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All posts tagged "transgender"
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1.1KNewsAnti-transgender legislation resonates on Day of Remembrance
Persistent efforts by North Carolina's legislature to restrict transgender lives cast a shadow over Callum Bradford as he grew up in Chapel...
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1.2KNewsLandmark trial begins over Arkansas’ ban on trans youth care
Arkansas was the first state to enact such a ban on gender-confirming care, with Republican lawmakers in 2021 overriding GOP Gov. Asa...
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2.2KOpinionTexas caseworkers give us a lesson in whose lives matter
Sixteen current and former employees of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) have filed an amicus brief as part...
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1.2KNewsTransgender kids can play girls sports in Utah after ruling
Instead of an outright ban, transgender girls will now be sent before a commission that will determine on a case-by-case basis if...
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3.0KNewsWisconsin school board votes in favor of pride flag ban
A Wisconsin school board voted in favor of a policy that prohibits teachers and staff from displaying gay pride flags and other...
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753NewsAlabama cites abortion ruling in transgender medication case
Days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can prohibit abortion, Alabama has seized on the decision to argue that the...
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2.2KNewsTrans kids’ treatment can start younger, new guidelines say
A leading transgender health association has lowered its recommended minimum age for starting gender transition treatment, including sex hormones and surgeries. The...
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968NewsTransgender medication law in Alabama blocked by judge
A federal judge on Friday blocked part of an Alabama law that made it a felony to prescribe gender-affirming puberty blockers and...
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808NewsMixed Texas ruling allows trans youth parent investigations
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in...
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655NewsTransgender treatment, doctors threatened by new Alabama law
Dr. Hussein Abdul-Latif spent the last week typing out prescription refills for his young transgender patients, trying to make sure they had...
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899NewsGeorgia high school athletic group bans transgender athletes
The main athletic association for Georgia high schools voted Wednesday to ban transgender boys and girls from playing on the school sports...
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792NewsEarly transgender identity tends to endure, study suggests
Children who begin identifying as transgender at a young age tend to retain that identity at least for several years, a study...
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774NewsLawmakers in 19 states want legal refuge for trans youth
Democratic lawmakers in more than a dozen states are following California's lead in seeking to offer legal refuge to displaced transgender youth...
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1.3KNewsEXPLAINER: What medical treatments do transgender youth get?
Transgender medical treatment for children and teens is increasingly under attack in many states, labeled child abuse and subject to criminalizing bans....
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1.1KNewsGeorgia lawmakers hand transgender decision to sports group
Georgia lawmakers dumped the thorny problem of whether transgender athletes should be allowed to play high school sports onto the state's main...
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741NewsCaseworkers: Texas order on trans kids handled differently
When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott put in motion abuse investigations into the parents of some transgender kids, child welfare supervisor Randa Mulanax...
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1.1KNewsTexas judge blocks investigations of trans youth parents
A Texas judge on Friday blocked the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth. District Judge Amy...
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996GrantsTransgender community impact grants
GRANT FOCUS: Trans Communities, Trans Youth, LGBTQ+, Health/Welfare, HIV/AIDS | Amount: Up to $50,000 | Deadline: Mar. 18, 2022
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960NewsTexas governor order treats gender-confirming care as abuse
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the state's child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse,...
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2.0K► NewsmakersMelanie Willingham-Jaggers named executive director of GLSEN
Melanie Willingham-Jaggers is the first person of color, first nonbinary person, and first Black woman to lead GLSEN in its 32-year history.
