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Opinion | The Debate Over Transgender Care and Detransitioning
  + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Ms. Paul cites stories of detransitioners as if they are damning to the practice of gender-affirming care as a whole. Not all detransitioners regret their transition, and not all transgender people will medically transition. By writing this article, Ms. Paul further stigmatizes health care for transgender people. What we do know is that transgender youth are under attack across the nation. Texas’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, last month demanded records from providers outside his state to single out hospitals or clinics that have treated transgender youth from Texas.
Persons: Pamela Paul, Ms, Paul, Ken Paxton Locations: Netherlands, Texas
Now, faced with unprecedented attacks in state legislatures, transgender rights leaders acknowledge they are playing defense — and two of the biggest groups are joining forces to counter the onslaught. “This is going to be a defense game — and a movement-strengthening game,” said Andy Marra, executive director of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund. Many of laws ban gender-affirming medical care for trans minors or bar trans athletes from competing on girls’ and women’s scholastic sports teams. The national political environment — in regard to LGBTQ+ rights — has changed dramatically since then. Marra, who has been active in the LGBTQ+ rights movement for 20 years, says she remains optimistic in the face of current setbacks.
Persons: , , Andy Marra, Rodrigo Heng, Lehtinen, Marra, Ken Paxton, Greg Abbott, Abbott, ” Marra, Heng, , Lehtinen —, “ We’ve, He’s, Ileana Ros, Ros, Rodrigo, ” Ros, Bud Light, influencer Dylan Mulvaney Organizations: Transgender Legal Defense, Education Fund, Republican, National Center for Transgender Equality, Trans, Texas, Gov, GOP Locations: U.S, New York, Washington, North Carolina
Republican Kris Kobach’s action was his latest move to restrict transgender rights, following his successful efforts last year to temporarily block Democratic Gov. It’s also part of a trend of GOP attorneys general asserting their authority in culture war issues without a specific state law. Kobach maintains that failing to disclose when a child is socially transitioning or identifying as non-binary at school violates a parents' rights. But Kobach didn't cite Kansas law in his letters to the state school boards association, the Topeka school district and the Kansas City, Shawnee Mission and Olathe school districts in the Kansas City area. But they also look outward, and Kobach's letters weren't the first to issue warnings not grounded in a specific state law.
Persons: they're, Kris Kobach’s, Laura Kelly’s, It’s, Kobach, general's, , , Jordan Smith, Smith, Sen, Renee Erickson, Erickson, ” Kobach, Ken Paxton, it's, Tom Alonzo, Michelle Hubbard, ” Hubbard, ___ Mulvihill Organizations: Democratic, Kansas City, Kansas Association of School Boards, Movement Advancement, Wichita, Shawnee Mission, Seattle Children’s Hospital Locations: TOPEKA, Kan, Kansas, Topeka, Kansas City, Shawnee, Olathe, Wichita, , Texas, Washington, Georgia, Kansas City , Kansas, Cherry Hill , New Jersey
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican governor and lieutenant governor are urging the State Board of Education to take action against a conservative school board member whose social media post questioning the gender of a high school basketball player incited a tirade of threats against the girl. But as laws banning trans girls from girls' sports have spread across Republican-led states, false accusations such as this have threatened the safety of both trans and non-trans youths. Spencer Cox said Cline has “embarrassed the state” by dogpiling on a child she thought to be trans. Democratic state lawmakers are calling for Cline's immediate resignation, and the governor and lieutenant governor have asked the school board to “hold her accountable.”The State Board of Education condemned Cline's actions in a statement Thursday but said it has no power or authority to unseat her. The Granite School Board will hold a special meeting Friday to discuss a resolution condemning Cline for targeting one of its students.
Persons: — Utah’s, Natalie Cline, Cline, Deidre Henderson, Spencer Cox, Cox, Henderson, , ” Cox, vetoing, Troy Williams, Cline's, Governor Cox, Natalie Cline’s, ” Cline, Amanda Bollinger Organizations: LAKE CITY, — Utah’s Republican, State Board of Education, Republican, Gov, Equality, Utah Legislature, Democratic, Jordan School, Granite School Locations: Salt Lake City, dogpiling, Utah, Equality Utah
CNN —Results from the largest survey of transgender people in the United States were released Wednesday, revealing key insights into their lives and experiences at a time when trans rights have increasingly come under attack. The 2022 US Transgender Survey Early Insights report, conducted by the National Center for Transgender Equality, polled an “unprecedented” 92,329 binary and nonbinary transgender people ages 16 and older living in the US, its territories or military bases, according to the report. Respondents were surveyed on issues including their family life, health care, employment, education, housing and public accommodation. While many transgender people surveyed who have transitioned said they were satisfied with their lives, the report also noted transgender people continue to face disparities and discrimination across the country. The 2022 US Trans Survey is a follow up to the 2015 US Trans Survey, which included more than 27,700 respondents across the US, its territories and its military bases.
Persons: Rodrigo Heng, Lehtinen, NCTE, ” Heng, , , Scottie Andrew Organizations: CNN, National Center for Transgender Equality, Survey, Black Trans Advocacy Coalition, Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, TransLatin@ Coalition Locations: United States, Florida, Virginia , Texas, North Carolina
NEW YORK (AP) — Even as Catholic dogma continues to repudiate same-sex marriage and gender transition, one of the most prominent religious orders in the United States — the Jesuits — is strengthening a unique outreach program for LGBTQ+ Catholics. James Martin, a Jesuit who is one of the country's most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church. On Tuesday, there was another milestone for Outreach — the appointment of journalist and author Michael O'Loughlin as its first executive director. The latest expansion of Outreach occurs amid a time of division within the global Catholic Church as it grapples with LGBTQ+ issues. “It’s a special grace for LGBTQ Catholics to know that the pope is praying for them," Martin said.
Persons: James Martin, Michael O'Loughlin, O'Loughlin, , they’re, ” O'Loughlin, Pope Francis, Martin, ” Martin, “ Pope Francis, Brian Paulson, Jesus, ” Paulson, Martin's, , Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Tania Tetlow, Archbishop John Wester Organizations: Jesuit, Catholic Church . Outreach, America, Associated Press, Vatican, Outreach, Jesuit Conference of Canada, Fordham University, Church, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: United States, New York City, America, U.S, Africa, Europe, Ireland, New York, Santa Fe , New Mexico
Rich Boulet, the director of the Blue Hill Public Library, was working in his office when a regular patron stopped by to ask how to donate a book to the library. “You just hand it over,” Mr. Boulet said. The book was “Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters,” by the journalist Abigail Shrier. “If I’m being totally honest, my heart sank when I saw it,” Mr. Boulet recalled. Blue Hill delivered a 35-point victory for Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the 2020 presidential race.
Persons: Rich Boulet, Mr, Boulet, , Abigail Shrier, ” Mr, Blue Hill, Joseph R, Biden Organizations: Blue, Public Locations: Blue
Growing up in a relatively conservative community in Grand Rapids, Mich., Powell, like many teenagers, didn’t feel comfortable in her own skin. “I felt so detached from my body, and the way it was developing felt hostile to me,” Powell told me. Reading about transgender people online, Powell believed that the reason she didn’t feel comfortable in her body was that she was in the wrong body. She had a double mastectomy the summer before college, then went off as a transgender man named Grayson to Sarah Lawrence College, where she was paired with a male roommate on a men’s floor. At 5-foot-3, she felt she came across as a very effeminate gay man.
Persons: Grace Powell, Powell, didn’t, , ” Powell, Grayson, Sarah Organizations: Reading, Sarah Lawrence College Locations: Grand Rapids, Mich
Utah Bans D.E.I. Programs, Joining Other States
  + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Vimal Patel | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
Eight have become law, including in North Dakota, Texas and North Carolina. A law in Texas, which went into effect in January, outlaws D.E.I. The University of Texas at Austin closed its Multicultural Engagement Center last month because of the law. The law in North Dakota, which took effect in August, prohibits mandatory diversity training at the state’s public colleges. bill represented a somewhat surprising shift, said Michael Lyons, a political science professor at Utah State University.
Persons: Spencer Cox, Governor Cox, Michael Lyons, Cox Organizations: Higher Education, University of Texas, Utah State University Locations: Utah, North Dakota , Texas, North Carolina, Texas, Austin, North Dakota, Tennessee
In public schools, students can now use only a bathroom, shower room or locker room that aligns with their sex assigned at birth, with few exceptions. For government-owned buildings, including state universities, the restrictions apply only to showers and locker rooms. Violators may face charges for loitering, and government-owned institutions may face fines if they do not enforce the new rules. The state auditor will be required to establish a process to receive and investigate reports of violations.
