A not-as-much-news-as-yesterday day.
There are two woman providing a lot of rich information on everything that’s happening. Their work is referenced throughout. Gillian Branstetter is the Press Secretary of the National Woman’s Law Center.
National
HHS tweeted out the guidance documents they released yesterday.
The Washington Post wrote about safety folders.
Texas
Equality Texas published Resources for Parents of Texas Trans Youth which will be kept up-to-date. Earlier in the day they posted resources on Twitter until they, ACLU TX, and Lambda Legal could get the page up.
Visibility
Press — Jake Tapper’s show on CNN, The Washington Post
Gov. Abbot’s personal and campaign Twitter accounts, AG Paxton’s personal and campaign Twitter accounts, and DFPS Twitter accounts had no mention of gender-affirming health care issues.
Other Anti-Trans Developments
For time constraints, this series is focused on gender-affirming health care. For context, notes about simultaneous issues may be included.
Chase Strangio’s summary today:
“Both Iowa and Indiana have passed anti-trans sports bills now awaiting Governor signature. Alabama is moving rapidly to pass a felony ban on health care. Idaho has a hearing on a felony ban on health care tomorrow. Arizona is moving an anti-trans sports bill. This is a lot.”
Iowa’s Governor Kim Reynolds then signed their anti-trans sports bill today.
Oklahoma also has an anti-trans sports bill. [tweet]
Student walkout protests in Florida over their Don’t Say Gay Bill. Equality Florida’s Twitter account has a bunch of pictures and videos.
Ukraine
Lia Thomas
Sports Illustrated story. ‘I am Lia’: The Trans Swimmer Dividing America Tells Her Story. Branstetter shared that “Tabloids from other continents took surreptitious photos of her in training, Fox News talks about her daily, and even just mentioning her name online invites vitriol and harassment from trolls and bots alike. I cannot fathom what that must be like to endure.”
Updated to fix typo.
