Texas passes bill to ban transgender girls from participating in female sports
3 years, 2 months ago

Texas passes bill to ban transgender girls from participating in female sports

India Today  

The Texas House of Representatives passed a bill that bans transgender women and girls from participating in female school sports after three previous attempts failed, all but assuring Republican Governor Greg Abbott will sign it into law. Ricardo Martinez, chief executive of the LGBTQ rights group Equality Texas, called passage of the bill a "hateful, targeted attack on transgender people." While the Texas Senate passed a companion bill, three previous House versions of the legislation stalled in the public education committee, which has a Democratic chairman. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Montana, Tennessee and West Virginia have passed similar transgender sports legislation, and South Dakota's governor signed an executive order.

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Ohio’s GOP governor signs bill restricting trans students’ bathroom use
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Ohio’s GOP governor signs bill restricting trans students’ bathroom use

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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Republican-backed measure — labeled the "Protect All Students Act" — requires public and …

Ohio governor signs bill limiting bathroom use by transgender students
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Ohio governor signs bill limiting bathroom use by transgender students

LA Times  

Transgender students from kindergarten through college at Ohio public and private schools will be banned from using multiperson bathrooms that fit their gender identities under a measure that Republican Gov. The Republican-backed measure — labeled the “Protect All Students Act” — requires public and private schools, colleges and universities to designate separate bathrooms, locker rooms and overnight accommodations “for the …

Texas sues doctor and accuses her of violating ban on gender-affirming care
2 months ago

Texas sues doctor and accuses her of violating ban on gender-affirming care

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The lawsuit announced by Republican …

Texas Senate Race Pits Abortion Rights Against The Bogeyman Of Boys In Girls Sports
2 months ago

Texas Senate Race Pits Abortion Rights Against The Bogeyman Of Boys In Girls Sports

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Sen. Ted Cruz and his Democratic challenger, Rep. Colin Allred, are pitching themselves to voters as defenders of women in the final weeks of a Senate race that provides one of the few last-dash hopes Democrats have to retain control of the U.S. Senate. Kate Cox and other women who navigated the Texas …

Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on youth gender transitions. It’s the largest state with such a law
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on youth gender transitions. It’s the largest state with such a law

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths Friday, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to decide on and seek medical care for their children. “We conclude the Legislature made a permissible, rational policy choice to limit the types of available medical procedures for children, particularly in light …

Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on youth gender transitions. It’s the largest state with such a law
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on youth gender transitions. It’s the largest state with such a law

LA Times  

LGBTQ+ activists protest the bill banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth at the Texas Capitol in Austin last year. The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths Friday, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to decide on and seek medical care for their children. “We conclude the Legislature made a …

Arkansas governor says state won’t comply with new federal rules on treatment of trans students
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Arkansas governor says state won’t comply with new federal rules on treatment of trans students

Associated Press  

Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared Thursday that the state won’t comply with a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools, joining other Republican-led states that are defying the new rules. The regulation finalized last month seeks to clarify Title IX, a landmark 1972 sex discrimination law originally passed to address women’s rights and …

Conservative states challenge federal rule on treatment of transgender students
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Conservative states challenge federal rule on treatment of transgender students

Associated Press  

Several Republican state attorneys general are challenging a federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools by banning blanket policies that bar transgender students from school bathrooms aligning with their gender, among other provisions. “The central feature of the Final Rule is the Department’s extraordinary move to transform Title IX’s prohibition of discrimination …

A Nebraska bill to ban transgender students from the bathrooms and sports of their choice fails
8 months, 2 weeks ago

A Nebraska bill to ban transgender students from the bathrooms and sports of their choice fails

Associated Press  

— A bill that that would bar transgender students from school bathrooms, locker rooms and sports teams that correspond with their gender identity failed Friday to get enough votes to advance in heavily conservative Nebraska. An amended version would have gone a step further by barring students taking male hormones from girls’ teams, even if they were assigned female at …

Efforts to restrict transgender health care endure in 2024, with more adults targeted
11 months, 1 week ago

Efforts to restrict transgender health care endure in 2024, with more adults targeted

Associated Press  

Republican-led state legislatures are considering a new round of bills restricting medical care for transgender youths — and in some cases, adults — returning to the issue the year after a wave of high-profile bills became law and sparked lawsuits. Last year’s limits included a Florida law that has made it nearly impossible for many transgender adults in the state …