As they discussed the measure, LGBTQ+ advocates outside the room cried out: “Trans rights are human rights.” Two of the subcommittee members are Republican and one is a Democrat. Iowa’s civil rights law protects against discrimination in employment, wages, public accommodations, housing, education and credit practices based upon certain characteristics of a person. That includes gender identity, as well as someone’s race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin and disability status. Sexual orientation and gender identity were not originally included in Iowa’s Civil Rights Act of 1965. About half of U.S. states include gender identity in their civil rights code to protect against discrimination in housing and public places, such as stores or restaurants, according to the Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ+ rights think tank.
Persons: Matt Windschitl —, , , they've, Jeff Shipley, Shipley, expletives, Iowans, Annie Sarcone, ” Iowa’s, Kim Reynolds, Neil Gorsuch Organizations: DES, Republican, Democrat, Iowa Capitol, Iowa’s Civil, Des Moines Queer Youth Resource, Iowa Legislature, ” Iowa’s Republican, Republican Gov, Human, Movement Advancement, Supreme Locations: DES MOINES, Iowa, U.S
Utah became the latest state to regulate bathroom access for transgender people after Republican Gov. Opponents noted not all states allow people to change their birth certificates and that many trans people don’t want to have surgery. West Virginia’s Legislature is considering a transgender bathroom bill for students this year. “Nobody I know cares if a transgender woman comes into their bathroom, uses it for its intended purpose and walks out,” Birkeland said. Equality Utah, a nonprofit organization that advocates for LGBTQ+ rights, advocated for the amendment but still opposed the bill.
Persons: Spencer Cox, ” Cox, Tennessee —, Kera Birkeland, ” Birkeland Organizations: Republican Gov, West, Republican, American Civil Liberties Union of Utah, Senate, Equality Locations: Utah, — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida , Idaho , Iowa , Kansas , Kentucky, North Dakota , Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia’s, Salt Lake County, Equality Utah
A group of transgender veterans filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to force the Department of Veteran Affairs to begin providing and paying for gender-affirming surgeries. A spokesperson for the Department of Veterans Affairs said it does not comment on ongoing litigation. But he pointed to 2021 statements from Veteran Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough, who said the VA was beginning a years long rulemaking process that would result in providing gender-affirming surgeries. McDonough said the VA would use the time to “develop capacity to meet the surgical needs” of transgender veterans. Natalie Kastner, a 39-year-old disabled veteran from Texas, said she went to the VA in 2022 seeking surgery.
Persons: Rebekka Eshler, Denis McDonough, McDonough, , ” Eshler, Natalie Kastner, Organizations: Department of Veteran Affairs, Transgender American Veterans Association, United States, Appeals, Federal Circuit, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veteran Locations: Washington, Texas
He also signed an executive order to ban gender-affirming surgery for minors but vetoed a bill that would ban all gender-affirming care for minors. They would require psychiatrists, endocrinologists and medical ethicists to have roles in creating facility-wide gender-affirming care plans for patients of all ages. The big academic medical centers providing gender-affirming care already employ the required specialists. It’s not clear when the Ohio rules might take effect, or in what form if they are finalized. The measures were unveiled Jan. 5, the same day DeWine signed an executive order banning gender-affirming surgery for those under 18.
Persons: Mike DeWine, Ashton Colby, Columbus, Colby, ” Colby, ” DeWine, , Kellan Baker, Whitman, DeWine, Dan Tierney, Dara Adkison, , Mimi Rivard, Rivard, Carl Streed Jr, ” Streed, “ I’m, It’s, Rhea Debussy, “ He’s, Erin Upchurch Organizations: Gov, Whitman - Walker Institute, Ohio Department of Health, state's Department of Mental Health, Addiction Services, World Professional Association for Transgender Health, Outreach Wellness, U.S . Professional Association for Transgender Health, Equitas, ” GOP, Department of Mental Health, Equitas Health, Kaleidoscope Youth Locations: Ohio, Washington, Columbus, Boston, Cleveland, Florida
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Several transgender candidates for state office in Ohio are facing challenges and even outright disqualification for omitting their former names from petition paperwork under a little-known state elections law, confronting a unique dilemma as they vie for office in increasing numbers in the face of anti-LBGTQ+ legislation. But state law mandates that candidates list any name changes in the last five years, though it isn't in the Secretary of State's 33-page candidate requirement guide. Michigan has a similar elections law, which mandates candidates list any name changes in the past decade, but it's not clear which others states have one. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesThe Ohio law has existed in some form since as early as the 1920s, and the current version has been in place since the 1990s. It's rarely been enforced in Ohio over the decades, usually in response to candidates wishing to use a nickname on the ballot.
