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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
“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 ...
... 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 ...
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