“But no matter what the court or politicians say, transgender people are not alone in this fight. Our case in SC continues and we will never stop fighting in the courtroom and in communities across the state to ensure that transgender South Carolinians have the freedom to shape their own futures,” says Woodrum.
New York State Police charged five people Friday with murder in the killing of a missing man who authorities said died following repeated acts of violence and torture for more than a month by multiple individuals who later discarded his body in a field.
“I’m hurt as somebody who knew that I was transgender as a child, and really would have benefited with the care back then. To know that it’s being ripped away from other children, I mean I had attempts against my own life. Because of not having access to this, and knowing that it’s going to be taken away from children who already have it, it’s going to be devastating,” says Storm Scites.
The United States Department of Justice says a South Carolina man plead guilty Thursday to Obstructing Justice in a December 2019 murder of a transgender woman, and now face up to 20 years in prison
The bills being discussed Thursday by the Senate Medical Affairs Committee would ban trans-related healthcare for minors and prohibit trans people from changing their gender on their birth certificate.
Transgender persons are 2.5 times more likely to be violent crime victims.
South Carolina’s governor has quietly signed into law a bill that would ban transgender students from playing girls’ or women’s sports in public schools and colleges.
The South Carolina Senate has approved a bill that would ban transgender students from playing girls’ or women’s sports in public schools and colleges.
The bill would stop physicians from performing irreversible gender reassignment surgery and stop them from prescribing puberty blocking medication to transgender minors.
This morning, LGBTQ advocates gathered at the State House to mark Transgender Day of Visibility, a day to honor and celebrate transgender people nationwide. It comes as South Carolina lawmakers push several bills many are calling anti-LGBTQ.
