Texas Gov. Greg Abbott suggested that he wants to end transgender and gender nonconforming individuals from expressing their gender while teaching in the state. At a speech delivered Friday at the Young Conservatives of Texas convention, Abbott described a report of a high school teacher who wore feminine clothing rather …
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In the fall of 2021, filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun found themselves back in their hometown, walking the streets of Ardsley in Westchester County, New York, with a disposable camera in hand. They’d taken a day trip up from Brooklyn in the hopes of revisiting the places that had once defined their …
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Long before she transitioned, Harper Steele was a writer at Saturday Night Live. She was hired in 1995, the same week that a performer named Will Ferrell joined the cast. Unlike his fellow Groundlings Chris Kattan and Cheri Oteri, who’d also been recruited from the L.A.-based improv group to join …
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Seattle Children’s Hospital has sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) over what they consider an invasive and unlawful request from his office to turn over information on Texas residents who received gender-affirming care at the out-of-state hospital. The hospital is seeking to have a November subpoena issued by Paxton …
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In its four-season run, Netflix’s teen comedy Sex Education has delved into a breadth of issues affecting every manner of teenager: asexuality, abortion, premature ejaculation, consent, assault, and the wide and wonderful world of vulvas. As a show, the Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, and Gillian Anderson-led series became …
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More anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced in 2023 than any other year in the history of the United States. Although estimates of just how many vary widely, the Movement Advancement Project (MAP), an independent non-profit think tank, provided data to Rolling Stone projectingthat more than 700 bills have been put …
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A Tennessee law that bans hormone therapy and puberty blockers for transgender youth can go into effect immediately, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Saturday. The decision temporarily stays a ruling from a lower court and marks the first time a federal court has allowed a law banning transition care …
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The seven-year production of the latest Netflix animation feature, Nimona, was a rocky one. The film, based on ND Stevenson’s webcomic about a sadistic little shapeshifter sidekick with a heart of gold, survived biblical hurdles in its leap from ND’s panels to TV and big screens, including a studio acquisition, …
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Hours before a ban on gender-affirming care was set to take effect in Kentucky, a federal judge stepped in and placed a temporary injunction on the bill. On Wednesday, Judge David J. Hale sided with seven trangender minors, and their families, who sued the state in response to SB 150, …
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North Carolina’s GOP-controlled state House voted on Thursday to approve a bill banning the participation of transgender women and girls in sports outside of their biological sex. The ban covers athletics from middle school through the collegiate level. The “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” states that “athletic teams designated for …
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