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LGBTQ+ Community Rallies Against Restrictive Laws Being Passed Across the Country
On this International Transgender Day of Visibility, members of the LGBTQ+ community are making sure they are seen with a rally in downtown New Haven. “I’m gonna be loud,” Dixie, a drag queen from Milford, said. “Love is Love” is the message from drag queens, transgender men and women, and LGBTQ+ allies at the demonstration. They marched from the...
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Over 200,000 Trans People Could Face Voting Restrictions Because of State ID Laws
Transgender people often have to vote with IDs that don’t represent who they are or not vote at all while they navigate the complicated process to update their IDs.
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Iowa Reporter Announces on Newscast That She Is Transgender
Nora J.S. Reichardt of WOI-TV said that for a long time she didn’t think she would be able to reveal her identity on air.
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Transgender Kids Can Play Girls Sports in Utah After Ruling
Transgender girls in Utah will be given the opportunity to participate in female sports as the school year begins after a judge reversed a ban pending legal challenges from parents.
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Utah Officials Secretly Looked Into Female Athlete's Gender
A Utah high school athletics association secretly investigated a female athlete — without telling her or her parents — after receiving complaints from other parents questioning whether the girl was transgender.
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US Agencies Temporarily Barred From Enforcing LGBTQ Guidance
A federal judge in Tennessee has issued an order barring two U.S. agencies from enforcing new federal guidance extending enforcement of discrimination in schools and workplaces based on gender identity.
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Law Professor Calls Out Sen. Hawley for ‘Transphobic' Question
During a Senate judiciary hearing on abortion, law professor Khiara Bridges of UC Berkeley shut down questions from Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, deemed “transphobic” and “[opening] up trans people to violence.”
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‘Sister Wives' Star Leon Brown Comes Out as Transgender in Emotional Post
“I’m finally ready to share my favorite self with the world,” Brown wrote in an emotional Instagram post.
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Pulse Survivor: Florida Wants to Deny ‘Life-Saving Care' For Trans People
Dozens of civil rights groups and medical institutions say gender-affirming care for trans people can save lives. Contrary to those groups, the state of Florida could move to restrict Medicaid dollars from being used toward gender-affirming care, with health officials and Gov. Ron DeSantis claiming the scientific evidence supporting trans health practices is “weak.” The move could bring the influence...
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Texas Supreme Court Ruling Allows Trans Youth Parent Investigations to Resume
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday allowed the state to resume investigations into parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in favor of one family investigated following an order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.
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What Medical Treatments Do Transgender Youth Get?
Transgender medical treatment for children and teens is under attack in many states, but it has been available for more than a decade and is endorsed by major medical associations
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US Passport Applicants Can Select Gender ‘X' Starting Monday
American citizens are now able to select a new “X” gender marker on U.S. passport applications, even if it doesn’t match the gender on their birth certificate or other documents.
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Arizona Governor Won't Say Transgender People Exist When Talking New Law Limiting Their Rights
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is refusing to say if he thinks transgender people actually exist.
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US Airport Security Screening to Become More Gender-Neutral Through ‘X' Pronoun
The Biden administration says U.S. airport security procedures will become more gender-neutral.
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Vetoes Signal Fractures Among GOP on Transgender Sports Bans
Republican governors in two states this week rejected legislation to ban transgender players from girls sports.
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Texas Judge Temporarily Blocks Investigations Into Transgender Youth Gender Care
A Texas judge is hearing a case Friday on whether to prevent state officials from investigating reports of transgender youth receiving gender confirming care as child abuse.
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Texas Loses Appeal Over Investigation of Trans Teen's Family
A Texas court on Wednesday tossed out the state’s appeal of an order preventing child welfare officials from investigating the parents of a transgender teenager over gender-confirming care the youth received.
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Texas Hospital Stops Therapies After Gender-Confirming Care Order
The nation’s largest pediatric hospital has announced it has stopped gender-affirming therapies after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the state’s child welfare agency to investigate reports of gender-confirming care for kids as abuse.
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A Transgender CEO on Coming Out at Age 49: ‘The Biggest Transphobia' Was ‘My Own'
CEO Caroline Farberger gets personal with CNBC Make It about how coming out as transgender changed her as a leader, and why being a high-level executive gave her a leg up.