• 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 ...

  • Indiana lawmakers override governor veto to enact transgender sports ban

    Indiana lawmakers override governor veto to enact transgender sports ban

    May 24, 2022 07:59 PM EST

    ... Athletic Association, which has a policy covering transgender students wanting to play sports that match their gender identity and has said it has had no transgender girls finalize a request to play on a female team. The law wouldn’t prevent students who identify as female or transgender males from ...

  • South Carolina governor signs bill banning transgender students from playing girls' sports

    South Carolina governor signs bill banning transgender students from playing girls' sports

    May 17, 2022 09:06 PM EST

    ... on a case-by-case basis and has dealt with less than a half-dozen cases in five years. Research on children who identify as transgender is just beginning. A study released earlier this month online in Pediatrics found children who begin identifying as transgender at a young age tend ...

  • Alabama law criminalizing care for transgender youth faces federal test

    Alabama law criminalizing care for transgender youth faces federal test

    May 05, 2022 07:28 PM EST

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A doctor testified Thursday that there will be devastating consequences for transgender adolescents if Alabama outlaws the use of gender-affirming medications for them, and that their medical providers would face jail time for providing standard care. The testimony came in a federal court hearing as families ...

  • Transgender kids tend to maintain their identities as they grow up, study suggests

    Transgender kids tend to maintain their identities as they grow up, study suggests

    May 04, 2022 06:01 PM EST

    ... at around age 6. It’s unknown whether similar results would be found among youngsters from less advantaged backgrounds or those who begin identifying as transgender as teenagers. The study was published online in Pediatrics. Politicians seeking to outlaw or criminalize medical treatment for transgender youth have cited evidence suggesting ...

  • Tennessee governor signs transgender athlete ban in girls' sports

    Tennessee governor signs transgender athlete ban in girls' sports

    Apr 25, 2022 07:57 PM EST

    ... life," said Henry Seaton, ACLU of Tennessee's transgender justice advocate, in a statement. Tennessee lawmakers are also advancing a separate bill that would ban transgender athletes from participating in female college sports. Republicans have also pushed to let teachers and school districts use the pronoun that a transgender student ...

  • What medical treatments do transgender youth get?

    What medical treatments do transgender youth get?

    Apr 22, 2022 07:45 PM EST

    ... and adults are prone to stress, depression and suicidal behavior when forced to live as the sex they were assigned at birth. Opponents of youth transgender medical treatment say there’s no solid proof of purported benefits and cite widely discredited research claiming that most untreated kids outgrow their transgender ...

  • Alabama families file lawsuit against state's transgender youth treatment ban

    Alabama families file lawsuit against state's transgender youth treatment ban

    Apr 12, 2022 04:51 PM EST

    ... of the 15-year-old plaintiffs said in a statement provided by the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama. "Even before I learned the word 'transgender' or met other trans people, I knew myself." In one of the lawsuits, parents described their fears that their transgender daughter, called "Mary Roe ...