Persons: , Bobbie Arnold, Arienne, Angie King, It's, Vanessa Joy, Joy, it's, Frank LaRose, ” LaRose, Zephyr, , Ari Faber, Arnold, Childrey, potty, ” ___ Samantha Hendrickson Organizations: Democratic, Republican, Ohio House, Senate, Montgomery County, Associated Press, Ohio Supreme, Washington County, Ohio Democratic Party, AP, Zooey, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: COLUMBUS , Ohio, Ohio, West Alexandria, Montgomery, Auglaize County, Michigan, Stark County, Stark, Montana, Athens , Ohio
Doug Burgum, governor of North Dakota and 2024 Republican presidential candidate, speaks with members of the media in the spin room following the Republican primary presidential debate hosted by Fox News in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Doug Burgum ended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday despite a stronger-than-expected showing fueled by a gift card-for-campaign donation gimmick that helped get him on the debate stage. The tactic drew skepticism over its legality, though Burgum's campaign said its legal advisers had reviewed and approved the method. And it appeared that he would also not qualify for the fourth debate, which is being held Wednesday in Alabama. Burgum was a political newcomer in 2016 when he staged an upset over the longtime attorney general in North Dakota's Republican gubernatorial primary.
Persons: Doug Burgum, Joe Biden's, Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Sen, Tim Scott of, Larry Elder, Perry Johnson, Will Hurd, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, Burgum, Theodore Roosevelt, He's Organizations: Republican, Fox News, North Dakota Gov, Committee, Biden, RNC, Heartland, Miami Mayor, Dakota, Plains Software, Microsoft Locations: North Dakota, Milwaukee , Wisconsin, Alabama, Iowa, New Hampshire, Hampshire, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Texas, Milwaukee, North, Medora
WASHINGTON—As he campaigns to retake the White House, Donald Trump has increasingly tossed aside the principles of limited government and local control that have defined the Republican Party for decades. The former president is laying plans to wield his executive authority to influence school curricula, prevent doctors from providing medical interventions for young transgender people and pressure police departments to adopt more severe anticrime policies. All are areas where state or local officials have traditionally taken the lead.
Persons: Donald Trump Organizations: WASHINGTON, Republican Party
Russia's top court declared the LGBTQ+ movement extremist, clamping down on gay rights under Putin. Less than two days later, cops raided gay bars and clubs, documenting present customers. AdvertisementRussian security forces raided gay clubs and bars across Moscow Friday night, less than 48 hours after the country's top court banned what it called the "global LGBTQ+ movement" as an extremist organization. The raids follow a decision by Russia's Supreme Court to label the country's LGBTQ+ "movement" as an extremist organization. In 2013, the Kremlin adopted the first legislation restricting LGBTQ+ rights, known as the "gay propaganda" law, banning any public endorsement of "nontraditional sexual relations" among minors.
Persons: , clubgoers, Vladimir Putin, Max Olenichev, Olenichev, Putin, Andrei Loginov, Olga Baranova, they're, Baranova Organizations: Putin, Service, Police, Russia's, Justice Ministry, Central, Associated Press, Kremlin, Human Rights, Moscow Community Center, AP Locations: Russia, Moscow, St, Russian, Ukraine, Geneva
It’s easy when the wind’s at your back.”Mr. DeSantis and his team have long cast the Republican nominating contest as a two-man race between him and Mr. Trump. But Ms. Haley’s rise in the polls and her successful drawing in of big-money donors have punctured that notion. Mr. DeSantis has been especially aggressive. His campaign set up a website that accuses Ms. Haley of supporting “every liberal cause under the sun.”The Florida governor has also falsely claimed that Ms. Haley wanted to bring Gazan refugees to the United States. (Mr. DeSantis said at the time that he was “appalled” by Mr. Floyd’s death.)
Persons: I’ve, ” Mr, DeSantis, Trump, Haley’s, Haley, George Floyd, Organizations: Fox News Locations: Greer, S.C, Florida, United States
Top Russian court bans LGBT movement as 'extremist'
  + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
MOSCOW, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions. A Reuters reporter in court heard it announce that it had approved a request from the justice ministry to recognise what it called "the international LGBT social movement" as extremist and to ban its activities. Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters before the court decision was announced that the Kremlin was "not following" the case and had no comment on it. The Supreme Court took around five hours to issue its ruling, after opening its session at 10 a.m. (0700 GMT). More than 100 groups are already banned in Russia as "extremist".