By outing 19 students to their parents, Texas school district violated ethics code
1 year, 1 month ago

By outing 19 students to their parents, Texas school district violated ethics code

Raw Story  

This article first appeared on Houston Landing and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. The Katy Independent School District’s decision to out transgender students to their parents is not only what one attorney described as “bullying masquerading as policy” – it’s also a violation of the Texas Education Agency’s code of ethics. Be aware that some school staff …

Things to know about the latest court and policy action on transgender issues in the US
1 year, 3 months ago

Things to know about the latest court and policy action on transgender issues in the US

Associated Press  

On Friday, Texas became the most populous state with a ban in effect against gender-affirming care for minors. TEXAS GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE BAN TAKES EFFECT In its ruling Thursday, the Texas Supreme Court allowed a law banning gender-affirming care including puberty blockers, hormones and surgery for minors. KANSAS NO LONGER HAS TO CHANGE BIRTH CERTIFICATES A federal judge ruled Thursday that …

Texas high court allows law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect
1 year, 3 months ago

Texas high court allows law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court allowed a new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Friday, setting up Texas to be the most populous state with such restrictions on transgender children. Last week, a state district judge ruled the pending law violated the rights of transgender children and their families to seek appropriate medical …

See which states are poised to rule next on transgender health care restrictions
1 year, 3 months ago

See which states are poised to rule next on transgender health care restrictions

Associated Press  

— Courts nationwide are delivering a mixed verdict on the future of state laws restricting gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, as legal battles ramp up over the historic wave of bans enacted this year. Here’s a look at recent developments in the cases and where laws on transgender health care stand: THE LATEST RULINGS A Texas judge on Friday …

Families and doctors sue Texas over its new ban on transgender care for minors
1 year, 5 months ago

Families and doctors sue Texas over its new ban on transgender care for minors

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — A group of Texas families and doctors have filed a lawsuit in state court seeking to block the state’s new law that bans gender-affirming care for minors, arguing it violates parental rights and discriminates against transgender teens. The Texas law would prevent transgender minors from accessing hormone therapies, puberty blockers and transition surgeries, even thought medical experts …

Louisiana governor vetoes anti-LGBTQ+ legislation including a gender-affirming care ban
1 year, 5 months ago

Louisiana governor vetoes anti-LGBTQ+ legislation including a gender-affirming care ban

Associated Press  

— Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards blocked a package of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation from becoming law Friday, including the state’s version of what critics call Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill and a ban on gender-affirming medical care for young transgender people. During the waning days of Louisiana’s legislative session, lawmakers passed a series of controversial bills: a ban on gender-affirming …

Transgender sports ban heads to North Carolina governor’s desk
1 year, 6 months ago

Transgender sports ban heads to North Carolina governor’s desk

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Transgender girls in North Carolina would no longer be allowed to play on the school sports teams that align with their gender identity under a proposal that received final legislative approval on Thursday. North Carolina, like many other Republican-led state legislatures, could soon push several other bills across the finish line that target trans youth, including a …

Missouri governor signs ban on transgender health care, school sports
1 year, 6 months ago

Missouri governor signs ban on transgender health care, school sports

Associated Press  

— Transgender minors and some adults in Missouri will soon be limited from accessing puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgeries — as well as some school sports teams — under bills signed Wednesday by the state’s Republican governor. “Today, Governor Parson showed just how little Missouri’s state government values LGBTQ+ lives and, in particular, transgender and gender-expansive youth,” said Shira …

Controversial Texas law puts transgender youth's healthcare at stake, triggering legal fights - What you need to know
1 year, 6 months ago

Controversial Texas law puts transgender youth's healthcare at stake, triggering legal fights - What you need to know

Hindustan Times  

Texas recently passed legislation that addresses the provision of medical care to minors. Texas enacts controversial law on medical care for minors, stirring debates and legal challenges. Response and potential legal actions: Texas stands resolute in its unwavering stance against gender-affirming care for minors, even in the face of legal opposition. Despite the American Medical Association's objection, subversive advocacy groups …

Texas bans gender-affirming care for minors after governor signs bill
1 year, 6 months ago

