New Hampshire’s highest court upholds policy supporting transgender students’ privacy
3 months, 3 weeks ago

New Hampshire’s highest court upholds policy supporting transgender students’ privacy

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld a school district’s policy Friday that aims to support the privacy of transgender students, ruling that a mother who challenged it failed to show it infringed on a fundamental parenting right. At issue is a policy that states in part that “school personnel should not disclose information that may reveal a student’s transgender status or gender nonconfirming presentation to others unless legally required to do so or unless the student has authorized such disclosure.” “By its terms, the policy does not directly implicate a parent’s ability to raise and care for his or her child,” wrote Chief Justice Gordon MacDonald. “Because accurate information in response to parents’ inquiries about a child’s expressed gender identity is imperative to the parents’ ability to assist and guide their child, I conclude that a school’s withholding of such information implicates the parents’ fundamental right to raise and care for the child,” she wrote. “The Supreme Court’s decision underscores the importance of electing people who will support the rights of parents against a public school establishment that thinks it knows more about raising each individual child than parents do,” Senate President Jeb Bradley, a Republican, said in a statement.

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US Supreme Court rejects parents' plea challenging school gender-identity policy
2 weeks ago

US Supreme Court rejects parents' plea challenging school gender-identity policy

India Today  

The US Supreme Court, turning away another case involving transgender issues, declined on Monday to hear a bid to revive a lawsuit against a public school district in Wisconsin over a policy to support gender identity of students that some parents challenged on religious rights and other grounds. The Supreme Court rebuffed an appeal by a group of parents of …

Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin parents’ challenge to school guidance for transgender students
2 weeks ago

Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin parents’ challenge to school guidance for transgender students

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Wisconsin parents who wanted to challenge a school district’s guidance for supporting transgender students. Parents with children in Eau Claire public schools argued in a lawsuit that the school district’s policy violates constitutional protections for parental rights and religious freedom. But Alito described the case as presenting “a question …

Conservative Justices Signal Skepticism In Case About Gender-Affirming Care For Minors
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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Conservative Justices Signal Skepticism In Case About Gender-Affirming Care For Minors

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court’s conservative majority expressed skepticism about a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth during oral arguments on Wednesday, in what experts say is the most important transgender rights case the court has ever heard. The law is meant to encourage minors to “appreciate their sex” and prohibits doctors from prescribing …

The Supreme Court will soon decide whether states can ban gender-affirming care for trans minors
3 weeks ago

The Supreme Court will soon decide whether states can ban gender-affirming care for trans minors

Salon  

The Supreme Court is set to hear one of the most important trans rights cases in history on Wednesday, with the nation's highest court set to decide whether a state-level ban on gender-affirming care for minors is an unconstitutional form of sex discrimination. In defending its ban, the state of Tennessee has repeatedly cited the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision, …

How a Supreme Court decision on health care bans for transgender youth could impact trans people nationwide
3 weeks ago

How a Supreme Court decision on health care bans for transgender youth could impact trans people nationwide

CNN  

CNN — When Tennessee banned gender-affirming care for transgender youth last year, Sarah began taking days off work to drive hundreds of miles from her home in Nashville to a North Carolina clinic that could treat her transgender son. Parents like Sarah and transgender communities across the United States will be paying close attention Wednesday as the US Supreme Court …

What medical care for transgender minors is at stake in Supreme Court case?
3 weeks ago

What medical care for transgender minors is at stake in Supreme Court case?

Associated Press  

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case involving Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people under age 18. Here’s a look at what’s typically involved: Evaluation and diagnosis happen first Young people who persistently identify as a gender that differs from their sex assigned at birth are often referred to clinics where teams from various …

Is the Supreme Court about to let red states ban hormone treatment for transgender teens?
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Is the Supreme Court about to let red states ban hormone treatment for transgender teens?

