Category: North America

  • Florida Republican apologizes after calling transgender people ‘mutants’

    A Florida Republican apologized Monday after he called transgender people “demons” and “mutants” during a hearing on a bill that would make it a misdemeanor offense for someone to use a bathroom that doesn’t align with the sex they were assigned at birth. Rating: Transneutral, Politico, April 10, 2023 (PDF archive) (Video archive)

  • San Francisco Drag March

    On April 8, 2023, approximately 5,000 people of many gender identities gathered starting at 11am in front of San Francisco City Hall for some brief comments and music as part of Drag Up! Fight Back! March & Rally, sponsored by the People’s March, Oasis, and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence among others. Around 12 noon,…

  • The Real Gender Cult (Terf Reich PT8)

    In the wake of Kellie Keens Antipodean mis-adventure running out of road in Aotearoa/New Zealand in the most humiliating way (covered in cold soup) her little cult of conspiracy theorists regrouped in London today in speakers corner to show some solidarity for their own vacuous cause. Rating: Transsupportive, Medium, April 2, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML…

  • What the Science on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Kids Really Shows

    Laws that ban gender-affirming treatment ignore the wealth of research demonstrating its benefits for trans people’s health Rating: Transsupportive, Scientific American, May 12, 2022 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive) Content Summary What the Science on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Kids Really Shows Laws that ban gender-affirming treatment ignore the wealth of research demonstrating its…

  • Doctors question aspects of Missouri transgender care limits

    Missouri’s attorney general has said he will issue an emergency regulation that at least temporarily puts strict limits on transgender medical treatment for youth. The planned rule comes as legislators in that state and many others seek bans or other restrictions on the treatment. Rating: Transneutral, Associated Press, March 21, 2023 (PDF archive)

  • Inside the Secret Working Group That Helped Push Anti-Trans Laws Across the Country

    Leaked emails give a glimpse of the religious-right networks behind transgender health care bans. Rating: Transsupportive, Mother Jones, March 8, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)

  • Axios Explains: Gender-affirming care in the U.S.

    A growing number of states are authorizing restrictions on gender-affirming care, stoking public confusion about what it entails and where it’s permitted. Rating: Transsupportive, Axios, March 3, 2023 (PDF archive)

  • Kellie-Jay in the USA – Let Women Speak

    This is the original #AdultHumanFemale channel and home of Kellie-Jay Keen aka Posie Parker. Rating: Transphobic, YouTube, February 28, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive too large… available on request)

  • Online content policing loses steam

    On tech’s biggest platforms, efforts to limit undesirable content are splintering as corporate priorities change. Rating: Transneutral, Axios, February 15, 2023 (PDF archive)

  • Culture wars take center stage in Tudor Dixon’s education proposals

    Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon seized on national culture wars in a pair of press conferences this week, with education policy priorities aimed at transgender children in sports and discussion of sexual orientation and gender in classrooms. Rating: Transneutral, MLive, September 28, 2022 (PDF archive)