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New York Times Cited 29 Times to Justify Case Limiting Trans Healthcare
Meanwhile, other mainstream media newsrooms treated the U.S. v. Skrmetti case as an opportunity to center coverage around the expected result.
Bay Area Clinics Abandon Trans Youth Despite Shield Laws
At least three major providers have ceased to offer surgery for patients under 19. Youth and adults alike fear for the future under Trump.
‘Radicalized’ Rowling Calls for Bathroom Vigilantism
Leading Off: A reckless exhortation. A former friend dismayed. And an activist newspaper aligned with a right-wing group. The week’s top story lines.
TWIBS: Missouri Lawmakers Hate Missourians
Departing sharply from Maine’s support of trans people, Missouri’s state congress is making moves to harm trans people and pregnant people!
Court’s Ruling in Skrmetti Threatens All Care That’s Politically Contested
An anti-trans, anti-science decision relies on a history of discrimination against women, and opens the door to challenges on care like vaccines.
Maine Says No to Transphobic Bills
Maine’s state senators shot down a series of anti-trans bills amid immense pressure from the federal government to enshrine transphobia into law.
Assassin With History of Anti-Trans Comments Targeted a Champion of Queer Rights
Leading Off: Politically targeted attack comes hours before millions denounce Trump. A hospital succumbs to his threats. Iowa expands the bounds of discrimination. The week’s top story lines.
A New York Times Podcast on Youth Trans Care Leaves Out the Patients
Something must be wrong, they keep suggesting, but they can’t tell us what it is. And they didn’t uplift the stories of the trans youths whose care is under threat.
TWIBS: Chump Fangirls Over Felton
Just about everybody on the wrong side of this culture war is embarrassing, but Tom Slater’s glazing of a Harry Potter actor earlier this week was impressively pathetic.
Texas Invites Everyone to Police Gender
A bigoted measure “defining sex” raises confusion and sows fear. That’s the point.
CA Preemptively Sues Justice Department
Anticipating reprisal from the federal government for refusing to blanket ban trans athletes in California, Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office announced that they were filing suit against the Department of Justice to prevent them from freezing federal funds intended for the state.
N.H. Republicans Close to Enacting Harsh Anti-Trans Restrictions
Leading Off: Two big bills promoting bigotry reach the governor. Oregon turns back a sports ban. And trans people speak out against the Times. The week’s top story lines.
TWIBS: Fed Mad at Cali Trans Girl, What Else is New
After a transgender girl shared the podium with cis girls at a track and field competition, Donald Trump… you know, got mad. Obviously.
Journal Club: When Do People Know They Are Trans?
A 2021 study takes a look at the discovery of transgender identity in youth and the ways expressing that, or not expressing that, affects trans people as they age.
‘Who Can I Talk to That Has a Human Heart?’: New York Times doubles down on harming trans people
The mom of a trans girl pleaded with a New York Times producer not to use audio captured in a vulnerable moment. Against her will, the company is slated to use the clip for its new podcast.
Sisters in Arms: A Photo Gallery of Transfem Pride
Our contributor has been photographing Pride in San Francisco for more than a decade. Here are some of the images capturing transfem “joy and power.”
GLAAD Tracks Decrease in Anti-LGBTQ+ Incidents
The media advocacy organization’s anti-LGBTQ+ incident tracker was released on Monday, revealing surprising and invaluable data.
Behind the Right’s Attacks on Trans Girls in Sports
Conservative media, legal, political, and business leaders came together in a breathtaking assault on human rights.
Skrmetti’s Outcome and Obergefell’s Legacy Loom Over Pride Month
Leading Off: The outcome in a Supreme Court case challenging gender care bans will land a decade after a marriage ruling that Republicans are targeting with new fervor.
A Clippings Scrapbook: Obscenity Laws, The Comstock Act, and the Complicated Legacy of Virginia Prince
People trying to suppress queer people with obscenity laws is nothing new, this long standing tactic has been repeatedly weaponized against us and anyone else bigots decide isn’t fit for public life.