Category: heroes
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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…
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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…
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Annette Bening warns anti-trans lawmakers: “You do not want to make this momma mad”
Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Annette Bening warns anti-trans lawmakers: “You do not want to make this momma mad” Over the weekend, Annette Bening received GLSEN’s Advocate Award at the LGBTQ+ organization’s annual Rise Up L.A. benefit. The four-time Oscar nominee lived up…
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Annette Bening: Gender Hero
WINNER: GenderMenace.net Gender Hero Award for November 2023 Actor in the United States who has spoken openly in support of transgender people, against anti-transgender laws, and whose son, writer Stephen Ira, is a transgender person.
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Che Flores: Gender Hero
First out non-binary referee in professional basketball.
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Che Flores becomes first out trans non-binary referee in NBA
Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, October 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Che Flores becomes first out trans non-binary referee in NBA An NBA referee has made history as the first publicly out trans non-binary referee in professional sports in the United States. Che Flores, a second-year staff referee for the…
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Becky Hormuth: Gender Hero
Parent of a transgender child who, at a Francis Howell school board hearing in the U.S. state of Missouri, stated emphatically, “If this policy passes, my family has no choice but to seek further legal action against the Francis Howell board of education, because inclusivity is not only a moral imperative, it is also a…
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Amy Easterling: Gender Hero
An advocate from Francis Howell Forward, an organization in the U.S. state of Missouri, who vocally criticized a transphobic Francis Howell school board policy, stating, “The first read of policy 2116 puts our transgender and gender non-conforming students in the crosshairs of a manufactured culture warm” and then chastised the board for succumbing to the…
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Court blocks Idaho’s deeply transphobic student bathroom bill
Rating: Transsupportive, LGBTQ Nation, October 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Court blocks Idaho’s deeply transphobic student bathroom bill Idaho’s bathroom ban for transgender students has been temporarily blocked by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The law, SB1100, banned trans kids from using school facilities that align with…
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Missouri School District Hears Policy On Hoax “Litter Boxes” And Trans Bathroom Bans
Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, October 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Missouri School District Hears Policy On Hoax “Litter Boxes” And Trans Bathroom Bans Francis Howell School District in Missouri, one of the state’s largest, recently held a hearing regarding a new policy aimed at transgender students…