Persons: Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, Alexei Sergeyev, Alexei Navalny, Sergeyev, Mark Trevelyan, Kevin Liffey Organizations: Reuters, LGBT, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Russia, St Petersburg
Top Russian Court Bans LGBT Movement as 'Extremist'
  + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: 1 min
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the "LGBT movement" should be designated as extremist, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and prosecutions. A Reuters reporter heard the court announce it had approved a request from the justice ministry to recognise what it called "the international LGBT social movement" as extremist and to ban its activities in Russia. (Reporting by Reuters; writing by Mark Trevelyan; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
Persons: Mark Trevelyan, Kevin Liffey Organizations: Reuters, LGBT Locations: MOSCOW, Russia
Russia's justice ministry asked the Supreme Court this month to recognise what it called "the international LGBT social movement" as extremist and to ban its activities. The ministry said that "various signs and manifestations of extremist orientation, including the incitement of social and religious discord" had been identified in the activities of Russia's LGBT movement, without giving examples. 'EXTREMIST' LISTING CAN FORESHADOW ARRESTSThe justice ministry publishes a list of more than 100 "extremist" groups banned in Russia. "This will all be so underground that, unfortunately, I'm sure there are many people who won't be able to get help," he said. Reporting by Reuters, writing by Mark Trevelyan; Editing by Kevin LiffeyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Putin, Alexei Sergeyev, Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny, Sergei Troshin, Sergeev, Mark Trevelyan, Kevin Liffey Organizations: PETERSBURG, LGBT, Reuters, Orthodox Church, Thomson Locations: Russia, St Petersburg
LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Leading scientists urged caution over fears of another pandemic on Thursday after the World Health Organization requested more information from China on a rise of respiratory illnesses and pneumonia clusters among children. It called for more information about "undiagnosed pneumonia - China (Beijing, Liaoning)". The standard wording of the alert echoed the first-ever notice about what would become COVID-19, sent on Dec. 30 2019: "Undiagnosed pneumonia - China (Hubei)." Both the WHO and China have faced questions over transparency during the early days of COVID. In China itself, there has been a lot of recent coverage of a rise in respiratory illnesses, including among children.
Persons: Marion Koopmans, COVID lockdowns, Brian McCloskey, Virologist Tom Peacock, Jennifer Rigby, Jo Mason, Christina Fincher Organizations: World Health Organization, WHO, COVID, International Society for Infectious, FTV News, Reuters, Imperial College London, Thomson Locations: China, Dutch, Beijing, Liaoning, Hubei, Taiwan
She left her job at Walmart because it was too physical, but her current job is mentally taxing. Nearly every Republican in the poll rated the economy unfavorably, and 59 percent of Democrats did. Steven Cabrera, 35, who works for the military in Phoenix, was among the 57 percent of voters who said economic issues were a bigger priority than societal ones. He wanted to know: Is that the reason our economy is “slowing down?” He wasn’t sure, but he thought it might be. He plans to vote for “the Republican, any Republican,” he said.
Persons: Suzanne Haberkorn, won’t, , Steven Cabrera, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Organizations: Walmart, Research, Republican Locations: Waukesha, Wis, Phoenix, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez of New York, Ukraine
[1/4] Carla and Claudia Victoria, transgender women, sit inside the Blessed Immaculate Virgin Church in Torvaianica, near Rome, Italy, November 16, 2023. But for transgender women who live there it had seemed light years away until a rapprochement with the Catholic Church that began during the COVID-19 lockdown and led to an invitation to have lunch with Pope Francis on Sunday. Claudia Victoria Salas, 55, and Carla Segovia, 46, both Argentinian, were in a group of transgender people, among about 1,200 poor and homeless people, who attended the lunch on the Church's World Day of the poor. As well as sending money, the cardinal arranged for them to have COVID vaccinations in the Vatican and to meet the pope. On Sunday, Conocchia arrived at the Vatican on a bus with about 50 poor from his parish, including transgender people, both foreign born and Italian.
Persons: Carla, Claudia Victoria, Antonio Denti, Pope Francis, Claudia Victoria Salas, Carla Segovia, Salas, Francis, Father Andrea Conocchia, Conocchia, " Salas, Segovia, Philip Pullella, Barbara Lewis Organizations: Immaculate Virgin Church, REUTERS, VATICAN CITY, Catholic Church, Immaculate, Thomson Locations: Torvaianica, Rome, Italy, VATICAN
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