Georgea Kovanis

Detroit

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Michigan House votes to ban trans girls from girls' teams

2 weeks ago | freep.com | Georgea Kovanis

The package of bills both requires participants in girls' sports to be identified as female on their original birth certificate. A second bill would protect schools from lawsuits accusing them of discrimination for the ban. The Michigan House of Representatives on May 22 passed two bills that would ban transgender girls from playing girls' sports in schools. To become law, the bills would need to be passed by the Democrat-controlled Michigan Senate and signed by Gov.
Celebrating Michigan's transgender community in a time of angst and uncertainty

1 month ago | freep.com | Georgea Kovanis

The Stand with Trans gala is sold out. Sponsorships anticipated for the Stand with Trans gala are down 20%. The organization is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
Celebrating Michigan's transgender community in a time of angst and uncertainty

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Georgea Kovanis

Stand with Trans, a southeast Michigan organization established to help transgender young people with counseling and support, is to celebrate its 10th anniversary at a gala on May 17 — a milestone its leader, Roz Keith, says is especially important to commemorate, considering the angst and upset members of the transgender community are experiencing as the result of President Donald Trump's anti-trans executive orders.
Celebrating Michigan's transgender community in a time of angst and uncertainty

1 month ago | battlecreekenquirer.com | Georgea Kovanis

The Stand with Trans gala is sold out. Sponsorships anticipated for the Stand with Trans gala are down 20%. The organization is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
Celebrating Michigan's transgender community in a time of angst and uncertainty

1 month ago | thetimesherald.com | Georgea Kovanis

The Stand with Trans gala is sold out. Sponsorships anticipated for the Stand with Trans gala are down 20%. The organization is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
How Trump's executive orders have forced these Michiganders to change

1 month ago | freep.com | Georgea Kovanis |Mandi Wright

Story by Georgea Kovanis; Visuals by Mandi WrightDetroit Free PressThis is what happens when the president of the United States starts to erase you: You change. You change your plans. You change the way you live day-to-day because you fear for your well-being and that of loved ones, because what if the haters come after them to punish you? You retreat from all but the safest venues. Or maybe you don't.
LGBTQ+ advocates call 8 Democratic votes on transgender sports a betrayal

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Clara Jane Hendrickson |Georgea Kovanis

Two years ago, Michigan Democratic state lawmakers stood united to update the state's civil rights law to ban discrimination based sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. But on Wednesday, a small group of Michigan House Democrats broke with the majority of their party to vote for a resolution urging the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSSA) to ban transgender girls from girls' sports.
LGBTQ+ advocates call 8 Democratic votes on transgender sports a betrayal

2 months ago | freep.com | Clara Jane Hendrickson |Georgea Kovanis

Eight Democrats voted this week with the House GOP to support a resolution urging a state sports association to ban transgender girls from girl's teams. The Michigan Senate has no plans to take up this question. Two years ago, Michigan Democratic state lawmakers stood united to update the state's civil rights law to ban discrimination based sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.
8 Democrats join GOP in voting to urge MHSAA to ban transgender kids from girls' sports

2 months ago | freep.com | Georgea Kovanis

The Michigan House of Representatives passed a resolution Wednesday strongly urging the Michigan High School Athletic Association to ban transgender girls from girls' sports. Sixty-six representatives voted for it, including eight Democrats. Forty-three representatives voted against it.
Potential cuts to Medicaid aren't an option for these metro Detroiters

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Darcie Moran |Georgea Kovanis

About 100 people turned up at a park in Milford on Tuesday afternoon to rally against potential cuts to Medicaid, the government insurance for low income and disabled people that provides health care for about one-fourth of Michigan's population.