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  • Independent Council on Women’s Sports: Gender Villain

    Organization co-founded by Kim Shasby Jones that opposes transgender women playing in women’s sports.

  • Appeals court upholds ruling granting Indiana transgender students access to restrooms

    Rating: Transsupportive, The Hill, August 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Appeals court upholds ruling granting Indiana transgender students access to restrooms A federal appeals court this week upheld a lower court ruling that transgender students in Indiana must have access to school restrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity. In…

  • Ne-Yo on Best Practice Care for Transgender Kids: ‘I Don’t Understand’ – Billboard

    Rating: Transphobic, Billboard, August 5, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Ne-Yo on Best Practice Care for Transgender Kids: ‘I Don’t Understand’ – Billboard Ne-Yo shared his thoughts on how to parent transgender children and questioned minors’ rights to receive gender-affirming care in a new interview. The singer, a dad of seven…

  • Gender Awards for July 2023

    Thanks to all of you who voted in the GenderMenace.net Gender Awards poll for July 2023. We have tallied your votes and would like to announce the winners! Gender Hero Winner Federico Barbarossa, Astro Ferrante, Elia Bonci, Jude Guaitamacchi Gender Villain Loser Tie: J.K. Rowling and Allison Bailey, Bev Jackson, Kate Harris, Malcolm Clark, and…

  • After Freedom Caucus Erupts, Wyoming DOC Changes Tune On Transgender Inmates

    Rating: Transphobic, Cowboy State Daily, August 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary After Freedom Caucus Erupts, Wyoming DOC Changes Tune On Transgender Inmates After a group of state Republican lawmakers are challenging the Wyoming Department of Corrections (DOC) over how it accommodates transgender inmates, the DOC walked back statements on the policy, saying…

  • Florida ‘Effectively’ Bans AP Psychology Course Over Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Content

    The College Board announced it was refusing to change the content of its psychology course for the state’s Department of Education. Rating: Transneutral, Huffington Post, August 3, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary Florida ‘Effectively’ Bans AP Psychology Course Over Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Content The College Board announced it was refusing…

  • No More Closed Doors for Russian Transgender People

    Combined with the relentless transphobic rhetoric of Russian politicians and authorities, these developments suggest that Russia is an unsafe environment for transgender individuals. Those who choose to leave the country because of their identity should have the opportunity to find refuge in foreign nations where their lives and health will not be endangered. Rating: Transsupportive,…

  • Emilie Kao: Gender Villain

    Director of the Heritage Foundation’s Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion & Civil Society and Vice President and Senior Counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, has argued that including “gender identity” in international policy and in U.N. resolutions is a threat to the progress of women’s equality.

  • Florida veered from norms to strip transgender care from Medicaid, records show

    Rating: Transsupportive, Tampa Bay Times, August 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Florida veered from norms to strip transgender care from Medicaid, records show Days before a state agency began researching whether transgender medical care for Floridians should be covered by Medicaid, officials started lining up experts known for…

  • Independent Women’s Voice: Gender Villain

    Organization that proposed language for and celebrated passage of transphobic legislation in U.S. states like Kansas and Oklahoma.