LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — UPDATE May 21, 2015. Suspect arrested. From LGBTQ Nation: “Raheam Felton, 31, of Southwest Philadelphia, was charged with murder and possession of an instrument of crime in the killing of London Banks, reports the… Read More ›
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UPDATE-3 All Bathroom Bills DEAD — Texas, Minnesota, Florida, Nevada and Kentucky
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — UPDATE-3 June 2, 2015. According to blogger Monica Roberts, Texas’ various anti-trans bills, including “bathroom bills” have failed to become law following the end of the Texas legislative session. This means “bathroom bills” in… Read More ›
(UPDATE: Bathroom Bill DEAD!) Transphobic Bathroom Cop surfaces, this time in Florida
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Update April 28, 2015: Florida’s Bathroom Bill is dead: https://lexiecannes.com/2015/04/22/nevada-bathroom-bill-fails-california-style-anti-trans-ballot-petition-possible/ Original article Feb. 8, 2015: Concerned about transgender people committing, among other things, “assault, battery, molestation, rape, voyeurism, and exhibitionism,” a Republican in Florida… Read More ›
UPDATED — Supreme Court in Maine rules in favor of trans student Nicole Maines
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS –Updated Dec. 1, 2014 — A final order has been issued in the Nicole Maines lawsuit. From the Bangor Daily News: “A final order has been issued in a transgender student’s lawsuit against the Orono… Read More ›
Penn. school district to forbid graduation usage of transgender student’s name
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — This is the same school district that denied trans student Issak Wolfe a shot at running for prom king. In that earlier case, the principal changed Wolfe’s name on the official ballot and instead put… Read More ›
Trans-unfriendly Idaho drops surgery requirement for driver’s license gender marker changes
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — In a state notorious for leaving hurdles in the way of transgender rights, the Idaho Transportation Department dropped it’s policy of requiring sex reassignment surgery before one’s gender marker can be changed on driver’s licenses…. Read More ›
Appeals court overrules anti-trans “If you’re born male, you stay male” judge
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — You remember this Oklahoma judge — the one who is denying trans women legal name changes, including one last summer, because “you can’t change what God gave you.” In one case Judge Bill Graves told… Read More ›
ACLU appeals judge’s “You can’t change what God gave you” order for transgender name change
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Sounds familiar? That’s because he’s the same Bible quoting, “DNA-expert” Oklahoma judge I wrote about a few weeks ago. The American Civil Liberties Union has stepped in appealing Oklahoma County District Judge Bill Graves’ refusal… Read More ›
Illinois trans individuals can change birth certificate without full SRS; Trans Alaskans can change DMV gender marker without SRS
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A court-supervised agreement allows transgender people in Illinois to change birth certificates gender marker without full sex reassignment surgeries provided their physician signs off the vital records affidavit. John Knight of the ACLU: “This agreement… Read More ›
Transgender woman killed in Detroit, Anchorage voters reject transgender-LGB rights initiative
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Details are scant on the killing of trans woman Coko Williams. She was found shot to death outside a home in the Parkhurst area of Detroit on April 3, 2012. No other facts available at… Read More ›
Obama blocks Texas’ attempt to hinder Democrats access to the ballot box
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — That is all this so-called “voter fraud prevention” law does and the Justice Department agreed. The new Texas law to require photo ID at the polls was blocked by the Obama Administration stating it would… Read More ›
ACLU prompts judge to order school district to stop blocking trans and LGB websites
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — The American Civil Liberties Union sued a Camdenton, Missouri school district over their usage of internet filtering software to block websites about transgender and LGB issues. A preliminary injunction was issued last week by U.S…. Read More ›
ACLU fights for Alaskan trans woman denied DMV sex marker change.
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — The American Civil Liberties Union this week argued in Alaska Superior Court the refusal of the Alaskan DMV to allow a sex marker change on trans person’s driver’s license violates an individual’s right to privacy… Read More ›
Court rules transgender Illinoisans can update their birth certificates without genital surgery.
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A ruling from a Cook County (IL) Circuit Court judge has made it easier to obtain a gender change on one’s birth certificate, but it is far from being certain for everyone that applies for… Read More ›