9 Best Articles in 2022
The New York Times
‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration
The New York Times
7 min read · From 2018 · The Trump administration is considering a legal definition of gender as immutable and fixed at birth, the most drastic in a series of moves against transgender people. · Shared by 136, including Francine Hardaway (hardaway.eth), Joel Califa, Merkstatt, Draven, Carly, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Barbra Streisand, Charles Baldwin, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, swissmiss, Dominik Grolimund, Kiki, Stuart A. Thompson, Javi Cantón, Annik Burgdorfer-Grolimund
The Conversation
Transgender people of color face unique challenges as gender discrimination and racism intersect
The Conversation
5 min read · Apr 1st · Being both trans and a person of color comes with a unique set of challenges. Collectively working toward overcoming these barriers is one way this community fights for survival. · Shared by 77, including Philanthropy News Digest
Longreads
Finding a Path in a Broken System
Longreads
20+ min read · Jun 8th · Thailand is a top destination for gender confirmation surgery. Its success is a symptom of Western failure. · Shared by 299, including Matthew Turland
The Independent
Opinion: My transgender nephew helped me to see gender-critical campaigning for what it really is
The Independent
4 min read · From 2020 · I clutched at everything I could find to validate my instinct that transgender identities were a millennial fad. But when I stopped to listen to my trailblazing sister, I saw that her son was thriving · Shared by 56
The New York Times
Civil Rights Law Protects Gay and Transgender Workers, Supreme Court Rules
The New York Times
7 min read · From 2020 · The court said the language of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination, applies to discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. · Shared by 189, including Archie Tse, James Anderson, Steve Silberman, Thomas “🐈🔭🕹” Fuchs, 💥 Katie Martell, Barbra Streisand, William Gibson, Ida Bae Wells, Christina Sommers, William J. Martin, Mike Volpe, Shervinator 🚀 ∞ 👟 🚄, Tim Goodman, Danielle! 🌩, Kara Swisher, Alicia Parlapiano, Aline Holzwarth, ProfEmilyOster, Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌈 💔, Farnoosh Torabi 🙋🏻♀️
The Washington Post
CDC gets list of forbidden words: fetus, transgender, diversity
The Washington Post
4 min read · From 2017 · Agency analysts are told to avoid these 7 banned words and phrases in budget documents · Shared by 144, including Charlie O'Keefe, Merkstatt, Mayhem, Just Mayhem., Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Florian Hanke 🍎, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork #InnoTrans2, Marcus Raitner, slumos, Bjorn Larsen, Carly, John Battelle
Vox
What’s so scary about a transgender child?
Vox
~15 min read · Sep 29th · Shared by 42, including Andrew Sullivan, Kestrel Nicole VANDERWITCH!!!
Emojipedia
🏳️⚧️ Blue, Pink and White (aka Transgender) Flag Emoji
Emojipedia
From 2019 · The Transgender Flag is a draft candidate for Emoji 13.0 under the name Blue, Pink, and White Flag. A number of platforms include an image for this emoji, but do not show it on the emoji… · Shared by 36, including francesc, Gui Schmitt, Steve Streza 🏳️🌈, Bjorn Larsen, Riley Black 🦕🏳️⚧️
howtobeagirlpodcast.com
How to Be a Girl
howtobeagirlpodcast.com
6 min read · From 2017 · How to Be a Girl is an audio podcast I produce about life with my six-year-old transgender daughter. It stars the two of us -- a single mom and a six-year-old "girl with a penis" -- as we attempt… · Shared by 33, including Susannah Fox
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Vox
What’s so scary about a transgender child?
Vox
~15 min read · Sep 29th · Shared by 42, including Andrew Sullivan, Kestrel Nicole VANDERWITCH!!!
