... 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 ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 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 ...
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 ...
... gender-affirming care for youths.A 2017 study by UCLA Law’s The Williams Institute estimated West Virginia had the highest per capita rate of transgender youth in the country. The rate of suicide ideation, or having suicidal thoughts or ideas, for transgender youth in West Virginia is three times ...
... or gender identity with students of any age. It would also require school districts to devise bathroom policies that, “at a minimum,” would not allow transgender children to use the bathroom aligned with their gender identities. It would further allow teachers to refuse to refer to transgender students by the ...
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