The Justice Department said it filed a complaint on Friday challenging a law in Alabama that criminalizes some gender-affirming treatments for transgender youth.Earlier this month, Alabama’s Republican governor signed into law the bill, which makes…
Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz told Newsmax on Wednesday that schools should not be teaching sex and gender issues to young children.
Shawnee State University Professor Nick Meriwether, who recently settled his First Amendment case, told Newsmax that universities should not be places of “compelled speech.”
Kansas Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a pair of Republican-supported bills Friday that had been condemned by LGBT advocates as discriminatory against LGBT people within the state.
The Biden administration and several legal groups are getting set to fight it out with red states over laws aimed at banning kids from getting transgender hormone treatments.
Legislation aimed at banning transgender women from competing on women’s high school and collegiate athletic teams in Pennsylvania would have affected University of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, according to the bill’s sponsor, state Rep….
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Republicans will prioritize barring transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming medical treatments in 2023, according to a report from the Dallas Morning News.
School officials in Palm Beach County, Florida, have pulled two books from their classrooms and libraries about transgender kids as a result of a new state law, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel is reporting.
A Florida Republican who’s up for re-election in November wants to make it illegal for companies to provide gender-affirming services to minors.On Monday, state Rep. Randy Fine announced that he would soon “shepherd legislation” banning…
The Justice Department is warning states that blocking youth from receiving transgender treatment could violate U.S. law, arguing in a letter to attorneys general the restrictions are discriminatory. “The Department of Justice is committed to…
California has appointed the first openly transgender judge, Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday.Judge Andi Mudryk, 58, will serve on the Sacramento County Superior Court, one of eight new appointees to the bench, the L.A….
Utah’s Republican lawmakers voted Friday to override GOP Gov. Spencer Cox’s veto of legislation banning transgender youth athletes from playing on girls teams.Cox’s veto letter drew national attention with a poignant argument that such laws…
Arizona, Oklahoma and Kentucky passed bills on Thursday that would ban transgender youth from participating in girls’ sports, the latest in a flurry of state legislation by Republicans on a heated election year issue.In addition…
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a ban on transgender students playing girls’ sports on Tuesday, becoming the second Republican governor this week to overrule state lawmakers who have taken on youth sports in a broader…
Twitter suspended the account of a right-leaning parody site, The Babylon Bee, after it awarded Rachel Levine, the transgender Biden administration official, the title of “man of the year,” the New York Post has reported.