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  • Why was a transgender Texas boy removed from a lead role in the school musical ‘Oklahoma’?

    Rating: Transsupportive, Dallas Morning News, November 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Why was a transgender Texas boy removed from a lead role in the school musical ‘Oklahoma’? Max Hightower was cast in ensemble roles for theater productions throughout high school. Then, finally, his teacher offered him one of…

  • Danica Roem makes history as first openly transgender person elected to Virginia state Senate

    Rating: Transneutral, CBS News, November 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Danica Roem makes history as first openly transgender person elected to Virginia state Senate BY SHAWNA MIZELLE UPDATED ON: NOVEMBER 8, 2023 / 8:22 PM EST / CBS NEWS Danica Roem has made history Tuesday as the first openly…

  • 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.