Category: media

  • 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…

  • Anti-trans prison housing bill raises alarms

    Rating: Transsupportive, The Capital Times, November 7, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Anti-trans prison housing bill raises alarms Rylee Jenich spent 10 years incarcerated in various Wisconsin men’s prisons. For the last six of those years, Jenich — a trans-feminine person who uses they/them pronouns — publicly identified as…

  • GenderMenace.net Media Rankings for October 2023

    Here at GenderMenace.net, we review a lot of media stories that address gender issues each month. For each story, we provide a rating of “Transsupportive”, “Transneutral”, or “Transphobic”. These labels make it possible to perform an article count for each media source that gives a sense of how to rank them from most transsupportive to…

  • 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…

  • As transgender health care draws patients to New Mexico, waitlists grow

    Rating: Transsupportive, CBS News, October 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary As transgender health care draws patients to New Mexico, waitlists grow ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — This summer, Sophia Machado packed her bags and left her home in Oregon to move to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where her sister lived and…

  • Speaker Mike Johnson’s Wife Removes Website Equating Homosexuality to Bestiality and Incest

    Rating: Transsupportive, Advocate, October 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Speaker Mike Johnson’s Wife Removes Website Equating Homosexuality to Bestiality and Incest IMAGES: FACEBOOK @SPEAKERJOHNSON; SHUTTERSTOCK Following scrutiny, Kelly Johnson, wife of newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, has taken down her Christian counseling website that contained documents comparing…

  • Abusive Practices And Conversion Therapy Ties: The Right Latches Onto Finnish Doctor Kaltiala

    Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, October 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Abusive Practices And Conversion Therapy Ties: The Right Latches Onto Finnish Doctor Kaltiala On Monday, Bari Weiss’ platform, “The Free Press,” published an article by Dr. Riitakerttu Kaltiala, the chief psychiatrist in the department of adolescent…

  • 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…

  • ADL Drops Libs of TikTok From Extremism List After Threats

    Rating: Transneutral, Advocate, October 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary ADL Drops Libs of TikTok From Extremism List After Threats The Anti-Defamation League has temporarily removed Chaya Raichik and her anti-LGBTQ+ Libs of TikTok account from its “Glossary of Extremism.” The Friday decision came after Raichik’s demand to expunge…

  • San Jose Officials Take Stand Against Lgbtq Hate

    Rating: Transsupportive, San Francisco Chronicle, October 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary San Jose Officials Take Stand Against Lgbtq Hate Oct 30, 2023 By Lorraine Gabbert San Jose Spotlight A resolution to support San Jose’s LGBTQ+ community sparked an emotional outcry from residents and politicians. The San Jose City…