LA Times  

The conservative Supreme Court is poised to leap into another culture-war battle between red states and blue states, this time involving medical rights of transgender teens and their parents. Biden’s Solicitor Gen. Elizabeth Prelogar told the court “there is broad consensus in the field that adolescents who have reached the early stages of puberty and have experienced gender dysphoria over …

In transgender care case, Supreme Court to consider how far equal protection goes
3 weeks, 1 day ago

In transgender care case, Supreme Court to consider how far equal protection goes

CNN  

CNN — When the Supreme Court hears an appeal Wednesday from transgender youths challenging a Tennessee ban on their medical care, fundamental principles forbidding sex discrimination will be on the line. Throughout decades of cases, the high court has described Black Americans and other racial minorities as a “suspect class,” needing the greatest constitutional protection, and it has deemed victims …

The Supreme Court will hear arguments over Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors
3 weeks, 3 days ago

The Supreme Court will hear arguments over Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Advocates for transgender rights are turning to a conservative-dominated Supreme Court after a presidential election in which Donald Trump and his allies promised to roll back protections for transgender people. “The stakes are high, of course, for transgender adolescents, but also for the parents who are watching their children suffer, who are just trying to do right by …

Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights

CNN  

CNN — Conservative groups have for years sought to reduce the government’s sway over parents’ childrearing choices, particularly when it comes to decisions about school and health care. But the Supreme Court’s upcoming and potentially explosive transgender care case is dividing conservatives, with many of those same groups backing Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments, which critics say …

Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Supreme Court’s transgender care fight creates conservative ‘reckoning’ over parental rights

CNN  

CNN — Conservative groups have for years sought to reduce the government’s sway over parents’ childrearing choices, particularly when it comes to decisions about school and health care. But the Supreme Court’s upcoming and potentially explosive transgender care case is dividing conservatives, with many of those same groups backing Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments, which critics say …

A Missouri judge says a law banning surgery, medications for transgender minors is constitutional
4 weeks ago

A Missouri judge says a law banning surgery, medications for transgender minors is constitutional

Associated Press  

— A Missouri court on Monday upheld a new state law that bans some gender-affirming health care for minors, a victory for supporters of the ban as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case on the issue next week. Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a statement that Missouri is the “first state in the nation to successfully …

New Hampshire courts hear 2 cases on transgender girls playing girls sports
1 month ago

New Hampshire courts hear 2 cases on transgender girls playing girls sports

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — Two New Hampshire fathers who were barred from school district events for wearing pink wristbands marked “XX” to represent female chromosomes insisted at a federal court hearing Thursday that they didn’t set out to harass or otherwise target a transgender soccer player at the game they attended. It requires schools to designate all teams as either girls, …

Parental Rights Face a Surprising Moment of Truth at the Supreme Court
3 months ago

Parental Rights Face a Surprising Moment of Truth at the Supreme Court

Slate  

As a new term of Supreme Court rulemaking approaches, minors’ access to gender-affirming care is on the chopping block. When the 6th Circuit dismissed these two claims, the plaintiffs from Tennessee and Kentucky filed separate petitions for Supreme Court review of the ruling’s reasoning regarding discrimination and parental rights. Indeed, a rising number of red states have recently worked to …

Federal court unanimously votes to overturn Arizona trans athlete ban
3 months, 1 week ago

Federal court unanimously votes to overturn Arizona trans athlete ban

Raw Story  

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 Monday that Arizona's trans athlete ban was discriminatory, as trans kids have no physical advantage. The defendants include Thomas Horne, the state school superintendent, as well as the local district superintendents, the school, as well as State Senator Warren Petersen and State Representative Ben Toma. However, the court ruled that there "are …

Supreme Court leaves LGBTQ+ students without crucial civil rights protections ahead of school year
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court leaves LGBTQ+ students without crucial civil rights protections ahead of school year

Salon  

The Supreme Court's decision to uphold injunctions on the Biden administration's latest education regulations in 10 states and hundreds of schools and university campuses nationwide leaves transgender, pregnant and harassed students without crucial civil rights protections as the new school year approaches, experts told Salon. At a June RAGA summer conference in West Virginia, speakers on a panel concerning Supreme …

Transgender teens sue New Hampshire over sports ban
4 months ago

Transgender teens sue New Hampshire over sports ban

The Independent  

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Judge allows transgender New Hampshire girl to play soccer as lawsuit challenges new law
4 months ago

Judge allows transgender New Hampshire girl to play soccer as lawsuit challenges new law

