The Advocate
Ohio Bill Would Criminalize Doctors for Treating Transgender Youth
3 min · · A day after South Dakota rejected a similar bill, Ohio lawmakers are ready to introduce theirs. · Shared by 7, including Rachel Perrone
Columbus Dispatch
Ohio bill would punish doctors who help transgender kids transition
2 min · · A proposed bill in the Ohio Statehouse would restrict gender-identity medical treatments for transgender youth by penalizing the doctors who prescribe · Shared by 5, including Rachel Perrone
The New Republic
The New Anti-Trans Culture War Hiding in Plain Sight
5 min · · The right's fixation on trans youth has found its new target: criminalizing doctors who provide puberty blockers and hormones. · Shared by 11, including Rachel Perrone, Human Rights Campaign
usatoday.com
Progress toward LGBTQ equality 'is a jagged line.' Here's what has changed over the past decade.
6 min · · A new report on LGBTQ equality shows leaps forward in equality, but at the same time, progress has stalled in half the country. · Shared by 4, including Rachel Perrone
Teen Vogue
South Dakota Bill Targeting Trans Youth Died in Committee
2 min · · “We just proved once again that trans people belong in South Dakota." · Shared by 7, including Rachel Perrone
NBC News
S.D.'s trans health bill is effectively dead, opponents say
3 min · · The bill sought to block physicians from providing puberty blockers and gender confirmation surgery to transgender children under 16. · Shared by 4, including Rachel Perrone
argusleader.com
South Dakota transgender bill defeated by Senate committee after emotional testimony
5 min · · A Senate committee on Monday rejected a bill that would have prohibited medical professionals from providing hormone treatments and sex reassignment surgeries to transgender youths. · Shared by 4, including Rachel Perrone
NBC News
Monthly jobs report has new addition: Same-sex spouses
2 min · · While the unemployment rate remained steady, there was a big symbolic change in the Labor Department’s monthly report. · Shared by 4, including Rachel Perrone
NBC News
In South Dakota, trans youth just want health care and peace. Politicians are making that difficult.
5 min · · A new law going through the Statehouse could put doctors in jail for providing gender affirming care to transgender minors. · Shared by 4, including Rachel Perrone
Teen Vogue
Trans Youth Are Being Targeted With State Laws
2 min · · South Dakota is one of several states considering harmful bills. · Shared by 8, including ACLU, Rachel Perrone
The Hill
The dangers of criminalizing medical care for trans youth
3 min · · We need fewer barriers, not more, to trans youth getting the love, respect, dignity and medical treatment they deserve. · Shared by 4, including Rachel Perrone
The New York Times
What South Dakota Doesn’t Get About Transgender Children
5 min · · Here’s how their medical care really works. · Shared by 9, including ACLU, Rachel Perrone
U.S. News Education
Kansas Lawmaker Pursues Bill on Transgender Youth in Sports
· A conservative legislator in Kansas is pursuing a proposal to prevent transgender high school and middle school students from playing on sports teams aligned with their gender identities. · Shared by 4, including Rachel Perrone
U.S. News Education
Virginia Lawmakers Pass Protections for LGBTQ People
· Virginia lawmakers have passed comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation that advocates say makes the state the first in the South to enact such protections for LGBTQ people. · Shared by 4, including Rachel Perrone
Scary Mommy
What You Need To Know About The Bills Threatening Transgender Youth
6 min · · Politicians will be responsible for ending the lives of transgender youth, both figuratively and literally. · Shared by 5, including Rachel Perrone
The Washington Post
Radical feminists and Republicans fight transgender rights together
· The Women’s Liberation Front is helping shape legislation in places like South Dakota, one of many states pushing bills that would criminalize medical treatments for transgender youth. · Shared by 4, including Rachel Perrone