Senate Bill 150

A restroom area under construction at a new middle school in Lexington drew the attention of several Kentucky lawmakers Tuesday during a legislative committee meeting, leading some to consider potential legislation to prevent other schools from following a bathroom model for gender-neutral spaces.

Around the country, LGBTQ+ students and the campus groups founded to support them have become a growing target in the culture wars.

A U.S. Appeals court heard arguments Friday as advocates for transgender youth attempt to reinstall injunctions against Kentucky’s ban on gender-affirming hormone therapy. The judges said they would try to come to a decision “as quickly as possible.”

Transgender people and their allies celebrated a judge’s decision to temporarily block a state ban on gender-affirming hormone therapy for trans patients under 18 years old. Now the next phase of the lawsuit can begin.

Senate Bill 150, which bans gender-affirming medical care for patients under 18 years old, was set to take effect Thursday.

A disagreement over the meaning of “or” in a controversial anti-trans law has ignited the latest conflict between a prominent Republican lawmaker and the Kentucky Department of Education.

The ACLU of Kentucky filed a lawsuit Wednesday afternoon saying Senate Bill 150, Kentucky’s anti-transgender law, is unconstitutional.

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