5Ab. Transgender Influence in Politics, Government, and the Courts. Position and Policies of Politicians, Political Parties [including Leftist Parties], Government and the Courts Towards Transgender Influence
Court decisions supporting transgender ideology are listed here. Court decisions curtailing transgender excesses are listed in 05Bb. Legality of "Gender Affirming Care." Legal Actions: Lawsuits, Legislation, Court Decisions, and Academic and Government Agency's and Officials' Actions Against Transgender Excesses and Abuse of Power.
Katherine M. Acosta. “American fascism: Implications for women of a 2nd Trump administration: The agenda of the incoming Trump administration has grave implications for women; not only for reproductive autonomy, but for our standing as citizens in a free society." [2024] https://archive.ph/UjyNM
American Military News. “Biden admin: Trans women must register for draft; trans men don’t have to.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/TYFEv
Alessandra Asteriti. "The Genealogy of Gender Identity - The EU [European Union] LGBTIQ Strategy 2020-2025/ I.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/wip/dg61E
Jo Bartosch. “How Sturgeon was undone by gender ideology.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/pz6Um
John Boothman. "Anas Sarwar: I regret my vote for transgender self-ID: The leader of Scottish Labour said he would not have backed the gender recognition reform bill if he had known it breached equality law." [2025]
https://tinyurl.com/2pjzksa4
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Man is so selfish that he has got women's rights and his own too, and yet he won't give women their rights. He keeps them all to himself.
― Sojourner Truth
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Ben Brasch and María Luisa Paúl. "Newsom says allowing trans athletes in women’s sports is ‘deeply unfair': California’s Democratic governor broke with most in his own party on the issue.' [2025]
https://archive.ph/uxef
Callie H. Burt, Ph.D. “Scrutinizing the Equality Act: Online supplemental information.” [2023]
EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THE ISSUE
https://archive.ph/vrfZh#selection-253.0-253.62
_____. "Scrutinizing the U.S. Equality Act 2019: A feminist examination of definitional changes and sociolegal ramifications." [2020]
https://archive.ph/MAGwa#selection-4251.1-4276.0
Katelyn Caralle. “Biden says he backs 'gender-affirming' healthcare and slams Republicans trying to ban sex changes for children in interview with transgender TikTok activist.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/2klvj#selection-883.0-883.156
Nick Cater. “Moira Deeming and the death of Australian liberalism: Now even the centre-right Liberal Party is in thrall to extremist gender ideology.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/wip/ELNnN
The Congress of the United States, House of Representatives. "H.J.Res.54 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights protected and extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only."
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/54
Kara Dansky. “Democrats like me are furious with our party for pushing gender insanity.” [2021]
https://archive.ph/W2MAn
_____. "Nineteen states have sued the federal government over its actions protecting children: Oregon v. Kennedy. [2025]
[paywall]
https://karadansky.substack.com/p/nineteen-states-have-sued-the-federal
Andrew DeMilo. “Sanders signs Arkansas gender-affirming care malpractice bill into law.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/wip/o789W
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/sanders-signs-arkansas-gender-affirming-care-malpractice-bill-into-law
Do No Harm Staff. “Do No Harm expert testifies at Congress.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/wip/b8thF
Rod Dreher. "Posie Parker: Free speech warrior: State is trying to silence British feminist who opposes pediatric transgenderism. [2023]
https://archive.ph/EAcLd
Mairead Elordi. "Maine legislature kills a bill that would let state take custody of children for transgender medical services: A committee voted not to advance the bill." [2024]
https://archive.ph/wip/ah2Fe
Reid J. Epstein and Lauren Rosenhall. "Newsom splits with Democrats on transgender athletes: ‘It’s deeply unfair:' The remarks by Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a potential White House hopeful, were an extraordinary break from fellow Democrats and signaled a newly defensive position on the issue." [2025]
https://archive.ph/YKQzY
Equality [sic!] California. "CA LEGISLATURE PASSES BILL TO ENSURE INCARCERATED TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ARE HOUSED WHERE THEY ARE SAFEST: SB 132 by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and co-sponsored by a broad coalition of civil rights groups helps protect and affirm transgender incarcerated people." [2020]
https://www.eqca.org/release-sb132-final-passage/
Wayne Flower, Melbourne correspondent. “EXCLUSIVE: Inside the betrayal that drove MP Moira Deeming to fight for the protection of women’s rights - and why the suspended MP will NEVER be silenced.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/wip/HZPd1
For Women Scotland. “We won! Scottish Government redefinition of woman is unlawful.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/tywEE
Jill Foster. "The trans war tearing Labour apart: The party has postponed the women’s conference after the Supreme Court ruling in what has been called a ‘cynical and controlling’ move." [UK, 2025]
https://archive.ph/pMUVz
Alexander Hall. “Pennsylvania Democrat calls on university to ‘cancel’ speakers who question transgender ideology: University of Pittsburgh chancellor Patrick Gallagher says he is 'obligated' to support free speech on campus.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/o7WoV
Brianna Heldt. “New California law allows children to get transgender treatments without parental consent.” [2018] https://archive.ph/qmXSE
Marc Horne. “English attorney-general Suella Braverman ‘has no right’ to target Scottish gender bill: Attorney-general may try to block trans self-identification law.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/uPmEv
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We are half the people, we should have half the Congress.
