive: Gender Hero
Transgender rights and support organization in the U.S. state of Arkansas that in 2023 opened a Transgender Community Center.
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Eric Holcomb: Gender Hero
Republican Governor of U.S. state of Indiana who vetoed HB 1041 which made it illegal for athletes assigned male at birth to participate in girls’ sports from kindergarten through high school graduation, that veto overturned by the Indiana General Assembly on May 24, 2022.
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Andy Beshear: Gender Hero
Governor of U.S. state of Kentucky who vetoed state legislation that banned gender-affirming care for children and that banned transgender girls and women from participating in school sports matching their gender identity.
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Jon Bel Edwards: Gender Waffler
Democratic Governor of U.S. state of Louisiana who vetoed three transphobic anti-LGBT bills on June 30, 2023, but also on June 6, 2022, after previously vetoing a similar bill, declined to veto SB 44, which bans transgender women and girls from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity at all public and some…
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Spencer Cox: Gender Hero
Republican Governor of Utah who vetoed H.B. 11, which bans transgender girls from participating on interscholastic sports teams consistent with their gender identity, then Utah lawmakers voted to override that veto on March 25, 2022.
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Roy Cooper: Gender Hero
Democratic Governor of U.S. state of North Carolina who vetoed HB 574, which bans transgender girls and women from participating on girls’ and women’s sports teams at most middle schools, high schools and colleges, but whose veto the North Carolina legislature overrode on August 16, 2023.
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Sylvia Swayne: Gender Hero
First transgender person to run for elective office in the U.S. state of Alabama.
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1st transgender woman to run for Alabama House says cultural divide hurts all
Rating: Transsupportive, AL, August 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) ACTION RECOMMENDATIONS Content Summary 1st transgender woman to run for Alabama House says cultural divide hurts all By Mike Cason | mcason@al.com Running for the legislature was not in Sylvia Swayne’s plans for this year, but the 26-year-old Birmingham resident said she felt the…
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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…