by Beth Holmes | May 29, 2023 | Gender, International, News, Power LGBT, Transgender
Marie McGowan, an old woman with dementia was violently attacked, beaten, and her head slammed in a trash bin because a man thought she was a trans woman. Alex Bailey, 30, attacked Marie McGowan, 86, in the early hours of the morning on September 1st, 2022, after she...
by Beth Holmes | May 15, 2023 | Civil Rights, Education, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender, Women's Rights
Misgendering students, outing them, and keeping them out of school bathrooms are all sanctioned by the new law just signed by the North Dakota governor. Republican governor Doug Burgum announced on Wednesday that he’s signed a bill into law which will protect...
by Beth Holmes | May 8, 2023 | Civil Rights, Equality, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
Zooey Zephyr, an elected lawmaker, is being shut out of Montana legislation because she is a transgender woman. Zooey Zephyr was elected last year to the Montana House of Representatives to represent the 100th District of Montana, which covers the city of Missoula....
by Beth Holmes | Apr 10, 2023 | Gender, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
The Indiana governor has signed a ban on gender-affirming care for minors in the right-leaning state, in another blow against transgender youth. Republican governor Eric Holcomb signed the new law after it was approved by right-wing majorities in both wings of the...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 22, 2023 | Civil Rights, Gender, Human Rights, Intersex, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Science, Transgender
Gender-affirming care for anyone under 18 is now banned in South Dakota, forcing trans kids to detransition without medical help. Last week, South Dakota’s very red state senate passed House Bill 1080, which bans any gender-affirming care, including puberty...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 29, 2022 | Civil Rights, Gay and Lesbian, Gender, Human Rights, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
Vietnam has declared homosexuality “not a disease” and banned conversion therapy in a single move, in a landmark victory for LGBTQ citizens of the conservative country. In early August, the Vietnamese health ministry issued a dispatch that outlined five new primary...
