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  • Vatican says transgender people can be baptized

    Rating: Transsupportive, NBC News, November 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Vatican says transgender people can be baptized Responding to questions from a Brazilian bishop, the Vatican also said that transgender people can be godparents and witnesses at church weddings. St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Andrea Ronchin / NurPhoto via…

  • Danica Roem Will Become the First Transgender State Senator in the South

    Rating: Transsupportive, New York Times, November 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Danica Roem Will Become the First Transgender State Senator in the South A Democrat in her third term in the Virginia House of Delegates and a former journalist, she won a competitive race in the northern part…

  • Medicine with a “Transgender Bias”

    Rating: Transphobic, City Journal, November 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Medicine with a “Transgender Bias” A new lawsuit raises the question of whether “gender-affirming care” constitutes gay conversion therapy and violated the civil rights of a gay man. Nov 08 2023 Fenway Community Health Center in Boston, the…

  • Danica Roem: Gender Hero

    WINNER: GenderMenace.net Gender Hero Award for November 2023 U.S. state of Virginia state Senator who was the first transgender person elected (and later re-elected) to a state Senate.

  • James Martin: Gender Hero

    Jesuit priest who has advocated for years for greater LGBTQ inclusion in the Catholic church.

  • New Ways Ministry: Gender Hero

    Organization that advocates for greater LGBTQ acceptance in the Catholic church, in the U.S. state of Maryland.

  • Francis DeBernardo: Gender Hero

    Executive director of New Ways Ministry, which advocates for greater LGBTQ acceptance in the Catholic church, in the U.S. state of Maryland.

  • Max Hightower: Gender Hero

    A member of Bearcat Theater at Sherman High School in the U.S. state of Texas whose school principal took away his role as a male character because of his transgender male gender identity.

  • Sherman High School transgender student loses lead theater role over gender policy

    Rating: Transsupportive, KXII, November 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Sherman High School transgender student loses lead theater role over gender policy A Sherman High School policy has taken a lead role away from a transgender theater student. By Erin Pellet Published: Nov. 6, 2023 at 3:35 PM PST|Updated: 21…

  • Gender Awards for October 2023

    Thanks to all of you who voted in the GenderMenace.net Gender Awards poll for October 2023. We have tallied your votes and would like to announce the winners! Gender Hero Winner Ryan Clancy Gender Villain Loser Mike Johnson and Kelly Johnson Gender Waffler Loser Tricia Cotham This Month’s Poll To see the GenderMenace.net Gender Award…