The Washington Post
Kentucky’s lone transgender athlete can’t play on the team she helped start
The Washington Post
8 min read · Aug 25th · Fischer Wells helped start her school's girls field hockey team in Louisville. Then the state banned all transgender girls from playing. She's the only one. · Shared by 21, including ACLU, National NOW, Human Rights Campaign
Deseret News
After their daughters were beat by a girl in sports, Utah parents triggered investigation into whether she…
Deseret News
2 min read · Aug 18th · The girl’s school opened the student-athlete’s enrollment records dating back to kindergarten, confirming she had always been female, a Utah High School Activities Association representative told… · Shared by 40, including ACLU, Steve Silberman, Ken Schwencke, Riley Black 🦕🏳️⚧️, Jennifer Ouellette, Joshua Benton
The Washington Post
Virginia will block schools from accommodating transgender students
The Washington Post
3 min read · Sep 17th · New rules unveiled by Virginia will mandate that trans students use the bathroom of the sex they were assigned at birth and direct educators to notify parents of student gender transitions. · Shared by 32, including Joshua Benton, Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org, Deborah Blum, Shel Holtz
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The New York Times
Report Reveals Sharp Rise in Transgender Young People in the U.S.
The New York Times
8 min read · Jun 10th · New estimates based on C.D.C. health surveys point to a stark generational shift in the growth of the transgender population of the United States. · Shared by 41, including Virginia Hughes, Michael Shermer, Mathew Ingram, Michael Donohoe
The New York Times
Opinion | Transgender Childhood Is Not a ‘Trend’
The New York Times
5 min read · 2021-04-05 · As far back as historians have found evidence of transgender people, they’ve found transgender children. · Shared by 21, including Leah Klungness, Andrew Sullivan
The New York Times
Title IX Protections Extend to Transgender Students, Education Dept. Says
The New York Times
4 min read · 2021-06-16 · Using a Supreme Court ruling as its guide, the department will issue guidance that says discrimination against gay and transgender students is prohibited under the 1972 law. · Shared by 26, including Larry Ferlazzo, Rep. Suzan DelBene, Tara Parker-Pope, Human Rights Campaign
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Transgender Rights (HBO)
youtube.com
From 2015 · This week’s gay rights victory was historic, but the transgender community still faces staggering challenges. John Oliver focuses on the “T” in “LGBT." Conne... · Shared by 56
Human Rights Campaign
Corporate Equality Index
Human Rights Campaign
7 min read · 2021-01-27 · As the national benchmarking tool measuring policies, practices and benefits pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) employees, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s… · Shared by 91, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Philanthropy News Digest, LARRY ELKAN, CyberCodeTwins.eth 👾// NINER FURY TANGO, Thomas Power, Booz Allen Hamilton, Dr. Sally Eaves #InnoTrans2022 #GTC22, Illumina, Luminous Kaleidoscope
The Washington Post
Crossing the divide: Do men really have it easier? These transgender guys found the truth was more…
The Washington Post
~14 min read · From 2018 · Are people really more likely to listen to men? Do women ever discriminate against them? Transgender men have a rare perspective on how both women and men experience life. And the diverse backgrounds of these four men provide even more insight into how race and ethnicity inform the gender divide in subtle and sometimes surprising ways. · Shared by 22, including Fern
glaad.org
Elliot Page, Oscar-nominated star of Umbrella Academy, speaks out about being transgender
glaad.org
1 min read · 2020-12-01 · Today, Elliot Page, Oscar-nominated star of Umbrella Academy, spoke out about being transgender and non-binary on Instag · Shared by 23, including Joshua Benton, Melissa Silverstein, Patrick Sanwikarja
PBS
New poll shows Americans overwhelmingly oppose anti-transgender laws
PBS
6 min read · 2021-04-16 · Two-thirds of Americans are against laws that would limit transgender rights, a new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll found. That opposition includes majorities of every political ideology from liberal to… · Shared by 20, including Human Rights Campaign, Joe Groff, ACLU, goblincore but not in a cool way, Steve Silberman
Outside
What It’s Like to Thru-Hike the Appalachian Trail as a Transgender Woman
Outside
4 min read · Feb 17th · “The world and how it interacts with me changed the day I came out as trans” · Shared by 69
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