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Tennessee Bill to Track Transgender Medical Data Passes the House: Sponsor Likens Care to Lobotomies

The Tennessee House advances a bill mandating clinics to report gender-affirming care details, sparking privacy and equality concerns.

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Idaho transgender bathroom bill is the strictest in the nation and likely veto-proof

Idaho lawmakers passed a sweeping bathroom bill Friday that makes it a crime for transgender people to use bathrooms matching their gender identity

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France calls Olympic gender testing a 'step backwards' as other nations support policy

France on Friday called the International Olympic Committee's new policy on gender testing to determine eligibility to compete in women's events a "step backwards", but other countries welcomed the move.

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Human rights experts raise concerns over IOC gender eligibility ruling

The Sport & Rights Alliance, along with over 100 other allied organisations, has called on the IOC to abandon its plans to mandate genetic sex testing

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Transgender women athletes banned from competing in female Olympic events in new IOC policy

The IOC announced the ban on Thursday after its executives voted to adopt the new policy. The ruling now means transgender women, as well as women with select rare medical conditions, are no longer eligible to compete in female categories, effective from the 2028 LA games.

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The Olympics’ transgender athlete ban is a legal and moral minefield

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed it is introducing a controversial new policy that will ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s events.

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India’s trans community thought invasive medical exams were a thing of the past. This law is set to bring them back

ON THE GROUND: A new law will require trans people to have their gender ‘verified’ via medical examination – the kind of humiliation that many thought had been consigned to the past. Namita Singh speaks to activists in New Delhi who are distraught at what appears to be a huge step…

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Human rights experts raise concerns over Olympics transgender women athlete ban

Over 100 human rights, sports and scientific groups have criticised the new gender eligibility guidelines as ‘a blunt and discriminatory response’

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Justice Department probes California and Maine over housing transgender women with female inmates

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether California and Maine violate female inmates’ rights by housing them with transgender women

The Independent UK

IOC Bans Trans Women From Competing In All Future Olympics Over Apparent Safety Concerns

The IOC will require a gene test for women’s events at the Olympics, a move critics say effectively bans most trans women from competing.

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From Laurel Hubbard to sex testing in five years: why the Olympics U-turned on transgender rules

The IOC’s shift in position on trans women in elite sports is seismic, but new president Kirsty Coventry is reflecting a changed political climate

The Guardian - UK

Olympics announces ban on transgender women in female competition

Eligibility for any female category will be limited to biological women from 2028 Games

Evening Standard

Idaho Bill To Criminalise Trans People Using 'Wrong' Bathroom—Up to 5 Years in Jail Time

Idaho lawmakers consider a bill criminalising transgender bathroom use in businesses, with penalties of up to five years, raising legal and social concerns.

International Business Times UK

Transgender women athletes banned from female events at Olympics by IOC

Transgender women athletes are now excluded from competing in the female category at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday

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Why the new Harry Potter series is so controversial: from death threats to JK Rowling backlash

HBO show set to air at Christmas has faced various controversies since being announced in 2021

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Transgender women athletes banned from Olympics by new IOC policy on female eligibility

Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy It aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on women's sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games

International Business Times UK

What Is Idaho's Bathroom Bill? Transgender Rights at Risk Amid Controversial Misdemeanor and Felony Penalties

Idaho's House Bill 752 advances, criminalizing bathroom entry based on sex, raising concerns over transgender rights and enforcement challenges. Explore the political and social implications of this controversial legislation.

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Jaya Bachchan Clashes in Rajya Sabha Over Interruptions During Transgender Bill Debate

Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan lost her temper in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday after repeated interruptions disrupted her speech during a discussion on the Transgender Persons (Amendment) Bill.

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A sweeping Idaho bill would criminalize transgender bathroom use in private businesses

Idaho lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it a crime for transgender people to use bathrooms matching their gender identity, even in private businesses

The Independent UK

The clock is ticking for San Jose State to change its policy on a transgender athlete

The Trump administration has given San Jose State University 10 days to change its policy on transgender athletes or face legal action and possibly lose federal funding

International Business Times UK

Transgender Girls Banned from Girl Guides, Brownies and Rainbows Effective 6 September

Girlguiding has announced that transgender girls must leave the organization by September 2026, following a policy shift influenced by a Supreme Court ruling.

The Guardian - UK

Girlguiding gives trans girls and women until September to leave UK organisation

Youth organisation says its belief in ‘dignity, respect and inclusion’ is unchanged but it ‘must operate lawfully’

The Independent UK

Transgender women and girls must leave Girlguiding by early September

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Court Rejects Women Inmates' Objections to California Law Related to Housing of "Transgender, Nonbinary, or Intersex" Inmates

The court's reasoning mostly turns on a conclusion that much of the prison behavior that plaintiffs complained about wasn't dictated by that particular law.

International Business Times UK

LGBTQ Win: US on Transgender Healthcare Declared Unlawful—Treatments for Young People Remain Protected

A federal judge in Oregon has ruled that the HHS declaration against transgender healthcare is unlawful. The ruling protects access to puberty blockers and hormone therapy for youth, following a lawsuit led by Letitia James. This is the second legal setback for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week.

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