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"It's about the cruelty": Experts worry SCOTUS trans rights case could "creep into other areas"
2 weeks ago

"It's about the cruelty": Experts worry SCOTUS trans rights case could "creep into other areas"

Salon  

The Supreme Court last week appeared likely to support a contentious Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors after more than two hours of oral argument in one of the most pivotal cases for transgender rights in the nation's history. "We think it would be sufficient for the Court to recognize that a law that on its face says you …

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Conservative Justices Signal Skepticism In Case About Gender-Affirming Care For Minors
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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Conservative Justices Signal Skepticism In Case About Gender-Affirming Care For Minors

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court’s conservative majority expressed skepticism about a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth during oral arguments on Wednesday, in what experts say is the most important transgender rights case the court has ever heard. The law is meant to encourage minors to “appreciate their sex” and prohibits doctors from prescribing …

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Justice Alito spars over trans rights with first openly trans attorney at the Supreme Court
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Justice Alito spars over trans rights with first openly trans attorney at the Supreme Court

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Justice Samuel Alito grilled ACLU attorney Chase Strangio, the first-ever openly trans attorney to …

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Supreme Court Weighs Future Of Trans Youth Health Care
3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Weighs Future Of Trans Youth Health Care

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments for the most important transgender rights case it has ever reviewed — one that could have significant consequences on the future of lifesaving gender-affirming care for youth in the country. The Tennessee law, Senate Bill 1, encourages minors to “appreciate their sex” by prohibiting puberty blockers or hormone …

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How a Supreme Court decision on health care bans for transgender youth could impact trans people nationwide
3 weeks ago

How a Supreme Court decision on health care bans for transgender youth could impact trans people nationwide

CNN  

CNN — When Tennessee banned gender-affirming care for transgender youth last year, Sarah began taking days off work to drive hundreds of miles from her home in Nashville to a North Carolina clinic that could treat her transgender son. Parents like Sarah and transgender communities across the United States will be paying close attention Wednesday as the US Supreme Court …

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Regulator being sued for approving private trans youth clinic set up by Tavistock staff
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Regulator being sued for approving private trans youth clinic set up by Tavistock staff

The Telegraph  

It approved Gender Plus just months before the publication of the long-awaited Cass review. In the wake of the report, the Government banned the use of puberty blockers on under-18s and confirmed that cross-sex hormones would only be provided where “strict eligibility and readiness” criteria had been fulfilled, including sign-off by a multidisciplinary team. Gender Plus does not prescribe drugs …

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American Teenager: Nico Lang lets trans youth speak for themselves in a world that wants them silent.
2 months, 2 weeks ago

American Teenager: Nico Lang lets trans youth speak for themselves in a world that wants them silent.

Slate  

Trans kids aren’t used to their voices being heard. “If you don’t vote for this bill, we will vote you out.” Mykah’s experience that day is among the portraits I captured in American Teenager, a new book allowing trans youth the opportunity to speak out against the ongoing right-wing campaign to erase and silence them. Jim Justice would, indeed, sign …

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Trump Ad Slams Harris For Supporting Transgender Rights
3 months ago

Trump Ad Slams Harris For Supporting Transgender Rights

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Republicans are once again embracing anti-trans rhetoric in a series of Over the weekend, former President Donald Trump’s campaign Instagram account unveiled a new ad with the slogan “Kamala is for They/Them,” targeting Vice President Kamala Harris’ support of gender-affirming care for all people, including incarcerated people and immigrants. The story also notes Harris’ support of “taxpayer …

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Gender Liberation March Will Protest Trump In D.C.
3 months, 1 week ago

Gender Liberation March Will Protest Trump In D.C.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Daniel Trujillo’s first month of junior year has been a “cakewalk.” He’s in two different jazz bands and is a member of his school’s chapter of March for Our Lives chapter, a student-led organization promoting gun control. Daniel’s story is one of nine about trans and gender-nonconforming young people featured in the American Civil Liberties Union’s new …

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A Bunch Of Anti-LGBTQ+ Candidates Are Running In This State. And They Have Trump’s Support.
4 months, 2 weeks ago

A Bunch Of Anti-LGBTQ+ Candidates Are Running In This State. And They Have Trump’s Support.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A handful of Republicans running for Missouri’s highest offices secured crucial support from former President Donald Trump ahead of the primary election on Tuesday — a boost for candidates who have all promised to further restrict LGBTQ+ rights in the deep-red state. Missouri has already enacted several anti-trans laws, including a ban on trans youth playing on …

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Anti-trans bathroom bills: Why the once dead legislation is making a major comeback.
5 months ago

Anti-trans bathroom bills: Why the once dead legislation is making a major comeback.

Slate  

As North Carolina lawmakers were debating House Bill 2 in March 2016, Ames Simmons pulled over his car so he could listen to the votes roll in. HB2 made me worry that my confidence might have been misplaced—although I, like many trans people, really didn’t have any real choice.” For a time, it seemed like the deterioration Simmons feared might …

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Legal scholars worry Supreme Court may prioritize “politics” over “real stakes” in trans rights case
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Legal scholars worry Supreme Court may prioritize “politics” over “real stakes” in trans rights case

Salon  

The Supreme Court said Monday it will settle a legal battle over state bans of gender-affirming care in its next session, accepting for review what experts say could be one of the most pivotal cases for transgender rights — should the justices take the opportunity to make it so. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support …

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As Kansas nears gender care ban, students push university to advocate for trans youth
8 months, 3 weeks ago

As Kansas nears gender care ban, students push university to advocate for trans youth

Associated Press  

LAWRENCE, Kan. — With Kansas poised to ban gender-affirming care for minors, college students are trying to counter Republican efforts to roll back transgender rights by pushing the state’s largest university to declare itself a haven for trans youth. Their goal wasn’t to create a confrontation between the university and the Legislature that could fuel a budget-cutting backlash, they said, …

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Transgender youth: Here’s what the data says about regret rates.
54 years, 11 months ago

Transgender youth: Here’s what the data says about regret rates.