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — A federal judge temporarily cleared the way Monday for a transgender girl to play soccer for her high school team while she and another student challenge a New Hampshire ban. While Turmelle doesn’t plan to play sports until December, Tirrell sought an emergency order allowing her to start soccer practice Monday evening. The judge questioned how the …

Transgender teens sue New Hampshire officials over new state law
4 months ago

Transgender teens sue New Hampshire officials over new state law

CNN  

CNN — Two transgender teenagers and their families filed a lawsuit Friday against New Hampshire education officials over a new state law prohibiting them from competing on girls’ sports teams at their public high schools. Chris Sununu signed the bill into law last month, saying in a statement it “ensures fairness and safety in women’s sports by maintaining integrity and …

U.S. Supreme Court keeps new rules about sex discrimination in education on hold
4 months ago

U.S. Supreme Court keeps new rules about sex discrimination in education on hold

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday kept on hold in roughly half the country new regulations about sex discrimination in education, rejecting a Biden administration request. Most Republican-controlled states have banned gender-affirming health care for transgender minors, and several have adopted policies limiting which school bathrooms trans people can use and barring trans girls from some sports competitions. In April, President …

Supreme Court keeps new rules about sex discrimination in education on hold in half the country
4 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court keeps new rules about sex discrimination in education on hold in half the country

The Independent  

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Supreme Court keeps new rules about sex discrimination in education on hold in half the country
4 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court keeps new rules about sex discrimination in education on hold in half the country

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday kept on hold in roughly half the country new regulations about sex discrimination in education, rejecting a Biden administration request. Most Republican-controlled states have banned gender-affirming health care for transgender minors, and several have adopted policies limiting which school bathrooms trans people can use and barring trans girls from some sports competitions. In …

Trans teens file lawsuit challenging New Hampshire law banning them from girls’ sports
4 months, 1 week ago

Trans teens file lawsuit challenging New Hampshire law banning them from girls’ sports

Associated Press  

MEREDITH, N.H. — The families of two transgender teens in New Hampshire filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a new state law that bans them from playing on girls’ sports teams at their public high schools. The lawsuit claims the New Hampshire law violates constitutional protections and federal laws because the teens are being denied equal educational opportunities and are being …

Federal protections of transgender students are in effect where courts haven’t blocked them
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Federal protections of transgender students are in effect where courts haven’t blocked them

Associated Press  

New federal protections for transgender students at U.S. schools and colleges took effect Thursday with muted impact because judges have temporarily blocked enforcement in 25 states and hundreds of individual colleges and schools across the country. A Kansas-based federal judge appointed by former President Donald Trump added another wrinkle, asserting power over states led by Democrats: He said the rule …

Days before a Biden rule against anti-LGBTQ+ bias takes effect, judges are narrowing its reach
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Days before a Biden rule against anti-LGBTQ+ bias takes effect, judges are narrowing its reach

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — New federal court rulings are narrowing the Biden administration’s enforcement of a rule for protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination and allowing critics to limit it even further school by school. Sipple’s ruling followed one last week by U.S. District Judge John Broomes in Kansas, who blocked enforcement in that state, Alaska, Utah and Wyoming but also in …

New Hampshire Gov. Sununu signs bill banning transgender girls from girls’ sports
5 months ago

New Hampshire Gov. Sununu signs bill banning transgender girls from girls’ sports

Associated Press  

CONCORD, N.H. — Republican Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire has signed a bill that would ban transgender athletes in grades 5-12 from teams that align with their gender identity, adding the state to nearly half in the nation that adopted similar measures. The bill passed by the Republican-led Legislature would require schools to designate all teams as either girls, …

Southern California school district sues Gov. Gavin Newsom over new transgender school law
5 months ago

Southern California school district sues Gov. Gavin Newsom over new transgender school law

LA Times  

A Southern California school district has sued the state over a law signed by Gov. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by the Liberty Justice Center on behalf of the Chino Valley Unified School District and several of the district’s parents, claims that the new law infringes on the rights of parents. The law states that school employees “shall not be required …

California passes law banning school mandates that out trans students
5 months, 1 week ago

