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According to NPR’s reporting, these rules are a dramatic expansion of power and an unprecedented type of executive rulemaking. However, members of the public could still make their voices heard and pressure the rules to be dropped.
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV), the department responsible for distributing driver’s licences, has re-proposed a rule which would prevent the changing of gender markers on driver’s licenses.
We talk about trans solidarity in hard times. This is The Needle's latest culture and politics coverage.
Colorado may be angling to provide gender affirming care without depending on federal money and passed 6 bills in favor of trans and queer rights last session.
Today’s No Kings March reflected a depoliticized vision of resistance- NYC deserves better than a “Trump is bad” parade.
The new bill, SB 437 appears to be an attempt to erase trans people and mandate discrimination against them as well as rampant sex segregation, reflecting the prior bill- SB 458 from 2023, receiving legal challenges.
On Oct. 13, Gov. Newsom signed a flurry of bills and vetoed many others- revealing a pattern of aligning himself with healthcare insurer priorities.
The Governor's choice to veto life-saving healthcare due to "cost" reveals that he doesn't believe trans bodies are worth healthcare or resources.
