LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — I’ve been waiting for this moment for a few weeks, then came the word, posted by TransGriot blogger Monica Roberts: “And people, as of midnight CDT, the 84th Texas Legislative session ended and the… Read More ›
Bathroom Bill
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 ›
Bathroom Bill Whack-A-Mole: Kentucky out, Nevada and Minnesota in
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Kentucky state Senator C.B. Embry’s anti-trans Bathroom Bill is dead. This is according to Kentucky’s Fairness Coalition. Embry is a Republican and kept trying get the bill passed right up until the last day… Read More ›
(UPDATE – Kelly Lepley gives TED talk) Leelah’s turmoil prompts stepped-up activism by transgender airline pilots
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — UPDATE Oct 31, 2015 — Kelly Lepley gives TED talk: http://www.ted.com/watch/ted-institute/ted-ups/kelly-lepley-why-being-your-true-self-is-the-most-selfless-act (Original article:) Leelah was crying for help! . . . she was tormented, says Kelly Lepley, a transgender airline pilot. Another pilot, Jessica… Read More ›
(UPDATED) Deputized Texas ‘bathroom cops’ risk felony if they allow trans to use bathroom
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Updated April 2, 2015: Additional anti-trans bathroom bills have been proposed in Texas. From Towleroad: A Texas lawmaker (GOP state Rep. Gilbert Pena) has filed a bill that would prohibit schools from allowing transgender… Read More ›
Legislator’s bill to trash pro-transgender student sports policy gets traction
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Never mind the U.S. Department of Education’s insistence that transgender students athletes are protected by Title IX, a Republican legislator in South Dakota wants to ban trans student athletes from playing on a team… 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 ›
(UPDATE) Another Bathroom Cop surfaces, this time with a perverse twist
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — UPDATED April 2, 2015: The Kentucky Bathroom Bill FAILS! Read more here: https://lexiecannes.com/2015/04/03/bathroom-bill-whack-a-mole-kentucky-out-nevada-minnesota-in/ (Original Article:) Another Republican politician has appointed himself Bathroom Cop — this time it’s Kentucky state Sen. C.B. Embry Jr. The… Read More ›
(Update – Victory! – Sort of) Arkansas robocall: ‘trans people are child predators’
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Update Aug. 20, 2014. Michelle Duggar’s attempt to derail the anti-discrimination ordinance has FAILED. This from the Fayetteville Flyer: “Fayetteville City Council members passed a controversial anti-discrimination ordinance early Wednesday morning following nearly 10… Read More ›
Utah state legislators mock trans people; apologizes
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Some people just can’t help themselves. In Utah, where a lawmaker is proposing a bill in the state legislature would place restrictions on bathroom access for trans people — creating a tense and toxic… Read More ›
Bathroom Cop bill surfaces in Utah House
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Transgender students in Utah will need to have their genitals examined and approved prior to using a non-birth gender restroom if a new bill in the Utah state legislature becomes law. The sponsor of… Read More ›
16-year-old trans kid lobbies California Gov. Brown for K-12 equality bill signature
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Sitting on California Governor Jerry Brown’s desk awaiting his signature is legislation that will bring equality to transgender K-12 students in the state. But 16-year-old transgender student Ashton Lee isn’t just sitting around hoping Brown… Read More ›
UPDATE: Gov. Brown signs CA ‘trans equality in K-12 schools’ bill.
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — UPDATE: Aug 12, 2013 – Gov. Brown signed the trans student equality bill earlier today. From USA Today: “Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown announced that he had signed AB1266, which also will allow transgender students to… Read More ›
Transgender community awaits Maine’s high court decision
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — While Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court isn’t the final arbitrator of trans civil rights in the country, the court’s pending ruling on whether a trans student can use a school bathroom of the gender presented is… Read More ›
[UPDATE-2 Bathroom bill killed.] Arizona legislature to consider making it a crime for trans people to use “opposite sex” bathrooms without proper paperwork
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — UPDATED-2 — June 9, 2013: Lack of support from colleagues prompts AZ state legislator to drop “bathroom Bill”. Excerpts from the Ahwatukee Foothills News: “Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, said Wednesday that colleagues remain concerned… Read More ›
[UPDATED] OK, we’ll give trans people discrimination protection, but they’ll have to go pee . . . uh, somewhere else.
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — [UPDATE: Trans bill passes – no bathroom exclusion! See below. ] The Baltimore County transgender anti-discrimination bill will be voted on next week by council members and at this point it appears they may be… Read More ›
Romney supports an anti-trans organization who says trans are sexual predators
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Yep, Mitt Romney’s tax returns show he supports the actions of a trans-hate group that use fear mongering to discourage passage of a Mass. transgender rights bill. [An Act Relative to Transgender Equal Rights] Tactics… Read More ›
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