... gender other than the one assigned at birth. That has implications for areas including passports and prisons. He’s also opened the door to barring transgender service members from the military; called to end federal health insurance and other funding for gender-affirming care for transgender people under age 19 ...
Trump called for halting the use of federal money to support gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth under 19 years old. The care in question includes puberty blocking drugs, hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery, which is rare for minors. WATCH: Study finds gender-affirming medical care for minors ...
A Bureau of Prisons web page originally titled “Inmate Gender” was relabeled “Inmate Sex” on Friday. A breakdown of transgender inmates in federal prisons was no longer included. The State Department on Friday removed the option to select “X” as a gender on passport applications for nonbinary applicants. It also ...
... discipline problems. His only concern, he told a Senate committee, was that some commanders were saying they had to spend “a lot of time” with transgender people as they worked through medical requirements involving their transition to their preferred gender. Sarah Klimm, a transgender Marine who served for 23 years ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Six transgender active duty service members and two former service members who seek re-enlistment on Tuesday filed the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order that calls for revising policy on transgender troops and probably sets the stage for banning them in the armed forces ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Wisconsin parents who wanted to challenge a school district's guidance for supporting transgender students. The justices, acting in a case from Eau Claire, left in place an appellate ruling dismissing the parents' lawsuit. Three justices, Samuel Alito, Brett ...
Two years ago, Leigh Finke became the first trans person elected to the Minnesota state legislature. Even though she endured numerous threats, she leveraged her position, and a Democratic majority, to help pass legislation protecting other trans people in her state. Finke joined William Brangham to discuss the triumphs and the vitriol surrounding transgender rights...
The state acknowledges that the same treatments that are banned for transgender minors can be prescribed for other reasons. But it rejects the claim that it is discriminating on the basis of sex. Instead, it says lawmakers acted to protect minors from the risks of “life-altering gender-transition procedures ...
Gender-affirming surgery in transgender teens is far less common than hormone treatment. When it is done among transgender youth, it’s almost always breast reduction surgery in older transgender males. Even so, that type of surgery is extremely rare. Perhaps surprisingly, breast reduction among minors is most frequently performed ...
... LGBTQ+ Ohioans that will make them less safe. Equality Ohio, the state's LGBTQ+ advocacy and legal aid organization, said the law poses risks to transgender youth “or anyone perceived as transgender by authorities.” “We are deeply disappointed that Governor DeWine has allowed this dangerous bill to become law that ...
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