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Dion Manley becomes Ohio’s first openly transgender public official

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Dion Manley made Ohio state history last Thursday when he was sworn into Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools’ board of education, becoming the first openly trans public official in the state.  “I really think Gahanna deserves a lot of credit,” Manley told the Columbus Dispatch. “They’ve been inclusive and open as a district. I’ve seen that in the years I’ve lived here, and the voters choosing to be a voice for diversity and moving forward is really special.” In November, Manley was voted onto the school board – located in the Columbus suburb of Gahanna, Ohio – along with Sue Horn and Kara Coates.  He was […]

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Early access to gender-affirming hormones linked to better mental health, study finds

Access to gender-affirming hormone therapy in adolescence is associated with better mental health outcomes for transgender adults, according to a new study. The research, published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One, was based on data from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Surveyconducted by the National Center for Transgender Equality, which surveyed more than 27,000 trans people across the country. It compared the psychological distress and suicidal thoughts experienced by 12,738 trans adults who had access to gender-affirming hormones during early adolescence, late adolescence or adulthood with 8,860 trans adults who desired hormones but never had access to them.  Trans people who had access […]

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Trans woman could be first American in federal prison to receive gender-affirming surgery

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A trans woman currently incarcerated in Texas could become the first American to receive gender-affirming surgery while in federal prison. Cristina Iglesias, 47, is a trans woman who has been incarcerated in Texas’ Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for 27 years. glesias made prison officials aware that she was transgender when she was first sent to prison, in 1994, and has been working to access gender affirmation surgery since 2016. Just last year, after she launched legal action against the BOP, she was finally moved to a female facility after suffering “severe physical and sexual violence”, according to the ACLU of […]

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At least 7 states proposed anti-trans bills in first week of 2022

Throughout the first week of the year, state lawmakers in at least seven states proposed laws that would limit the rights of transgender and nonbinary youths. Republican lawmakers in Arizona, Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, New Hampshire and South Dakota introduced at least nine measures that target trans and nonbinary youths, such as their ability to participate in sports, receive gender-affirming care or use the bathroom. The legislative push within the first few days of 2022 quickly follows what some advocates have labeled the “worst year in recent history for LGBTQ state legislative attacks.” “Unfortunately, I think we’re getting ready to […]

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Republican senator rings in the new year with two bills attacking trans kids

An Arizona lawmaker is ringing in the new year by introducing two new bills targeting trans youth in the state. Republican senator Wendy Rogers proposed Senate Bill 1045 (SB 1045) to prohibit gender-affirming surgeries on trans youth. The proposed law would also ban medical staff in Arizona from prescribing, dispensing, administering or supplying hormone treatments to trans people who are under 18. Any healthcare professional who violates the law would be guilty of a Class 4 felony, which carries a one to three-year prison sentence, AZ Mirror reports. SB 1045 would also compel any “nurse, counsellor, teacher, principal” or any other “public or private […]

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Gender-affirming hormone therapy saves trans kids’ lives. study proves

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Giving gender-affirming hormone therapy to young trans people who want it significantly decreases the risk of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts and depression, according to a landmark study. Trans youth who take gender-affirming hormone therapy are nearly 40 per cent less likely to have been depressed or attempted suicide in the last year compared with trans youth who want hormones but don’t receive them, the study has revealed.ADVERTISING Researchers at the Trevor Project, a US-based LGBT+ suicide prevention organisation, published their peer-reviewed findings in the Journal of Adolescent Health on 14 December.https://cdn.3lift.com/pharma/eylea_0121/index_A.html?w=250&h=47Take Control of Wet AMDSponsored by EYLEASee more More than 9,000 trans and […]

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Jury awards $4 million to Missouri transgender student

A Kansas City-area school district must pay a transgender student $4 million after it refused to let him use the boys’ restrooms or locker rooms, a Jackson County jury decided. The jury on Monday found the Blue Springs school district had discriminated against the student, NBC affiliate KSHB-TV reported. The school district said in a statement that it disagreed with the verdict and would be “seeking appropriate relief from the trial court and court of appeals if necessary.” The student had legally changed his name in 2010 and amended his birth certificate to reflect his new name and gender in 2014, […]

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Hormone therapy linked to lower suicide risk for trans youths, study finds

Gender-affirming hormone therapy is strongly linked to a lower risk of suicide and depression for transgender youths, according to the first large-scale study to examine the issue.  The research, published Tuesday in the Journal of Adolescent Health, was based on a sample of more than 9,000 transgender and nonbinary youths from the ages of 13 to 24 who provided data on hormone therapy as part of an online survey conducted last year by The Trevor Project, an LGBTQ youth suicide prevention and crisis intervention group. Young people receiving gender-affirming hormones reported a lower likelihood of experiencing recent depression and considering suicide […]

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Chilling video shows police officers dropping trans woman on her face in brutal chokehold

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A video has been released of a trans woman, Amber Canter, being held in a brutal chokehold and dropped on her face by officers in a Baltimore corrections facility. Canter has filed a lawsuit against the state of Maryland and several officers involved in the incident, which took place at the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center in June 2019, according to CNN. The footage was released by her attorney and shows Canter in a yellow jumpsuit, her body limp, while she is dragged by an officer holding her in a chokehold. She is hauled into the facility’s dayroom, still in a chokehold, before being […]

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Sexual assault, harassment, bullying: Trans students say they’re targeted at school

Willow Andring, a 14-year-old transgender high school freshman, said she faces regular harassment at her school, Armstrong Junior-Senior High School in Kittanning, about 45 minutes northeast of Pittsburgh.  A classmate yelled at her to get out of the girl’s restroom, and she’s been called both racist and homophobic slurs, she said.  In late October, that harassment escalated, and she was left with a concussion after another student attacked and beat her in an incident that was caught on camera and shared on social media. Willow said she was nervous to return to school after that. “I’ve been sort of just […]

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