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An excerpt from our article on UPenn, describing the ways they've decided to collaborate with the Trump administration. The text reads as follows: "* falsifying UPenn's NCAA Division I women's 'swimming records, titles, or similar recognitions' to indicate that those which were received by a transfem athlete were actually received by the cis woman athlete who would have received them if no trans women had been allowed to compete; * issuing a public statement that: ** trans women will not be allowed to compete as women and that they will not be allowed to use correctly gendered UPenn locker rooms and other gendered facilities; ** UPenn will 'adopt ... definitions' of the words 'male' and 'female' which treat an individual's 'male' or 'female' status as being determined by their sex assigned at birth; * posting that statement 'in a prominent location its main website and on each of its websites for women's athletics'; * 'rescind[ing] any guidance ... [and] remov[ing] or revis[ing] any internal and public-facing statements or documents' that treat trans people as having their correct gender, and notifying 'all staff and women's athletics of all such rescissions'; and * sending personalised letters of apology to Paula Scanlan and any other anti-trans activists on the UPenn swimming team."

We aren't terribly happy that a lot of reporting on this has reproduced the wording used by the Trump administration and its courtier journalists verbatim, because that normalises their worldview. Here is our description of UPenn's collaboration agreement, which we believe is more factually correct

A new PYROPHORE entry has been published for 🟥 the University of Pennsylvania, a US university which recently decided to collaborate with the Trump administration in a direct anti-trans attack, stripping gender-diverse students of honours and basic rights. severalproblems.press/pyrophore/up...

We've contacted a number of Download XXV attendees by email to get their views on this situation and whether they support Download Festival's action

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The US entry is intentionally basic. We don't live there, so we'd like to hear from US-based contributors about what they consider to be major events in domestic trans affairs. Feel free to drop us a DM. We can give you an on-page credit or not.

A new PYROPHORE entry has been published for 🟥 the United States of America, a North American sovereign state which with the recent re-election of a previous fascist president has jumped on the anti-trans hate train and opened the throttle to full. severalproblems.press/pyrophore/un...

A new PYROPHORE entry has been published for 🟥 Paul Sarlo, a New Jersey Democratic state senator who has joined his party's rising tide of opportunistic scapegoating of trans people. severalproblems.press/pyrophore/pa...

In which we examine HR Res 1579 and the bizarre fascination it reflects on the part of US Rep Nancy Mace (SC–01) with trans women's capacity to piss. severalproblems.press/2024/11/20/p...

A new PYROPHORE entry, "Jillian Spencer", has been published. severalproblems.press/pyrophore/ji...

A new PYROPHORE entry, "Patrick Parkinson", has been published. severalproblems.press/pyrophore/pa...

SEVERAL PROBLEMS WEEKLY #6, SP Press' weekly bulletin on transgender news and current affairs from around the globe for the period of 31 March through 6 April, is now live! severalproblems.press/2024/04/08/s...

How trans and intersex people in Kenya have to bribe police, hospitals and landlords to survive Some transgender, intersex and non-binary people in the country say they have to bribe police, hospitals and landlords in exchange for freedom, privacy and basic services

“Bribing becomes the safe option. Going through the court process even on trumped-up charges is more expensive,” said Brian.

One-Third of LGBT Adults Report Unfair, Disrespectful Treatment by a Health Care Provider, Including Four in Ten Lower-Income LGBT Adults Percent who say that a doctor or other health care provider treated them unfairly or with disrespect in the past three years for any reason: LGBT adults Non-LGBT adults Total 33% 15% Household income Less than $40K 41% 20% $40K+ 22% 13% Race/Ethnicity Black 33% 24% Hispanic 26% 16% White 33% 13% Note: Among adults who have used health care in the past three years. Black adults include multiracial and single-race adults of Hispanic and non-Hispanic ethnicity. Hispanic group includes those who identify as Hispanic regardless of race. White includes single-race non-Hispanic adults only. See topline for full question wording. Source: KFF Survey on Racism, Discrimination, and Health (June 6- August 14, 2023) KFF

GUEST ESSAY The Problem With Saying Sex Assigned at Birth' The term creates doubt about a biological fact when there shouldn't be any. April 3, 2024

Tuesday: New Kaiser survey finds queer people are twice as likely to be mistreated by doctors

Wednesday: NYT op-ed asks if doctors are being too nice to queer people

A new PYROPHORE entry, "Dianna Kenny", has been published. severalproblems.press/pyrophore/di...

A new PYROPHORE entry, "Alexander Korte", has been published. severalproblems.press/pyrophore/al...

A new PYROPHORE entry, "Les Républicains (LR)", has been published. severalproblems.press/pyrophore/le...

A new PYROPHORE entry, "World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)", has been published. severalproblems.press/pyrophore/wp...

A new PYROPHORE entry, "Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA)", has been published. severalproblems.press/pyrophore/pa...

A new PYROPHORE entry, "National Association of Practising Psychiatrists (NAPP)", has been published. severalproblems.press/pyrophore/na...

A new PYROPHORE entry, "Australian Professional Association for Trans Health (AusPATH)", has been published. severalproblems.press/pyrophore/au...

PYROPHORE already has its first entry, on the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.

We promise not to be defamatory. After all, truth is a complete defence to defamation.

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Announcing a new Several Problems Press project: PYROPHORE, a running open intelligence file on the world and context in which trans people are forced to live.

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