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President Biden honors trans people lost to “horrifying” violence on Transgender Day of Remembrance
“Transgender people are some of the bravest Americans I know. But no person should have to be brave just to live in safety and dignity.”
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Trans youth advocate Jenn Burleton is an LGBTQ Nation Hometown Hero of 2021
“Jenn is my role model,” a 12-year-old girl said of Burleton. “She inspires me to be a better person and also to be an advocate for transgender rights.”
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Anti-trans legislation will have drastic effects on intersex people & their healthcare
Republican lawmakers have been writing exceptions into anti-trans laws, banning doctors from treating trans youth while explicitly allowing them to operate on intersex youth.
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LGBTQ youth are scared to go back to school. Here’s what schools can do.
There are actions schools can take to be safer and more affirming.
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Texas governor once again orders GOP legislators to try banning trans youth from sports
For the third time this year, Gov. Abbott and Texas Republicans will once again try to push forward their agenda, while many Democrats refuse to attend, and taxpayers foot the bill every day.
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Texas legislators submit 12 anti-trans proposals in first week of boycotted special session
Proposals submitted include bans on trans youth from receiving healthcare, talk therapy, or playing sports. Several Democrats have refused to take part and face threats of being arrested.
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Alabama bill to force teachers to out trans youth & ban health care access fails
Trans youth and their supporters protested in front of the state’s capitol to stop the attack on their rights. And the bill failed.
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Gay Republican group touts support for anti-trans legislation & mocks out singer T.J. Osborne
The Tennessee chapter issued two cringeworthy statements that read as if they were written by your grandpa if he was desperate to sound cool.
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More anti-LGBTQ laws have been passed in the last year than any other time in American history
In less than five months, politicians have made attacking the rights of trans people the newest American wedge issue.
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Montana bans trans youth from sports & puts strict limits on LGBTQ education
Montana has now made it illegal to mention gender identity or sexual orientation in schools unless parents opt-in to it in advance. Montana also became the seventh state to ban trans youth in sports.