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News Articles: Transgender

Dwyane Wade (from left), Zaya Wade and Gabrielle Union at the Better Brothers Los Angeles 6th annual Truth Awards on March 07, 2020.

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The legal name of Dwyane Wade's daughter is at the center of a court battle

Dwyane Wade is trying to legally change his transgender daughter's name and gender. But his ex-wife, Siohvaughn Funches, is asking the court to stop him.

November 05, 2022
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  • Giulia Heyward
Transgender inmates who don't get proper gender-affirming care in prison can experience serious anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation. One individual said the experience was "catastrophic."

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  • Law

Trans inmates need access to gender-affirming care. Often they have to sue to get it

Lawyers and health experts, as well as incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, say getting gender-affirming care in prison often comes only after threats of lawsuits or a full legal fight.

October 25, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
A female volleyball player stands on court.

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  • News

Conservative group bankrolls ads for politicians behind Georgia’s anti-trans sports bill

ATLANTA — A conservative public policy organization launched an ad campaign Monday praising Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and state Sen. Burt Jones, the GOP nominee for lieutenant governor, for backing legislation aimed at transgender athletes.  

October 11, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 20 pitched her legislation to make it a felony to perform gender-affirming care on transgender youth. Jennifer Shutt/Georgia Recorder

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  • News

Marjorie Taylor Greene leads GOP drive to criminalize gender-affirming care for transgender youth

WASHINGTON — Conservative Republicans gathered outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to commit to bringing legislation to the floor that would make it a felony to perform gender-affirming care on transgender youth, should the GOP take control of the U.S. House following the November midterm elections.

September 21, 2022
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  • Jennifer Shutt
Brandie Diamond describes herself as a "transgender truck driver/chef/Jill-of-all-trades." But her career in trucking began in the mid-1980s, and she hadn't come out as trans back then.

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  • Mental Health

What women truckers can tell us about living and working alone

American long-haul truckers share wisdom from the road on living where you work

July 22, 2022
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  • Adelina Lancianese
Kendrick Lamar performs in March 2019 during the third day of Lollapalooza Buenos Airesat Hipodromo de San Isidro.

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  • Music News

Kendrick Lamar's new song 'Auntie Diaries' divides the LGBTQ+ community

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to writer Raquel Willis about Kendrick Lamar's song "Auntie Diaries" which has divided trans people with its story of how he came to accept his relatives' gender identities.

May 20, 2022
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  • Taylor Haney
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp laughs with state Senate President Pro Tem Butch Miller and others as he signs education bills on Thursday, April 28, 2022 in Cumming, Ga. Kemp has been using a post-session bill signing tour to enhance his position in the May 24 Republican primary for governor against former U.S. Sen. David Perdue and others.

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  • News

Georgia high school athletic association bans transgender athletes

The main athletic association for Georgia high schools  voted Wednesday to ban transgender boys and girls from playing on the school sports teams matching their gender identity. The Georgia High School Association (GHSA) now says that students must play on teams that match the sex listed on their birth certificates at birth. 

May 04, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Rachel Levine, U.S. assistant secretary for health, says, "The language of medicine and science is being used to drive people to suicide." Political attacks against trans young people are on the rise across the country.

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  • Health

Rachel Levine calls state anti-LGBTQ bills disturbing and dangerous to trans youth

The U.S. assistant secretary for health, who will speak at Texas Christian University, says physicians need to be more vocal in fighting politically motivated attacks on vulnerable trans youth.

April 29, 2022
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
The California city of Palm Springs has taken the first step in developing a universal basic income program for transgender and nonbinary residents.

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  • Politics

Palm Springs looks to create a universal basic income pilot for trans residents

The Palm Springs City Council took the first step in approving funding for two organizations to develop a universal basic income pilot program that prioritizes trans and nonbinary residents.

April 07, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Cole Ramsey, 39, of South Linden, Ohio, holds a Transgender Pride Flag in front of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus to protest the passing of legislation against trans women playing sports in high school and college.

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  • Politics

On Transgender Day of Visibility, White House announces moves to expand trans rights

The administration's announcement comes as several Republican-led states have passed anti-trans legislation in the last few months, which the White House calls "un-American."

April 01, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, in Indianapolis.

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  • National

Governors in Indiana and Utah veto transgender sports bans

Eleven states have enacted transgender sports bans, though many have been snarled by lawsuits.

March 22, 2022
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  • Joe Hernandez
Demonstrators hold signs in support of transgender youth and rights in response to recent proposed legal action against parents seeking gender affirming healthcare for their children to be charged as child abuse at the Rally for Trans Youth at the Texas State Capitol earlier this month.

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  • National

A Texas judge blocks the state from investigating parents of transgender youth

The judge halted the state from enforcing Gov. Greg Abbott's directive to launch "child abuse" investigations against parents getting gender-affirming care for their transgender children.

March 12, 2022
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  • Julián Aguilar
Signs for Buckhead succession.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Focus on crime in Buckhead; Check under Gold Dome; Brunswick jury reaches verdict

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Our panel checks in with what is happening under the Gold Dome, with a legislative roundup on the status on bills concerning campaign fundraising, transgender sports bans and legal gambling.

February 22, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
  • and 1 more
A female volleyball player stands on court.

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  • Politics

State Senate panel advances bill to ban transgender athletes from girls’ school sports

A bill that would bar transgender athletes from playing on girls’ sports teams passed a Senate committee Wednesday and could head to the Senate for a full vote.

February 10, 2022
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  • Ross Williams
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez attends the FX's "Pose" Season 3 New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 29, 2021 in New York City. On Sunday, she became the first transgender actress to win a Golden Globe for her starring role in the show.

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  • Television

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez from 'Pose' is the 1st trans actress to win a Golden Globe

While Sunday night's Golden Globes were not televised, Rodriguez gave an acceptance speech on Instagram Live in which she thanked those who worked on the show and spoke of paving the way for others.

January 10, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
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