Category: women
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Transgender activist Makyyla Holland wins settlement against Broome County Jail
Rating: Transsupportive, Binghamton University Pipe Dream, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Transgender activist Makyyla Holland wins settlement against … Alleging widespread discrimination and abuse during her incarceration, Makyyla Holland’s settlement includes a county policy to protect LGBTI individuals. Makyyla Holland, a transgender woman, experienced violence and discrimination…
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Excluded: Denver’s unhoused transgender population faces barriers to housing, added violence
Rating: Transsupportive, Rocky Mountain PBS, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Excluded: Denver’s unhoused transgender population faces barriers to housing, added violence DENVER — Ana Miller wonders when she can stop living in fear. As a transgender woman who is often between housing and homelessness, each morning…
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Nebraska governor signs order narrowly defining sex as that assigned at birth
Rating: Transneutral, Associated Press via AOL, August 30, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Nebraska governor signs order narrowly defining sex as that assigned at birth SUMMER BALLENTINE August 30, 2023 at 4:43 PM Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Jim Pillen on Wednesday signed an executive order strictly defining a person’s sex.…
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Pittsburgh could become sanctuary city for transgender health care
Rating: Transsupportive, National Public Radio via 90.5 WESA, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Pittsburgh could become sanctuary city for transgender health care Pittsburgh could become a sanctuary city for transgender health care. A package of bills introduced in City Council Tuesday would prohibit city agencies from supporting…
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Anti-transgender laws drive families to move to Illinois
Rating: Transsupportive, Chalkbeat Chicago, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Anti-transgender laws drive families to move to Illinois Back in the spring, Kimberly Reynolds stared at a map of the U.S. Each state was filled in with a color gradient: red for those with the strictest active anti-transgender…
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How South Carolina’s abortion law sounds to transgender men
Rating: Transsupportive, South Carolina Public Radio, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary How South Carolina’s abortion law sounds to transgender men For gender-expansive people in general, and for transgender men in particular, South Carolina’s ban on most abortions after six weeks raises scary questions. Chief among those is…
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New Bedford transgender candidate focused on drug, homeless issues
Rating: Transsupportive, SouthCoastToday.com, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary New Bedford transgender candidate focused on drug, homeless issues NEW BEDFORD — For five years Arya Witner worked at the downtown New Bedford bus terminal next door to City Hall “and witnessed the worst of both.” Witner said she…
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Alaska education board to consider controversial policy change for transgender athletes
Rating: Transphobic, Alaska’s News Source, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary Alaska education board to consider controversial policy change for transgender athletes ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Alaska education board is holding a special meeting on Thursday where the board will likely be taking action on…
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The young people impacted by Missouri law restricting transgender rights
Rating: Transsupportive, Channel 4 News, August 29, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) (Take Action) Action Recommendations Content Summary The young people impacted by Missouri law restricting transgender rights – Channel 4 News A swathe of Republican-controlled states across America have been passing laws restricting transgender rights – the latest, Missouri where new legislation…