• 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 ...

  • Transgender kids fear Alabama laws targeting medicine, bathrooms

    Transgender kids fear Alabama laws targeting medicine, bathrooms

    Apr 08, 2022 11:32 PM EST

    “Gender-affirming care benefits the health and psychological functioning of transgender and gender-diverse youth," the Endocrine Society said in a statement. “When an individual’s gender identity is not respected and they cannot access medical care, it can result in higher psychological problem scores and can raise the ...

  • Kentucky governor vetoes transgender girls sports ban

    Kentucky governor vetoes transgender girls sports ban

    Apr 07, 2022 12:24 AM EST

    ... transgender bill sparked emotional debate at times but cleared both chambers with support from large majorities. Republican-led states increasingly have adopted such prohibitions on transgender girls or women, though the culture war-related bans have been challenged in several states as violations of federal law. Beshear noted that similar ...

  • Transgender community marks day of visibility as state laws target LGBTQ youth

    Transgender community marks day of visibility as state laws target LGBTQ youth

    Mar 31, 2022 10:40 PM EST

    President Biden commemorated Transgender Day of Visibility by announcing a number of changes to make the government more inclusive, including giving trans people the right to mark "X" for gender identity on their passports. The president's message came as more states passed laws limiting transgender rights. Award-winning writer and activist Raquel Willis joins William Brangham...