California passes law banning school mandates that out trans students

Salon  

On Monday, California became the first U.S. state to legally bar school districts from notifying parents of a child's decision to change their pronouns. The law was signed in response to local districts in California passing laws requiring school districts to notify their parents if they learn of a child changing their pronoun. “As a parent, I urge all parents …

Southern California school district sues Gov. Newsom over new gender-identity law
5 months, 1 week ago

Southern California school district sues Gov. Newsom over new gender-identity law

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Southern California school district involved in an ongoing legal battle with the state over the district’s gender-identity policy sued Democratic Gov. But Newsom spokesperson Izzy Gardon called the lawsuit “deeply unserious” and said the new law “preserves the child-parent relationship.” “California law ensures minors can’t legally change their name or gender without parental consent, and parents …

California is 1st state to ban school rules requiring parents get notified of child’s pronoun change
5 months, 1 week ago

California is 1st state to ban school rules requiring parents get notified of child’s pronoun change

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California became the first U.S. state to bar school districts from requiring staff to notify parents of their child’s gender identification change under a law signed Monday by Gov. The law bans school rules requiring teachers and other staff to disclose a student’s gender identity or sexual orientation to any other person without the child’s permission. “It …

Legal scholars worry Supreme Court may prioritize “politics” over “real stakes” in trans rights case
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Legal scholars worry Supreme Court may prioritize “politics” over “real stakes” in trans rights case

Salon  

The Supreme Court said Monday it will settle a legal battle over state bans of gender-affirming care in its next session, accepting for review what experts say could be one of the most pivotal cases for transgender rights — should the justices take the opportunity to make it so. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support …

Supreme Court will take up state bans on gender-affirming care for minors
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court will take up state bans on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday jumped into the fight over transgender rights, agreeing to hear an appeal from the Biden administration seeking to block state bans on gender-affirming care. The justices’ action comes as Republican-led states have enacted a variety of restrictions on health care for transgender people, school sports participation, bathroom usage and drag shows. “Without this …

Supreme Court will decide if states may prohibit hormones for transgender teens
6 months ago

Supreme Court will decide if states may prohibit hormones for transgender teens

LA Times  

People attend a rally as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility by the Capitol in Washington in 2023. In the last three years, however, many Republican-led states have enacted laws that forbid medical treatments intended to help youths under 18 transition to what the measures describe as a “purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex.” The Biden administration, the …

Federal rule on Title IX is a ruse to require trans sports participation, GOP states say
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Federal rule on Title IX is a ruse to require trans sports participation, GOP states say

The Independent  

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Federal rule on Title IX is a ruse to require trans sports participation, GOP states say
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Federal rule on Title IX is a ruse to require trans sports participation, GOP states say

Associated Press  

— The Biden administration has put on hold a plan to prohibit across-the-board bans on transgender athletes on school teams during an election year in which Republicans are rallying around restrictions on trans youths. The states argue the new rule would open the door to forcing schools to allow transgender athletes to compete on teams aligning with their gender identity, …

Lawsuit seeks to block Washington parental rights law that critics call a ‘forced outing’ measure
7 months ago

Lawsuit seeks to block Washington parental rights law that critics call a ‘forced outing’ measure

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — A school district, a nurse, and civil rights and youth services organizations sued Thursday to block a new Washington state parental rights law that critics describe as a “forced outing” measure. Minors do not need parental permission to get an abortion in Washington, and state law gives those 14 and older the right to get tested or treated …

More GOP states challenge federal rules protecting transgender students
7 months, 2 weeks ago

More GOP states challenge federal rules protecting transgender students

Associated Press  

— Seven more Republican-led states sued Tuesday to challenge a new federal regulation that seeks to protect the rights of transgender students in the nation’s schools. The lawsuits filed in federal courts in Missouri and Oklahoma are the latest GOP attempts to halt the new regulation seeking to clarify Title IX, a landmark 1972 sex discrimination law originally passed to …

Rollout of transgender bathroom law sows confusion among Utah public school families
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Rollout of transgender bathroom law sows confusion among Utah public school families

The Independent  

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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 …

U.S. Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Idaho's Ban On Gender-Affirming Care On Transgender Minors
8 months ago

U.S. Supreme Court Temporarily Allows Idaho's Ban On Gender-Affirming Care On Transgender Minors

Live Law  

The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily allowed the US state of Idaho to enforce a ban on gender-affirming treatment for minors, pending further legal proceedings. The law, known as the Vulnerable Child Protection Act, prohibits medical professionals from providing gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries, to individuals under 18 years old. Idaho officials appealed to the U.S. Supreme …

Battles over California schools’ transgender policies are raging in court. How’d we get here?
8 months, 1 week ago

Battles over California schools’ transgender policies are raging in court. How’d we get here?

