Tag: transgender

Supreme Court Ruling Is a Step Back for Transgender Youth

The Supreme Court has ruled, in a 6-3 decision, to uphold the Tennessee law banning gender transition care for young people.  The case, United States v Skrmetti, was taken to court by three transgender teenagers, their parents and a doctor that provides transition medications. Their argument was that the Tennessee law banning hormone supplements and […]

We Have Bigger Problems Than Banning Transgender Athletes

We Have Bigger Problems Than Banning Transgender Athletes

Why is there such a focus on changing policy to ban transgender people from sports, bathrooms, and schools when we have so much more to worry about? We’re in a time as a country where we have to face house insecurity, worsening mental health crisis, mass shootings, a fragile economy and the ongoing impacts of […]

Anti-Trans Agenda of Trump Could Be The Start Of More Discrimination

Donald Trump was re-elected as the President of the United States and officially stepped into office on January 20, 2025. His first agenda was signing an executive order against transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people, which discriminates against their entire identity. The executive order is titled “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth […]

Here to Pee: Transgender Comedian Ren Q. Dawe Embarks on 50-State Protest Tour

Here to Pee: Transgender Comedian Ren Q. Dawe Embarks on 50-State Protest Tour

 When Ren Quilian Dawe first stepped onto a stage with only a microphone and his wit, he could have never imagined where stand-up comedy would take him. Now, a little over three years later, he’s preparing for his first national tour, Here To Pee, a stand-up comedy showcase and protest tour featuring all transgender comedians. […]

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