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  • An Italian sprinter will be the first transgender woman to compete at the Paralympics

    An Italian sprinter will be the first transgender woman to compete at the Paralympics

    Aug 24, 2024 06:50 PM EST

    ... than a woman.” Petrillo referred to a study funded by the IOC — and published in April in the British Journal of Sports Medicine — showing that transgender women were actually at a physical disadvantage compared to cisgender women across several areas, including lung function and lower body strength. “This means rather ...

  • Protections for transgender students have muted impact as rules face opposition in Republican-led states

    Protections for transgender students have muted impact as rules face opposition in Republican-led states

    Jul 31, 2024 06:59 PM EST

    ... for either scenario. Jay Warona, the deputy executive director and general counsel for the New York State School Boards Association, said his state already offers transgender students some similar protections, but not all of the other components of the new regulation are addressed in state policy. Warona said he's ...

  • More states restrict transgender youth medical care as GOP galvanizes base around issue

    More states restrict transgender youth medical care as GOP galvanizes base around issue

    Jul 26, 2024 10:35 PM EST

    ... 2024 presidential election, that's front and center right now for a lot of Americans. How are you viewing this election from the perspective of transgender rights and rights for LGBTQ people? State Rep. Leigh Finke: Yes, I mean, in terms of trans rights, the work that I do on ...

  • Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both abortion and transgender youth medical care

    Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both abortion and transgender youth medical care

    Jul 26, 2024 03:51 PM EST

    In arguments before the high court in March, an attorney for the state insisted the combined abortion- and transgender-care measures did not violate the state's single subject rule, because both fall under the subject of health care. But an attorney for Planned Parenthood argued that the Legislature recognized ...

  • Texas Supreme Court upholds state ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

    Texas Supreme Court upholds state ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

    Jun 28, 2024 09:47 PM EST

    As more states move to enforce health care restrictions, families of transgender youths are increasingly forced to travel out of state for the care they need at clinics with growing waiting lists. At least 13 states have laws protecting care for transgender minors. Most of the states that have passed ...

  • Federal judge throws out Florida law blocking treatment for transgender children

    Federal judge throws out Florida law blocking treatment for transgender children

    Jun 11, 2024 08:16 PM EST

    ... same. But for a few, they differ. Hinkle said the state admitted that during the trial, even if some won't believe it and think transgender people are making a choice like "whether to read Shakespeare or Grisham." "Many people with this view tend to disapprove of all things transgender ...

  • Mississippi Gov. Reeves signs law restricting transgender people's use of bathrooms and locker rooms

    Mississippi Gov. Reeves signs law restricting transgender people's use of bathrooms and locker rooms

    May 13, 2024 09:59 PM EST

    ... law regulating transgender people’s use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings, making Mississippi at least the 12th state to restrict transgender students from using facilities that align with their gender identity. Reeves criticized a federal regulation banning blanket policies that bar transgender students from school ...

  • Transgender activists flood a Utah tip line with false reports to block a bathroom law

    Transgender activists flood a Utah tip line with false reports to block a bathroom law

    May 08, 2024 04:37 PM EST

    ... spaces, which they argue could even affect people who are not trans. Their warnings were amplified earlier this year when a Utah school board member came under fire — and later lost her reelection bid — for publicly questioning the gender of a high school basketball player she wrongly assumed was transgender.

  • Rollout of Utah transgender bathroom law sows confusion among public school families

    Rollout of Utah transgender bathroom law sows confusion among public school families

    May 01, 2024 07:54 PM EST

    ... tell people who they can be or to stop feeling how they want to feel,” said 10-year-old Lila Hathaway. Bree Taylor-Lof, a transgender teacher, left school on the verge of tears Monday after having to present to students about a policy that affected them personally. They fought ...

  • State health care plans must cover transgender-related care, federal court rules

    State health care plans must cover transgender-related care, federal court rules

    Apr 30, 2024 10:45 PM EST

    ... Idaho that the Supreme Court allowed to take effect. But then there are other cases, including one from the Fourth Circuit that was related to transgender students participating in sports, that the Supreme Court declined to take. And that was a win for the transgender plaintiff in that case. Court ...

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