• Thai celebrity and transgender activist purchases Miss Universe Organization for $20 million

    Thai celebrity and transgender activist purchases Miss Universe Organization for $20 million

    Oct 26, 2022 05:35 PM EST

    ... said. While Thailand enjoys a positive international reputation when it comes to the rights and lifestyles of LGBTQ communities, the absence of a procedure for transgender people to change their legal gender, coupled with insufficient legal protections and social stigma, limits transgender people’s access to services and exposes them ...

  • Virginia governor seeks to roll back transgender student accommodations

    Virginia governor seeks to roll back transgender student accommodations

    Sep 17, 2022 10:22 PM EST

    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's administration has rewritten Virginia's model policies for the treatment of transgender students, issuing guidance for school divisions that would roll back some accommodations and tighten parental notification requirements. The new model policies from the Virginia Department of Education, which were posted ...

  • Montana permanently blocks transgender people from changing their birth certificates

    Montana permanently blocks transgender people from changing their birth certificates

    Sep 09, 2022 11:31 PM EST

    ... have sought to limit the rights of transgender people. Only Tennessee, Oklahoma and West Virginia have similar sweeping prohibitions against birth certificate changes, advocates for transgender rights say. Bans in Idaho and Ohio were struck down in 2020. Transgender plaintiffs represented by the ACLU of Montana have said a birth ...

  • Federal lawsuit challenges Oklahoma transgender bathroom law

    Federal lawsuit challenges Oklahoma transgender bathroom law

    Sep 07, 2022 09:41 PM EST

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of three transgender Oklahoma schoolchildren, arguing the state's new law requiring students use only the bathroom of the sex listed on their birth certificate is unconstitutional. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Oklahoma ...

  • Children’s hospitals become targets of anti-transgender attacks and harassment

    Children’s hospitals become targets of anti-transgender attacks and harassment

    Aug 31, 2022 10:35 PM EST

    In recent weeks, several children’s hospitals have become targets of far-right attacks and harassment. Anti-transgender activists have been using social media to spread disinformation about gender-affirming medical care. Jay Brown of the Human Rights Campaign joins Stephanie Sy to discuss violent threats made against the staff at Boston Children's Hospital.

  • Federal appeals court says Arkansas can't ban treatment for transgender kids

    Federal appeals court says Arkansas can't ban treatment for transgender kids

    Aug 25, 2022 06:41 PM EST

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday said Arkansas can't enforce its ban on transgender children receiving gender affirming medical care. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a judge’s ruling temporarily blocking the state from enforcing the ...

  • Utah judge reverses law banning transgender girls from sports

    Utah judge reverses law banning transgender girls from sports

    Aug 19, 2022 06:40 PM EST

    ... keep the process confidential and become a good solution. He hopes the commission will act merely as a safety net, with the presumption being that transgender girls can play unless there is an obvious issue of competitive fairness. “How it is done is very important,” Minter said. The ruling follows ...

  • Alabama cites abortion ruling to argue for transgender medication ban

    Alabama cites abortion ruling to argue for transgender medication ban

    Jun 30, 2022 06:15 PM EST

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can prohibit abortion, Alabama has seized on the decision to argue that the state should also be able to ban gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender youth. The case marks one of the first known instances in ...

  • World swimming's governing body adopts new rules for transgender athletes

    World swimming's governing body adopts new rules for transgender athletes

    Jun 19, 2022 07:51 PM EST

    ... sports.” The University of Pennsylvania didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Thomas. Other sports have also been examining their rules around transgender athletes. On Thursday, cycling’s governing body updated its eligibility rules for transgender athletes with stricter limits that will force riders to wait longer ...

  • Utah's transgender athlete ban challenged in lawsuit

    Utah's transgender athlete ban challenged in lawsuit

    Jun 01, 2022 10:46 PM EST

    ... girl playing in K-12 sports who would be affected by the ban. There have been no allegations of any of the state's four transgender youth athletes in Utah having competitive advantages. The other plaintiff in the lawsuit is a 13-year-old transgender swimmer. Her mother said in ...