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James Esses: Gender Villain

Therapist-in-training expelled from university course in 2021 for objecting to counseling youth about gender-affirming care and co-founder of anti-trans group Thoughtful Therapists.

August 1, 2023
Russia’s Law Targeting Transgender People Sows Fear for L.G.B.T. Russians

Rating: Trans supportive neutral phobic, New York Times, August 1, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Russia’s Law Targeting Transgender People Sows Fear for L.G.B.T. Russians A new law underscores how Vladimir V. Putin is increasingly using the war in Ukraine as justification for greater restrictions on L.G.B.T.Q. life, portraying it as a consequence…

August 1, 2023
Appeals court lets Kentucky enforce ban on transgender care for minors

Rating: Transneutral, Associated Press via NBC News, July 31, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Appeals court lets Kentucky enforce ban on transgender care for minors The law, enacted this year over the veto of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, prevents transgender minors from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapy. A federal appeals court is…

July 31, 2023
Transgender player Quinn shaking up the Women’s World Cup: Non-binary Canada midfielder no longer identifies as a woman

Rating: Transsupportive, Daily Mail, July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Transgender player Quinn shaking up the Women’s World Cup: Non-binary Canada midfielder no longer identifies as a woman Transgender player Quinn shaking up the Women’s World Cup: Non-binary Canada midfielder no longer identifies as a woman – and loyal team mates insist…

July 28, 2023
Many new bans on medical care for transgender children are being challenged in courts

Rating: Transneutral, NPR, July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Audio archive) Content Summary Many new bans on medical care for transgender children are being challenged in courts : NPRMany new bans on medical care for transgender children are being challenged in courts NPR Many new bans on medical care for transgender children are being challenged…

July 28, 2023
First Baptist Academy: Gender Villain

Religious school in Houston, Texas, that fired an employee for attending a drag show.

July 27, 2023
Houston-area teacher fired for attending drag show at downtown bar

The 19-year veteran teacher was let go based on social media posts on her personal account from a drag performance at Houston’s Hamburger Mary’s. Rating: Transneutral, Chron (aka Houston Chronicle), July 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Houston-area teacher fired for attending drag show at downtown bar The 19-year veteran teacher was let…

July 27, 2023
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…

July 27, 2023
Giorgia Meloni: Gender Villain

Right-wing populist elected Prime Minister of Italy in September 2022 who campaigned against the “LGBT lobby” and “gender ideology” and in March 2023 ordered that state agencies should no longer register the children of same-sex couples and in July 2023 removed lesbian mothers from their children’s birth certificates.

July 27, 2023
Lawsuit over Kansas IDs would be a ‘morass’ if transgender people intervene, attorney general says

Rating: Transneutral, The Associated Press, July 26, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) Content Summary Lawsuit over Kansas IDs would be a ‘morass’ if transgender people intervene, attorney general says TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Allowing transgender Kansas residents to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to force the state to list the sex they were assigned…

July 26, 2023