Texas bans gender-affirming care for minors after governor signs bill

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has become the most populous state to ban gender-affirming care for minors after Gov. Every major medical organization, including the American Medical Association, has opposed the bans and supported the medical care for youth when administered appropriately. Last year, Abbott became the first governor to order the investigation of families who were receiving care. Transgender rights …

Texas becomes largest state to ban transgender care for minors
1 year, 6 months ago

Texas becomes largest state to ban transgender care for minors

The Hindu  

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Friday signed a bill that bans transgender healthcare including puberty blockers and hormone therapy for minors, making Texas the largest of the 20 states to have outlawed gender-affirming care. Republican lawmakers across the country have promoted similar bills, saying they mistrust the consensus among major medical associations that endorse gender-affirming care as needed and even …

Black lawmakers in Texas criticize bill that seeks to ban DEI offices in higher education
1 year, 7 months ago

Black lawmakers in Texas criticize bill that seeks to ban DEI offices in higher education

CNN  

CNN — The Texas House passed a bill Monday aimed at banning diversity, equity and inclusion offices in public colleges and universities, a move that Black leaders say will halt progress and stifle future research funding. Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins, a Democrat representing San Antonio and vice chair of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, said the legislation would take away resources …

Texas poised to become largest state to ban medical treatments for Transgender Children
1 year, 7 months ago

Texas poised to become largest state to ban medical treatments for Transgender Children

Hindustan Times  

Despite strong and fierce opposition from Democrats and widespread protests at the Capitol, the Texas Legislature has approved a bill that bans hormone and puberty-blocking treatments, as well as surgeries and medical supports, for transgender children. Even before this bill's passage, Texas officials had been taking measures to restrict transgender children's access to medical transition care. Why the bill matters …

Texas Legislature OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors
1 year, 7 months ago

Texas Legislature OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas would become the largest state to ban gender-affirming care for minors under a bill sent Wednesday night to Republican Gov. Earlier Wednesday, the Texas House also gave preliminary approval to a bill that puts restrictions on transgender college athletes. Transgender rights activists have disrupted the Texas House with protests from the chamber gallery, which have led …

Texas Legislature approves ban on gender-affirming care for minors
1 year, 7 months ago

Texas Legislature approves ban on gender-affirming care for minors

LA Times  

Texas would become the largest state to ban gender-affirming care for minors under a bill sent Wednesday night to Republican Gov. Earlier on Wednesday, the Texas House also gave preliminary approval to a bill that puts restrictions on transgender college athletes. Trans rights activists have disrupted the Texas House with protests from the chamber gallery, which have led to state …

Ohio House advances transgender student-athlete ban for girls’ and women’s sports
1 year, 7 months ago

Ohio House advances transgender student-athlete ban for girls’ and women’s sports

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A ban on transgender student-athletes playing on girls and women’s sports teams in Ohio cleared a House education panel along partisan lines Wednesday, the latest attempt at such a measure first introduced by Republican lawmakers in 2021. The proposal would require K-12 schools as well as universities to designate “separate teams” for male and female sexes, but …

States add laws on pronouns, sports for transgender students
1 year, 7 months ago

States add laws on pronouns, sports for transgender students

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. BLOCKING LESSONS ON GENDER IDENTITY DeSantis has been leading …

Alabama Senate OKs ban on trans athletes at a college level
1 year, 7 months ago

Alabama Senate OKs ban on trans athletes at a college level

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama could soon join other states that ban transgender women from playing on female sports teams in college, under legislation nearing final approval in the state. State senators voted 26-4 on Wednesday for the House-passed legislation that extends a 2021 ban on transgender athletes on K-12 sports teams to also include college teams. And, they know that …

US culture wars dominated North Dakota’s legislative session
1 year, 7 months ago

US culture wars dominated North Dakota’s legislative session

Associated Press  

North Dakota’s House and Senate have adjourned, capping a session in which state lawmakers aggressively passed bills to restrict transgender rights, abortion access and library content — offering a glimpse of how Republican-controlled states have responded to these national hot-button issues. TRANS RIGHTS House and Senate lawmakers passed several bills with veto-proof majorities that were signed into law by the …

