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Category: PinkNews

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Definition of ‘infertility’ updated to include LGBTQ+ couples

    Definition of ‘infertility’ updated to include LGBTQ+ couples

    Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, October 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Major medical group update definition of ‘infertility’ to include LGBTQ+ couples A major medical association has updated its definition of ‘infertility’ to include LGBTQ+ couples. (Pexels) A major medical group has updated its definition of “infertility” to be more…

  • GenderMenace.net Media Rankings for September 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…

  • Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson stands up for trans women in sport: ‘Rise to the occasion’

    Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, September 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson stands up for trans women in sport: ‘Rise to the occasion’ Neil DeGrasse Tyson boldly defended trans women in sport in a recent debate. (YouTube/TRIGGERnometry) Astrophysicist and science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson boldly…

  • GenderMenace.net Media Rankings for July 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…

  • Trans men entering Miss Italy in protest demand apology amid ‘continuous transphobia’ across country

    A group of trans men, who have entered the Miss Italy contest to protest its ban on trans women, say they want to “blow away the sand castle of biology [organisers have] been hanging on to”. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Trans men entering Miss Italy in protest…

  • All the ways queer icon Sinéad O’Connor proved she was a fearless LGBTQ+ ally

    As tributes pour in for Irish singer and outspoken political activist Sinéad O’Connor, who died yesterday (26 July), aged 56, many are remembering her long-standing LGBTQ+ allyship. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary All the ways queer icon Sinéad O’Connor proved she was a fearless LGBTQ+ ally…

  • Labour ‘placating gender critics’ with latest U-turn – and trans members have had enough

    Labour is sitting on the fence over trans rights to placate a gender-critical faction of the party, trans members claim. Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Labour ‘placating gender critics’ with latest U-turn – and trans members have had enough Labour shadow equalities secretary Anneliese Dodds and leader Keir…

  • Vladimir Putin signs Russia law banning trans healthcare and adoptions, and annulling marriages

    Vladimir Putin has signed extreme legislation which bans all forms of gender-affirming care in Russia, as well as removing marriage and adoption rights for trans people.  Rating: Transsupportive, PinkNews, July 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Vladimir Putin signs Russia law banning trans healthcare and adoptions, and annulling marriages Vladimir Putin signs law…