• Twitter quietly removes policy against deadnaming transgender people

    Twitter quietly removes policy against deadnaming transgender people

    Apr 18, 2023 07:16 PM EST

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter has quietly removed a policy against the “targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals,” raising concerns that the Elon Musk-owned platform is becoming less safe for marginalized groups. Twitter enacted the policy against deadnaming, or using a transgender person's name before they transitioned, as ...

  • Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs bills enshrining abortion and transgender care

    Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs bills enshrining abortion and transgender care

    Apr 14, 2023 09:53 PM EST

    ... blockers or receive gender-affirming surgery without fear of prosecution. Bordering states of Wyoming and Oklahoma have passed abortion bans and Utah has severely restricted transgender care for minors. Many states with abortion or transgender care bans are also criminalizing traveling to states for the purpose of accessing legal health ...

  • Biden proposes using Title IX to stop blanket bans on transgender athletes

    Biden proposes using Title IX to stop blanket bans on transgender athletes

    Apr 07, 2023 10:45 PM EST

    ... was a highly ranked NCAA swimmer. She testified in favor. And she was telling here about what it was like to watch and compete against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas. Riley Gaines, Former NCAA Swimmer: We watched on the side of the pool as Thomas swam to a national title in ...

  • Kansas approves bill to end gender-affirming care for transgender minors

    Kansas approves bill to end gender-affirming care for transgender minors

    Apr 07, 2023 07:26 PM EST

    ... materials and another measure restricting rooming arrangements for transgender students on school trips. Republicans on Tuesday approved a broad bathroom bill that would also prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their driver’s licenses. On Wednesday, they overrode Kelly’s veto of a bill banning transgender female athletes ...

  • Supreme Court says transgender girl can run track in West Virginia as lawsuit proceeds

    Supreme Court says transgender girl can run track in West Virginia as lawsuit proceeds

    Apr 06, 2023 10:57 PM EST

    West Virginia’s law on schools sports competition bars transgender athletes from female teams. Signed by Justice, the law defines male and female by looking to the student’s “reproductive biology and genetics at birth.” It applies to middle and high schools, as well as colleges. Under the law, male ...

  • Biden administration proposes rule to forbid bans on transgender athletes but allow limits

    Biden administration proposes rule to forbid bans on transgender athletes but allow limits

    Apr 06, 2023 08:33 PM EST

    ... in the U.S. and globally. Critics argue transgender athletes have an advantage over cisgender women in competition. Last year, Lia Thomas became the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming title. College sports’ governing body, however, adopted a sport-by-sport approach to transgender athletes in January 2022 ...

  • Kansas bans transgender athletes from women's, girls' school sports

    Kansas bans transgender athletes from women's, girls' school sports

    Apr 05, 2023 08:58 PM EST

    ... LGBTQ-rights advocates are skeptical that the true issue is fair competition. Another is the scarcity of transgender female athletes. The state association said three transgender girls competed in sports in grades 7-12 this year, two of them seniors. Taylor said transgender athletes in college likely number fewer than ...

  • North Dakota advances series of restrictions on transgender rights

    North Dakota advances series of restrictions on transgender rights

    Apr 05, 2023 08:44 PM EST

    ... the governor's approval wouldn't be needed. The Senate amended other transgender bills, which are returning to the House for approval. One would restrict transgender people's access to bathrooms, locker rooms and showers in college dorms, correctional facilities and penitentiaries. Another would restrict a transgender person's ability ...

  • Transgender Day of Visibility rallies held amid increasingly hostile legislation

    Transgender Day of Visibility rallies held amid increasingly hostile legislation

    Mar 31, 2023 10:55 PM EST

    ... transgender violence rather than the positive contributions to society made by transgender people, according to advocacy group GLAAD. Advocates say it’s important to improve transgender visibility because many voters and policymakers take actions that impact transgender people's lives without knowing a transgender person. Aspen Overy, 19, of Burlington ...

  • Missouri Planned Parenthood sues state AG over transgender care investigation

    Missouri Planned Parenthood sues state AG over transgender care investigation

    Mar 31, 2023 05:03 PM EST

    The lawsuit comes amid a national push to restrict transgender health care, drag shows, bathroom access and how LGBTQ+ topics are discussed in schools. The lawsuit was filed Friday as rallies were scheduled in cities nationwide as part of Transgender Day of Visibility. The attorney general’s investigation is “an ...