Missouri governor pushes ban on kids’ gender-affirming care
1 year, 7 months ago

Missouri governor pushes ban on kids’ gender-affirming care

Associated Press  

— Missouri’s Republican governor on Thursday said he’s ready to force lawmakers to keep working if they do not send him bills putting limits on transgender kids’ health care and participation in sports by the session’s upcoming end. Parson’s last-minute push comes amid widespread support for those bills in both the GOP-led House and Senate but disagreement over the best …

House approves trans athlete ban for girls and women’s teams
1 year, 8 months ago

House approves trans athlete ban for girls and women’s teams

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male would be barred from competing on girls or women’s sports teams at federally supported schools and colleges under legislation pushed through Thursday by House Republicans checking off another high-profile item on their social agenda. The bill defines sex as “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics …

House passes bill banning trans athlete from girls’ and women’s teams
1 year, 8 months ago

House passes bill banning trans athlete from girls’ and women’s teams

LA Times  

Rep. Elise Stefanik, backed by other GOP women House members, speaks in support of a ban on transgender females competing on girls’ and women’s sports teams on Thursday at the Capitol. The Republican-led House passed a bill Thursday that would bar federally supported schools and colleges from allowing transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male to compete …

Missouri House votes to limit transgender student athletes
1 year, 8 months ago

Missouri House votes to limit transgender student athletes

Associated Press  

— Transgender girls and women would no longer be allowed to play on the same team as other girls and women under a bill passed Monday in Missouri’s Republican-led House. Republican bill sponsor Rep. Jamie Burger, of Benton, said allowing transgender girls to play with other girls will “wipe out female sports as we know it.” “Biological males are bigger. …

Alabama House eyes transgender college athlete restrictions
1 year, 8 months ago

Alabama House eyes transgender college athlete restrictions

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala — Transgender women in Alabama would be prohibited from joining female sports teams in college, under legislation advanced Wednesday by a legislative committee. The Alabama House Education Policy Committee approved legislation that would extend a 2021 ban on transgender athletes in K-12 sports teams to include college teams. “Forcing women to compete against biological men would reverse decades …

North Dakota governor signs trans athlete bans into law
1 year, 8 months ago

North Dakota governor signs trans athlete bans into law

Associated Press  

North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum on Tuesday evening signed two transgender athlete bans into law, effectively prohibiting transgender girls and women from joining female sports teams in K-12 and college. Burgum said in a statement that over the past two years, with more than 27,000 students participating in North Dakota high school sports, “there still has not been a …

Kentucky governor vetoes sweeping GOP transgender measure
1 year, 8 months ago

Kentucky governor vetoes sweeping GOP transgender measure

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s Democratic governor issued an election-year veto Friday of a sweeping Republican bill aimed at regulating the lives of transgender youths that includes banning access to gender-affirming health care and restricting the bathrooms they can use. Andy Beshear said in a written veto message that the bill allows “too much government interference in personal healthcare issues and …

Kentucky lawmakers pass ban on youth gender-affirming care
1 year, 9 months ago

Kentucky lawmakers pass ban on youth gender-affirming care

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky passed a measure Thursday to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors, completing whirlwind voting on a repackaged proposal that triggered outrage and tears among opponents unable to stop the sweeping policymaking on a culture wars issue. Republican House Speaker Pro Tempore David Meade, in presenting the revived bill in committee, said: “Our job …

Georgia Senate bill bans some transgender care for youth
1 year, 9 months ago

Georgia Senate bill bans some transgender care for youth

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate has passed a bill to bar some kinds of gender-affirming care in the state for anyone younger than 18, overriding impassioned pleas from a Democratic state senator who is the the mother of a transgender son. The 33-22 vote on Monday to pass Senate Bill 140, with all Republicans backing the measure, is part of …

Mississippi enacts ban on gender-affirming care for minors
1 year, 9 months ago

Mississippi enacts ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

— Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Tuesday to ban gender-affirming hormones or surgery in the state for anyone younger than 18, part of a broad effort in conservative states to restrict transgender athletes, gender-affirming care and drag shows. Reeves, who is running for reelection this year, said “radical activists” are telling children they are in the wrong …

