• In El Salvador, transgender community struggles for rights and survival

    In El Salvador, transgender community struggles for rights and survival

    May 19, 2023 03:37 PM EDT

    ... are not the ones who share blood; they are the ones who support each other. The couple has been sharing their home with a young transgender man who left his own home. Chicas offers care and advice. Recently, the young man came home accompanied by his girlfriend and approached Chicas ...

  • Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bills targeting drag shows, trans rights and care for transgender children

    Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bills targeting drag shows, trans rights and care for transgender children

    May 17, 2023 06:09 PM EDT

    Florida is banning gender affirming care for minors among a series of anti-LGBTQ+ bills signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

  • Wave of anti-transgender bills in Republican-led states divides U.S. faith leaders

    Wave of anti-transgender bills in Republican-led states divides U.S. faith leaders

    May 12, 2023 06:59 PM EDT

    ... interventions, whether surgical or chemical, that aim to transform the sexual characteristics of a human body into those of the opposite sex.” Christine Zuba, a transgender woman who lives in New Jersey, was disappointed that transgender people weren't even mentioned in the USCCB's 14-page document, except in ...

  • Missouri lawmakers ban transgender care for minors, restrict coverage for adults

    Missouri lawmakers ban transgender care for minors, restrict coverage for adults

    May 10, 2023 04:26 PM EDT

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers approved significant restrictions on transgender people on Wednesday, sending the Republican governor for his signature measures that would ban gender-affirming health care and prevent transgender girls and women from playing on female sports teams. Transgender minors in Missouri no longer would have access ...

  • Transgender minors protected from estranged parents under Washington law

    Transgender minors protected from estranged parents under Washington law

    May 09, 2023 10:50 PM EDT

    ... wave of legislation this year in Democratic-led states intended to give refuge amid a conservative movement in which lawmakers in other states have attacked transgender rights and limited or banned gender-affirming care for minors. Existing Washington law generally requires licensed shelters and host homes to notify parents within ...

  • Transgender youth and their families sue over Montana gender-affirming care ban

    Transgender youth and their families sue over Montana gender-affirming care ban

    May 09, 2023 10:44 PM EDT

    HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two transgender children, their parents and two health care providers filed a lawsuit Tuesday arguing that a Montana law that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth is unconstitutional. The ban on puberty blockers, hormone treatment and surgical procedures applies only to transgender youth being treated ...

  • Battles over reproductive, transgender rights fought in state legislatures

    Battles over reproductive, transgender rights fought in state legislatures

    Apr 28, 2023 10:35 PM EDT

    States with Republican-led legislatures have become ground zero for the political battles over reproductive rights and transgender care. Along with bills to ban or restrict abortions, The Washington Post reports that more than 400 anti-trans bills have been filed in the first four months of this year. Geoff Bennett discussed the latest with NewsHour Communities...

  • Washington, Minnesota become transgender and abortion sanctuaries

    Washington, Minnesota become transgender and abortion sanctuaries

    Apr 27, 2023 07:54 PM EDT

    ... exist in our schools, to exist peacefully in our families, just find a space for us to be whole,” said Finke, Minnesota’s first openly transgender legislator. Washington's new law is among a handful of related measures passed by the Democrat-led Legislature this session and signed by the ...

  • North Dakota limits bathroom, locker room use for transgender people

    North Dakota limits bathroom, locker room use for transgender people

    Apr 26, 2023 06:40 PM EDT

    ... transgender athlete ban into law after it similarly passed the House and Senate with veto-proof majorities. In 2021, Burgum vetoed a bill that would have imposed a transgender athlete ban at that time, but House and Senate lawmakers did not have enough votes back then to override his veto.

  • Transgender lawmaker banned from Montana House floor for rest of 2023 session

    Transgender lawmaker banned from Montana House floor for rest of 2023 session

    Apr 26, 2023 03:08 PM EDT

    ... the Capitol steps near a banner that read “Democracy dies here.” She has said she does not intend to apologize and argued that her “blood on your hands” remark accurately reflected the stakes of such bans for transgender kids. Metz reported from Salt Lake and Brown reported from Billings, Montana.