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Supreme Court delivers major blow to transgender rights, upholding Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Supreme Court delivers major blow to transgender rights, upholding Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors
The justices' 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President Donald Trump's Republican administration and state governments to roll back protections for transgender people. Another 26 states have laws similar to the one in Tennessee.
·pbs.org·
Supreme Court delivers major blow to transgender rights, upholding Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Exclusive: US Army to change transgender soldiers' records to birth sex
Exclusive: US Army to change transgender soldiers' records to birth sex
The U.S. Army will alter the records of transgender soldiers to show only their sex at birth, according to internal guidance seen by Reuters that details a series of steps it will take as it pushes them out of the service.
·reuters.com·
Exclusive: US Army to change transgender soldiers' records to birth sex
Salt Lake City and Boise make pride flags official city emblems, skirting flag ban laws
Salt Lake City and Boise make pride flags official city emblems, skirting flag ban laws
The Democratic controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise, Idaho, adopted new city flags this week that show support for LGBTQ+ people in defiance of new laws passed by their states’ Republican-controlled Legislatures.
·apnews.com·
Salt Lake City and Boise make pride flags official city emblems, skirting flag ban laws
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service
A federal judge has blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the U.S. military.
·apnews.com·
Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service
Supreme Court schedules transgender rights case for December - SCOTUSblog
Supreme Court schedules transgender rights case for December - SCOTUSblog
The Supreme Court’s December argument session will feature the challenge to Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors, as well as a case by survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust seeking compensation for the seizure of the property by the Hungarian government and a
·scotusblog.com·
Supreme Court schedules transgender rights case for December - SCOTUSblog
Opinion: Utah incident reveals this inherent threat in anti-trans efforts to ‘protect’ girls in sports | CNN
Opinion: Utah incident reveals this inherent threat in anti-trans efforts to ‘protect’ girls in sports | CNN
A teenage girl in Utah has had to seek police protection after a member of the Utah State Board of Education suggested that she could be transgender (she is not), a reality that is the product of growing trans panic in this country, particularly when it comes to girls’ and women’s sports teams, writes Frankie de la Cretaz.
·cnn.com·
Opinion: Utah incident reveals this inherent threat in anti-trans efforts to ‘protect’ girls in sports | CNN
Bills dictating school pronoun, bathroom uses sent to Arizona gov
Bills dictating school pronoun, bathroom uses sent to Arizona gov
Arizona lawmakers gave final approval Monday to forbidding teachers from calling students by a pronoun that does not match their biological sex at birth, and to requiring schools to create
·tucson.com·
Bills dictating school pronoun, bathroom uses sent to Arizona gov
ACLU sues Montana over censure of trans lawmaker Zooey Zephyr
ACLU sues Montana over censure of trans lawmaker Zooey Zephyr
Zephyr said leaders in the Montana House directly targeted her and her district by not allowing her to speak about bills affecting transgender youths and their families.
·nbcnews.com·
ACLU sues Montana over censure of trans lawmaker Zooey Zephyr
Oklahoma governor signs gender-affirming care ban for kids
Oklahoma governor signs gender-affirming care ban for kids
Oklahoma is the latest state to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors. Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill Monday that makes it a felony for health care workers to provide children with treatments that can include puberty-blocking drugs and hormones. Oklahoma joins at least 15 other states with laws banning such care, as conservatives across the country have targeted transgender rights. Stitt made the ban a priority of this year’s legislative session, saying he wanted to protect children. Transgender advocates and parents of transgender children say such care is essential.
·apnews.com·
Oklahoma governor signs gender-affirming care ban for kids
Montana transgender lawmaker faces censure or expulsion
Montana transgender lawmaker faces censure or expulsion
Montana Republican leaders will vote on censuring or expelling a transgender state lawmaker who has been silenced in the House for comments against a bill to ban gender-affirming medical care for children. On Tuesday night, Democratic, Rep. Zooey Zephyr tweeted a letter she received from House leaders informing her of the plan to consider disciplinary action against against her on Wednesday. She says she will be given a chance to speak. A protest against Zephyr being silenced disrupted the House floor session on Monday and she stood defiantly on the floor with her microphone raised. The House won't be disrupted on Wednesday because the gallery will be closed.
·apnews.com·
Montana transgender lawmaker faces censure or expulsion
Kee Sam: Black Trans Woman is The 27th Known Transgender Person to Be Violently Killed in the U.S. This Year
Kee Sam: Black Trans Woman is The 27th Known Transgender Person to Be Violently Killed in the U.S. This Year
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Kee Sam: Black Trans Woman is The 27th Known Transgender Person to Be Violently Killed in the U.S. This Year
House to vote on anti-trans sports bill | CNN Politics
House to vote on anti-trans sports bill | CNN Politics
The House is expected to vote Thursday on a GOP-led bill that would ban transgender athletes from women's and girls' sports at federally funded schools and educational institutions.
·cnn.com·
House to vote on anti-trans sports bill | CNN Politics