Missouri Senate GOP backs bills on transgender children
1 year, 10 months ago

Missouri Senate GOP backs bills on transgender children

Associated Press  

— The leader of Missouri’s state Senate on Thursday said Republican senators are unified against letting transgender girls play on girls’ sports teams. Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden’s comments to reporters on Thursday signal that restrictions on what teams transgender student athletes can play on have a good chance of passing the GOP-led Legislature this year. Senate Democratic Minority …

Mississippi House OKs ban on minors’ gender-confirming care
1 year, 11 months ago

Mississippi House OKs ban on minors’ gender-confirming care

Associated Press  

— The Republican-controlled Mississippi House voted Thursday to ban gender-confirming care for minors, joining about a dozen other conservative states in trying to restrict health care access for young transgender people. Bain said he thinks Mississippi should restrict hormones or surgeries for young transgender people because some of them might regret the treatment when they are older. “What are we …

South Dakota GOP lawmakers push trans youth health care ban
1 year, 11 months ago

South Dakota GOP lawmakers push trans youth health care ban

Associated Press  

— A group of South Dakota Republican lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday to outlaw gender-affirming health care for transgender youth, pushing the state to join at least a dozen others considering anti-transgender legislation this year. South Dakota Republicans have perennially considered bills aimed at limiting the health care, school facilities and sports teams that transgender youth can access. “Gender-affirming care …

Kansas right pushing back more aggressively on LGBTQ rights
1 year, 11 months ago

Kansas right pushing back more aggressively on LGBTQ rights

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Conservative Kansas legislators are pushing back more aggressively this year on LGBTQ-rights issues than in the past two years, with proposals to ban gender-affirming care for trangender youth and restrict how public schools discuss sexual orientation and gender identity. State Rep. Heather Meyer, a bisexual Kansas City-area Democrat with a transgender son, said this year, for GOP …

Ohio education bill, transgender athlete ban die in House
2 years ago

Ohio education bill, transgender athlete ban die in House

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The latest proposal to give Ohio’s governor more power overseeing K-12 education cleared the state Senate with a ban on transgender student-athletes in girls sports — but hit a roadblock hours later when the legislation fell several votes short of passage in the House early Thursday. That part of the legislation says no school or athletic conference …

South Carolina governor signs transgender sports ban bill
2 years, 7 months ago

South Carolina governor signs transgender sports ban bill

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — 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 as the state joins about a dozen others that have passed similar laws in the past two years. That’s the way we’ve always done it.” When asked if he meant biological …

Oklahoma Governor Signs Texas-Style Ban On Most Abortions
2 years, 7 months ago

Oklahoma Governor Signs Texas-Style Ban On Most Abortions

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a Texas-style abortion ban on Tuesday that prohibits abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, part of a nationwide push in GOP-led states hopeful that the conservative U.S. Supreme Court will uphold new restrictions. A similar bill approved in Texas last year led to a dramatic reduction in …

Tennessee governor signs transgender athlete penalty bill
2 years, 7 months ago

Tennessee governor signs transgender athlete penalty bill

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee will soon add harsh penalties against public schools that allow transgender athletes to participate in girls’ sports, under legislation recently signed into law by Republican Gov. The governor had previously signed a measure last year mandating that student athletes must prove their sex matches that listed on the student’s “original” birth certificate. If a birth certificate …

Kansas governor nixes bills on trans athletes, parents’ role
2 years, 8 months ago

Kansas governor nixes bills on trans athletes, parents’ role

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Democratic Gov. Kelly also vetoed a measure that would tighten the state’s rules for obtaining food assistance for non-disabled adults without children and another extending protections from lawsuits that health care providers received during the coronavirus pandemic. In her veto messages to lawmakers, Kelly suggested that politics drove their consideration, but Senate President Ty Masterson, an Andover …

Alabama governor signs nation’s first bill making gender-affirming care for trans youth a felony
2 years, 8 months ago

Alabama governor signs nation’s first bill making gender-affirming care for trans youth a felony

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Oklahoma, Arizona governors sign transgender sports bans
2 years, 8 months ago

Oklahoma, Arizona governors sign transgender sports bans

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — Republican governors in Oklahoma and Arizona both signed bills into law on Wednesday that prevent transgender girls and women from competing on female sports teams, joining more than a dozen other states with similar laws. Kevin Stitt signed the measure, dubbed the “ Save Women’s Sports Act.” “This bill, the Save Women’s Sports Act, to us in …

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