Republican Ohio governor vetos ban on transgender care, sports participation
I have to acknowledge when a Republican makes the right decision.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Friday vetoed a bill that sought to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth and stop trans athletes from competing on their gender identity's sports teams in the midwestern state.
The bill, which passed the Republican-dominated state legislature this month, would prohibit physicians from performing gender reassignment surgery or prescribing puberty-blocking drugs to assist a minor with gender transition.
Here's a quote from the governor in the article on this news at WaPo:
"This bill would impact a very small number of Ohio's children. But for those children who face gender dysphoria, the consequences of this bill could not be more profound. Ultimately I believe this is about protecting human life," DeWine said Friday during a news conference announcing the decision. "Many parents have told me that their child would not have survived, would be dead today, if they had not received the treatment they received from one of Ohio's children's hospitals."
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"10 Facts About the History of LGBTQ Pride Month"
Not just a listicle, some great segments and content in this.
2. The Stonewall riots were not America's first LGBTQ uprising.
In May 1959, a group of LGBTQ individuals who were fed up with being mistreated by the police fought back at Cooper Do-Nuts in Los Angeles. According to Out, the group, which was led by several transgender women, “pelted officers with donuts, coffee, and paper plates until they were forced to retreat and return with larger numbers.” It is believed to be the first documented LGBTQ uprising in U.S. history.
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"'Genocidal': Transgender people begin to flee states with anti-LGBTQ laws"
As a transgender kid in a conservative region, Susan said Elsa could feel the growing tensions concerning people like her – she told her parents to "just let them hurt me," instead of moving out of state.
"It just kind of reveals how much damage all this causes to trans people, to their families, to people that support them, to people that haven't even figured out who they are yet," said Brian.
Elsa's family has since moved to Washington and said LGBTQ acceptance in the community has been like day-and-night between the two states, Susan said.
Manny Santiago, the executive director of the Washington State LGBTQ Commission, said it's a bittersweet feeling to know that the state has become a safe space for families with LGBTQ members, while others implement restrictions.
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"Scotland passes law making legal gender change easier"
Am glad to hear about this change for Scotland, but what really caught my attention is that the article also included right at the top that eight countries in Europe do not have any way for a person to legally change their gender. I shouldn't be terribly surprised, but I was.
Scotland's Parliament passed a hotly debated law on Thursday that makes it easier for transgender people to legally change their legal gender, amid similar moves in some countries in Europe and the passage of anti-trans laws in the United States.
But eight European countries — Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Hungary, Monaco, North Macedonia and San Marino — do not offer a path to change one's legal gender. More than two dozen countries in Europe also mandate that a transgender person divorce their spouse before they can certify a gender change or already ban same-sex marriages, according to ILGA-Europe.
Despite the ban, Finland is one of twelve European countries that still mandates sterilization, and the only Scandinavian country to do so.
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Gender dysphoria covered by ADA
A federal ruling that gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act could help block conservative political efforts to restrict access to gender-affirming care, advocates and experts say.
A panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week became the first federal appellate court in the country to find that the 1990 landmark federal law protects transgender people who experience anguish and other symptoms as a result of the disparity between their assigned sex and their gender identity.
The ruling could become a powerful tool to challenge legislation restricting access to medical care and other accommodations for transgender people, including employment and government benefits, advocates said.
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Biden picks Dr. Rachel Levine to be assistant health secretary
If confirmed, she would be the first openly transgender person to serve as a federal officer.
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