The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday over Tennessee’s ban on teenagers’ access to hormone treatments and puberty blockers supporting their transition. In April of last year, the Justice Department sued Tennessee, arguing that SB1 — a law banning access to hormone therapy for adolescents in the state — …
Read More »Cher Got Son Chaz Bono's 'Blessing' to Use His Deadname in New Memoir
Cher has always been supportive of her son Chaz Bono’s gender identity — and she’s making no exception in her memoir. According to The New York Times, the pop legend makes a disclaimer toward the front of Cher: The Memoir, Part One, writing that she received Bono’s “blessing” to use …
Read More »How Democrats Can Defeat Republicans' Anti-Trans Bullying
In his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, Donald Trump debuted the turducken of dog whistles: the claim that Harris would funnel taxpayer money to surgeries for transgender immigrants in prison. Since then, Republicans have put $60 million over two weeks into airing anti-trans ads heaped atop their public speaking …
Read More »The Pro-Trans Activists Buying Up Ad Space Across Right-Wing Media
Activists recently launched a TV campaign to convince Republican state lawmakers not to demonize or target trans people — using conservative cable news channels to spread a message that attempts to appeal to politicians’ basic human decency. “This is our home — and here’s us at work,” says a narrator. …
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