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The Latest Breaking News on ACLU and families of trans teens ask Supreme Court to block Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care

Federal judge temporarily blocks part of Kentucky law banning gender-affirming care for trans youths

A federal judge temporarily has blocked Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths

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Ritchie Torres, the only openly gay Black man in Congress, on how he fights GOP ‘bullying’ of LGBT+ people

The New York Democrat talks with Eric Garcia about how he deals with homophobes in Congress, his battle with depression and why getting rid of the filibuster is necessary for LGBT+ rights

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After a historic wave of anti-LGBTQ laws, focus now shifts to legal fights

A judge's ruling that struck down Arkansas' first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors is offering hope to opponents of such laws

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North Carolina legislature pushes limits on transgender youth rights in final days of session

Transgender rights are taking center stage in North Carolina as the GOP-controlled General Assembly considers legislation restricting gender-affirming health care and trans participation in sports

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Texas AG sues Biden administration over Title IX interpretation

State law that limits transgender student athletes’ participation in sports runs afoul of the updated federal civil rights law, which was expanded to prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ students, potentially putting Texas schools at risk of losing federal funding.

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Dispute erupts over a section of Kentucky's transgender law that hinges on one word

A new dispute has erupted over Kentucky’s sweeping transgender law

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A look at restrictions on LGBTQ+ people in the US, and the pushback

A Florida law banning transgender youth from getting medical treatment is temporarily on hold after a surprise decision by a federal judge

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Trans teen misses high school graduation after judge rejects plea

American Civil Liberties Union says judge’s endorsement of ‘explicit discrimination’ is ‘deeply disappointing and concerning’

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Trans teen misses her high school graduation after federal judge rejects plea to wear dress to ceremony

American Civil Liberties Union says judge’s endorsement of ‘explicit discrimination’ is ‘deeply disappointing and concerning’

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Republicans push surge of laws targeting transgender people in US

Laws restricting transgender rights have piled up in recent months, underscoring likely 2024 election battle lines.

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DeSantis' deal with the devil won't help

DeSantis' chances of winning the election once the country learns of his radical record are worse than Trump's

Salon

Suit targets Kentucky ban on gender-affirming care for youth

Several families have challenged Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth

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Conflict over transgender rights simmers across the US

Access to gender-affirming care is taking center stage in state governments across the U.S., with some states passing restrictions and others protections

The Independent UK

US Justice Dept sues Tennessee over transgender healthcare law

The law, passed in the state’s Republican-led statehouse, prohibits youth from receiving gender-affirming care.

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Polarization means punishment for minority party lawmakers

Montana transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr was silenced by her Republican colleagues on Wednesday in a vote that bars her from participating on the House floor for the remainder of the 2023 session

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Tennessee Legislature nears end; gun reform reconvene likely

Tennessee lawmakers appeared poised to finish their annual legislative session without action on the governor’s gun reform plan, after a deadly school shooting in Nashville last month

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Kansas governor vetoes bills on trans youth care, bathrooms

Kansas’ Democratic governor has vetoed two major Republican proposals for rolling back transgender rights

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North Carolina GOP closes in on transgender athlete ban

A prohibition on transgender girls playing on female sports teams in North Carolina schools has cleared a second legislative chamber

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House aims to bar trans athletes on girls and women's teams

The Republican-led House is expected to pass a bill that would bar schools and colleges that get federal money from allowing transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male to compete on girls or women’s sports teams or athletic events

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'Tennessee three' to visit Biden at White House next week

Three Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion votes after participating in gun protests will visit the White House on Monday

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri House approves bill limiting transgender athletes

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — House legislators have approved a plan limiting transgender athletes, requiring individuals in sixth grade or older to play on sports teams aligning with their birth gender.

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Gun safety demonstrators carry caskets to Tennessee Capitol

Protesters calling for gun safety legislation were blocked from bringing caskets inside Tennessee’s Capitol, but a recently reinstated legislator escorted an infant-sized casket inside before he was barred from carrying it onto the House floor

Salon

Dems want DOJ probe of Tenn. expulsions

Democrats allege racial discrimination, voter disenfranchisement and First Amendment rights violations

The Independent UK

North Dakota governor signs trans athlete bans into law

North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum has signed two transgender athlete bans into law

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What's next for the Tennessee House lawmakers who were expelled

Their expulsion over a gun reform protest has attracted national attention.

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