Search Results: transgender people (1590)

[…] equality and transgender liberation. Dee Dee Watters Activist, Publisher of TransGriot Houston, TX & Chicago, IL Dee Dee is an inspirational speaker, storyteller and role model for transgender people and all who want to live in their truth. “Human rights and trans rights are the same.” Jasmine Davis Team Lead/Lead Investigator for Transgender Programs Research […]

The American Psychological Association (APA) is stepping up its public support for essential health care for transgender people and youth, and highlighting the spread of disinformation about the care while firmly opposing state legislation seeking to limit and ban it. The APA’s landmark policy statement comes at a vital time as the mourning continues for […]

[…] told.” Last February, a coalition of more than 150 organizations and leaders, including GLAAD, launched an open letter to the New York Times critiquing its coverage of transgender people and issues. In a wholly separate effort, hundreds of Times contributors launched a letter critiquing the Times’ trans coverage. One year later, the Times has failed […]

[…] “Meta and Twitter continue to profit from accounts like Libs of TikTok as doctors and staff members of Boston Children’s Hospital, and other providers of healthcare to transgender people, receive death threats and hate. These companies are complicit in hosting content which expresses malicious falsehoods and which incite anti-LGBTQ hate. This is the latest in […]

[…] Matter” network attempted to firebomb a church in Chesterland, Ohio to stop an upcoming drag show, claiming the act was to “save the children.” “Gender Ideology,” “ Transgenderism,” and False Allegations of Indoctrination Another prominent anti-LGBTQ trope includes the use of anti-trans buzzwords like “gender ideology” and “transgenderism” to claim that the LGBTQ+ community […]

[…] it matters: Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas’ ban on transgender children participating in sports in 2021. He has opposed marriage equality, supported so-called “bathroom bills” that deny transgender people access to restrooms aligned with their gender, and in 2017 signed legislation allowing some adoption agencies to refuse services to LGBTQ families. On February 23rd, Abbott […]

[…] administration’s record on LGBTQ people and policy in our Biden Accountability Tracker here. GLAAD has also tracked how candidates’ false rhetoric and claims against LGBTQ people, especially transgender people, were prominent in recent Republican presidential primary debates, in September, November, and December. 2023 election returns in Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio show that voters marked their […]

[…] (while speech targeting ideologies is allowed). Anti-trans figures and groups continue to promote the term online and offline as a dog whistle expressing contempt and hatred of transgender people. Explore more via GLAAD’s Guide to Anti-LGBTQ Online Hate and Disinformation. Conclusion This is just one example of anti-LGBTQ online hate and disinformation. Every term and […]