LA Times  

It’s Tuesday, April 16. Rob Bonta named their would-be state law: “Restricts Rights of Transgender Youth.” Under the proposed initiative, schools in the state would be required to notify parents if their child changes their gender identification unofficially, such as in conversation with friends or teachers, or in school records, like a roll sheet. The initiative would also prohibit gender-affirming …

Tennessee schools would have to out transgender students to parents under bill heading to governor
8 months, 1 week ago

Tennessee schools would have to out transgender students to parents under bill heading to governor

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee would join the ranks of states where public school employees have to out transgender students to their parents under a bill advancing in the Republican-supermajority Legislature. The bill’s progression comes as Tennessee Republican lawmakers have established the state as one of the most eager to pass policies aimed at the LGBTQ+ community as Republicans pursue legislation …

Supreme Court Allows Idahos Ban On Transgender Youth Care
8 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Allows Idahos Ban On Transgender Youth Care

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower courts. Under the court’s order, the two transgender teens who sued to challenge the law still will be able to obtain care. The law’s backers have said it is necessary to …

Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth
8 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower courts. Lawyers for the teens wrote in court papers that the teens’ “gender dysphoria has been dramatically alleviated as a result of puberty blockers and estrogen therapy.” The American Civil Liberties Union, representing the …

Transgender rights vs. parent rights. California goes to court to settle school divide
8 months, 1 week ago

Transgender rights vs. parent rights. California goes to court to settle school divide

LA Times  

Miran Magptyan, left, a supporter of parent-notification policies, confronts Micki Simon, who wants to protect the privacy of transgender students, outside the Orange Unified School District board meeting in September. Rob Bonta saw things differently when his office chose the name signature gatherers must use: “Restricts Rights of Transgender Youth.” Among its provisions, the initiative in question — which has …

Lawsuits ask courts to overturn Virginia’s new policies on the treatment of transgender students
10 months, 1 week ago

Lawsuits ask courts to overturn Virginia’s new policies on the treatment of transgender students

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — The ACLU of Virginia filed two lawsuits against the state Department of Education on Thursday, asking the courts to throw out Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s policies on the treatment of transgender students and rule that school districts are not required to follow them. Youngkin’s policies roll back many accommodations for transgender students urged by the previous Democratic …

Kansas’ AG is telling schools they must out trans kids to parents, even with no specific law
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Kansas’ AG is telling schools they must out trans kids to parents, even with no specific law

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ attorney general is telling public schools they’re required to tell parents their children are transgender or nonbinary even if they’re not out at home, though Kansas is not among the states with a law that explicitly says to do that. The Kansas attorney general’s letters to superintendents of three Kansas City-area districts, Topeka’s superintendent and the …

US Supreme Court declines transgender bathroom case, leaving legal landscape uncertain
11 months, 1 week ago

US Supreme Court declines transgender bathroom case, leaving legal landscape uncertain

Firstpost  

The US Supreme Court Tuesday opted not to hear a case revolving around the contentious issue of bathrooms for transgender students. The case, brought forth by Indiana’s metropolitan school district of Martinsville, sought to challenge the requirement of allowing transgender students to use bathrooms based on their gender identity. This decision highlights the existing divide in federal appeals courts over …

Privacy concerns persist in transgender sports case after Utah judge seals only some health records
1 year ago

Privacy concerns persist in transgender sports case after Utah judge seals only some health records

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — Transgender teenagers who are challenging a Utah law banning trans girls from playing on girls’ sports teams can keep portions of their mental health records confidential after a state judge ruled Thursday that some details are irrelevant to the case. Two student-athletes whose families sued over the 2022 state law were ordered in September by Judge …

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