OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican governors in Oklahoma and Arizona both signed bills into law on Wednesday that prevent transgender girls and women from competing on female sports teams, joining more than a dozen other states with similar laws. Flanked by more than two dozen young female athletes, including his 14 ...
... year-old transgender girl, told lawmakers during a committee hearing earlier this month. "It's obvious this bill is just an excuse to discriminate against transgender girls." Republicans around the country have leaned into culture war issues including transgender rights. The debate and vote on the transgender sports legislation came ...
... bans targeting transgender athletes — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. Lawmakers in at least 12 other states are considering some form of a ban on transgender student-athletes in youth sports, according to a tally from the National Conference of State Legislatures.
A Texas judge on Friday blocked the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth. District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary injunction preventing the state from enforcing Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's directive to compel the Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate ...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge was holding a hearing Friday on whether to prevent state officials from investigating reports of transgender youth receiving gender affirming care as child abuse. The hearing comes the same day that dozens of major companies — including Apple, Google, Johnson & Johnson, Meta and Microsoft ...
Republican leaders made the bill effective immediately, so any transgender students playing sports may be required to immediately stop. It wasn't clear how many students it would affect, but it's believed to be no more than a handful in Iowa. "Because the legislation would go into effect as ...
A Texas judge on Wednesday blocked the state from investigating the parents of a transgender teenager over gender-confirmation treatments, but stopped short of preventing the state from looking into other reports about children receiving similar care. District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary order halting the investigation by ...
... athletes here in the state of South Dakota, at the K-12 level and at the university level." WATCH: 2021 set a record for anti-transgender bills. Here’s how you can support the community Opponents have decried the bill as bullying and say it sends a message that transgender ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA has adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes, bringing the organization in line with the U.S. and International Olympic Committees. Under the new guidelines, approved by the NCAA Board of Governors on Wednesday, transgender participation for each sport will be determined by the ...
... study of transgender life has restarted. The National Center for Transgender Equality announced on Monday that it is collecting data for a 2022 U.S. Transgender Survey (USTS). The USTS, which started in 2013, has provided some of the only thorough research on transgender health, employment, housing, education and experiences ...
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