Slate  

An opinion piece recently came out in the New York Times looking at the ongoing debate on transgender youth. In this case, one key question arose from the New York Times piece that author Pamela Paul did not really answer: What proportion of people who access medical care to transition genders regret doing so? It’s also important to note that …

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Republicans Attacked This Issue All Year — And 2024 Could Be A Tipping Point
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Republicans Attacked This Issue All Year — And 2024 Could Be A Tipping Point

Huff Post  

Almost every morning, Christynne Lili Wrene Wood goes to her water aerobics class at the YMCA. “That’s really kind where we’re at right now.” Advocates told HuffPost that the current attacks on LGBTQ+ people, and particularly trans people, are rooted in a broader right-wing push towards a white Christian ideological agenda. Last fall, the state’s attorney general sought the private …

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For transgender youth in crisis, hospitals sometimes compound the trauma
11 months, 3 weeks ago

For transgender youth in crisis, hospitals sometimes compound the trauma

Associated Press  

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Four days of waiting under the flickering fluorescent lights of UNC Hospitals’ emergency room left Callum Bradford desperate for an answer to one key question. “That moment of crisis and shock and fear, I would wish anything that that hadn’t happened, because I truly think that I took a step backwards from where I was before …

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All The Only Ones: I can't wait : It's Been a Minute
1 year ago

All The Only Ones: I can't wait : It's Been a Minute

NPR  

All The Only Ones: I can't wait Enlarge this image toggle caption Sally Chen for NPR Sally Chen for NPR This week we're bringing you a special episode from the Embedded series 'All the Only Ones.' Parker is a top field hockey athlete, but as a trans person, he is faced with making a difficult decision: either pursuing his dreams …

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Your Kid Is Trans. You Live in Texas. There Are No Good Options.
1 year, 1 month ago

Your Kid Is Trans. You Live in Texas. There Are No Good Options.

Slate  

Zeder was 7 when he told his parents that the body he’d been born into didn’t feel right for him. But Paxton had used his power to try to intimidate providers into ending that legal care, as part of the state’s concerted assault on health care for trans youth. Another parent of a trans child in Lobo’s community told her …

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This trans college athlete is being faced with an impossible decision
1 year, 1 month ago

This trans college athlete is being faced with an impossible decision

NPR  

This trans college athlete is being faced with an impossible decision The story of one trans college athlete who is being forced to choose between continuing his gender-affirming medical care and playing the sport he loves. During Parker's senior year of high school, he started to notice politicians in his home state proposing new restrictions that would affect trans youth. …

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This State Tried To Pass Anti-Trans Laws For Years. Then A Right-Wing Media Star Got Involved.
1 year, 1 month ago

This State Tried To Pass Anti-Trans Laws For Years. Then A Right-Wing Media Star Got Involved.

Huff Post  

Last September, Riley headed to their clinic at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which was usually brimming with chatter about the day’s research and patient needs. All day people whispered about the social media posts by right-wing blogger Matt Walsh, which had gone viral the day before for claiming that doctors at Vanderbilt’s transgender health clinic “castrate” and “sterilize” children. Riley …

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New Podcast on Hidden History of Transgender Youth in America : Embedded : NPR
1 year, 2 months ago

New Podcast on Hidden History of Transgender Youth in America : Embedded : NPR

NPR  

New Podcast on Hidden History of Transgender Youth in America : Embedded All The Only Ones is a new 3-part series from NPR's Embedded. Host Laine Kaplan-Levenson unearths the little known and often neglected history of trans youth in America. We follow the lives of young transgender people today and travel back in time to the turn of the 20th …

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Nebraska is imposing a 7-day wait for trans youth to start gender-affirming medications
1 year, 2 months ago

Nebraska is imposing a 7-day wait for trans youth to start gender-affirming medications

Associated Press  

Nebraska is requiring transgender youth seeking gender-affirming care to wait seven days to start puberty blocking medications or hormone treatments under emergency regulations announced Sunday by the state health department. A new law that took effect Sunday bans gender-affirming surgeries for trans youth under 19 and also required the state’s chief medical officer to spell out when and how those …

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The Paid 'Experts' Defending Anti-Trans Laws
1 year, 3 months ago

The Paid 'Experts' Defending Anti-Trans Laws

Huff Post  

Kim Hutton was leading a charge to bring gender-affirming care to the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis when she agreed to get lunch with a skeptic. “They’re wasting their time and their energy and money trying to convince me and people like me we aren’t who we say we are, and we aren’t who we feel we …

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Inside the growing movement to digitize LGBTQ+ stories: ‘We’re reverse-engineering new memories’ of the past
1 year, 5 months ago

Inside the growing movement to digitize LGBTQ+ stories: ‘We’re reverse-engineering new memories’ of the past

LA Times  

On Halloween 1969, a group of ink-soaked queer and trans youth covered the office of the San Francisco Examiner in purple handprints. Cover art of Season 2, Episode 1 of “Periodically Queer” “Periodically Queer” launched in 2022 to explore stories of LGBTQ+ history, like “Friday of the Purple Hand,” through audio documentaries. With approximately 1% to 2% of ONE Archives …

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