— Jeanette Rankin
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Charles Hymas. "Refusing to fund your partner’s gender transition could be domestic abuse, says CPS.: New guidance states ‘withholding money for transitioning’ or refusing to use a preferred name or pronoun, would be seen as abusive behaviour.” (UK) [2023]
https://archive.ph/hWFoj
Christopher Kane. "Balint discusses LGBTQ and women’s history education bill: Congresswoman condemned GOP’s ‘push to erase us.’ [2023]
https://archive.ph/5Dvxh
Kellie-Jay Kean. "First do harm: Six years on, and still only eight MPs will speak." [UK, 2025]
https://archive.ph/wFES5
Hannah Knowles. "He became governor supporting trans rights. Now, it’s seen as a liability: North Carolina’s Roy Cooper shows how the politics of trans rights have shifted." [2025]
https://archive.ph/WTTPc
LifeSiteNews.com. “Wisconsin MedicAid to begin funding sex-reassignment surgery after settlement: Tax-payers will be forced to foot the bill for gender-confused individuals to alter their bodies.” [2019]
https://archive.ph/6cT4M
Lisa Logan. "Joe Biden taps global business coalition to advance the LGBTQIA+ agenda.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/iOuT8
Mark McLaughlin. "Supporting gender self-ID was a mistake, Humza Yousaf admits: Former first minister insists the SNP was well-intentioned and that trying to make life easier for trans people was ‘the right thing to do’." [Scotland,2025]
https://archive.ph/iexHO
Mary Margaret Olohan. “House Democrats introduce ‘Transgender Bill Of Rights’.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/wip/DgTjc
Matt Osborne. "The real gender communism has not been tried yet: Zohran Mamdani wants the New York City taxpayer to subsidize trans 'care' nationwide." [2025]
https://archive.ph/ggvjR#selection-465.0-500.0
Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans (PITT). "Democrats must excise the trans cancer from their party." [2024]
https://archive.ph/wip/mMixX
Pamela Paresky. "Just semantics: How the use of psychological jargon can undermine law." [2026]
https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/just-semantics
Dominic Penna. "Green Party tearing itself apart over trans rights, leaked dossier reveals; Lawyers warn guidance on identifying ‘queerphobia’ risks discriminating against members who question gender ideology." [2025]
https://archive.ph/hNVKW
_____. "Labour MP calls for protection of single-sex spaces in apparent challenge to Starmer: Jess Phillips, the shadow domestic violence minister, insists that ‘sex and gender are different’.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/XyV5w
Maya T. Prabhu. “Georgia bill would make transgender youth compete as gender identified at birth.” [2019]
https://archive.ph/wip/SBgBu
The Publica Staff. “Australian government instructs news outlet to delete article that offended trans activist.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/wip/krBcE
Reduxx Team. "Marie Claire Brazil names male politician 'Woman Of The Year.'” [2025]
https://archive.ph/SCCaQ
Valerie Richardson. “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. splits with Democrats by opposing biological males in women’s sports.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/EyJwP#selection-1513.11-1532.0
John Riley. “3 states introduce bills to restrict transgender athletes to competing based on their birth sex: Spate of bills targeting transgender athletes shows social conservatives believe they’ve found a salient wedge issue.” [2019]
https://archive.ph/wip/Wgi1j
Julia Diana Robertson. “DOJ sides with 3 Connecticut HS girls about fairness in sports.” [2020]
https://archive.ph/juqtN
Kat Rosenfield. “Biden’s cowardly war on conversion therapy: It's not the job of a doctor to affirm your identity.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/wip/UbiBy
Leor Sapir.“ Why Europe and America are going in opposite directions on youth transgender medicine.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/9CSDS
Jathon Sapsford and Stephanie Armour. "U.S. becomes transgender-care outlier as more in Europe urge caution: Republicans seize on European doubts over medical interventions to call for restrictions.” [2023]
https://archive.ph/p2rWt
Michael Searles. "‘Trans toddlers’ allowed gender treatment on NHS: Under-sevens to be seen by clinics as health service ‘caves in’ to activists on age limits." [2025]
https://archive.ph/i4Uo0#selection-2909.4-2960.0
Sex Matters. “Lib Dems revise transphobia definition.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/wip/pH6dK
Michael Shellenberger. "Democrats deny basic biology in push to change gender of children: Governor Gavin Newsom’s allies have passed legislation to block schools from telling parents when their kids think they’re the opposite sex." [2024]
https://archive.ph/xnK9L
Michael Shellenberger and Alex Gutentag. "Biden Administration ends support for trans surgeries on minors: What will it take for Democrats to ban puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for children and adolescents?" [2024]
https://archive.ph/2hQeD
Abigail Shrier. "California’s new law lets schools keep secrets from parents: Gavin Newsom signs a bill that keeps parents in the dark if their kids change gender identity at school." [2024]
https://tinyurl.com/3ape3cft
Nina Totenberg. “Supreme Court rules LGBTQ workers protected against sex discrimination.” [2020]
https://archive.ph/wip/dUKg7
Washington Post Editorial Board. "Trans athletes head to the Supreme Court." [2026]
https://archive.ph/I6IbY
Women’s Forum Australia. “Tribunal says men who identify as lesbians cannot be excluded from lesbian events.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/XHy4M
Jack Wright. “Women's campaigner 'was sacked by Sadiq Khan's administration after expressing concerns about trans women being allowed into refuges for rape victims.'” [2021]
https://archive.ph/jMebY
Caitlin Yilek. "Senate Democrats block bill to exclude transgender students in girl's sports." [2025]
https://archive.ph/DOMJ5
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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
― Alice Walker
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Crain and Company. “Riley Gaines AMBUSHED & Biden Administration pushes new trans rule.” [2023] VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNHW3mcEnno
Women's Declaration International. "Sally Wainwright, Scotland. For Women Scotland ruling." [Scotland, 2025]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh4qWOhwZtI