• 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    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 ...

  • West Virginia governor signs ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth

    West Virginia governor signs ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth

    Mar 29, 2023 10:54 PM EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • GOP lawmakers override Kentucky governor's veto of transgender bill

    GOP lawmakers override Kentucky governor's veto of transgender bill

    Mar 29, 2023 07:45 PM EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • Transgender bill spurs competing rallies outside Kentucky Capitol

    Transgender bill spurs competing rallies outside Kentucky Capitol

    Mar 29, 2023 06:49 PM EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • Indiana bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth sent to governor

    Indiana bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth sent to governor

    Mar 27, 2023 10:56 PM EDT

    ... a right to their children’s health and well-being, they, in fact, have the responsibility of it.” Last year, Holcomb vetoed a bill banning transgender students from competing in girls school sports that has since become law after Republican legislators voted to override his action. The American Civil Liberties ...

  • Kentucky governor vetoes sweeping GOP transgender care ban

    Kentucky governor vetoes sweeping GOP transgender care ban

    Mar 24, 2023 07:38 PM EDT

    ... gender identity with students of any age. Another key provision would 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 also would allow teachers to refuse to refer to transgender students by the ...

  • Transgender athletes banned from track and field competitions, rules tightened for Semenya

    Transgender athletes banned from track and field competitions, rules tightened for Semenya

    Mar 23, 2023 09:01 PM EDT

    Track and field banned transgender athletes from international competition Thursday while adopting new regulations that could keep Caster Semenya and other athletes with differences in sex development from competing. In a pair of decisions expected to stoke outrage, the World Athletics Council adopted the same rules as swimming did last ...

  • Georgia bans most transgender care for kids under 18

    Georgia bans most transgender care for kids under 18

    Mar 23, 2023 08:46 PM EDT

    ... transgender children and require physicians to violate medical standards of care. They also accused Republicans of abandoning previous advocacy of parents' rights to make choices. Transgender youth and parents heavily lobbied against the bill in recent weeks, warning lawmakers were further marginalizing a group already prone to taking their own ...

  • New Arkansas law restricts school bathroom use by transgender people

    New Arkansas law restricts school bathroom use by transgender people

    Mar 22, 2023 05:01 PM EDT

    ... restroom or changing room of the opposite sex when a minor is present. "It's a flagrant message from them that they refuse to respect (transgender people's) rights and humanity, to respect Arkansans' rights and humanity," said Holly Dickson, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas ...