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A JCPS policy committee crafted two options in response to new state restrictions on trans student rights: one proposal upholds, the other defies.
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A federal appeals court has temporarily reinstated Tennessee’s law barring gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, allowing a recently enacted ban on treatments that include puberty blockers and surgery to take immediate effect.
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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.
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The Fayette County Board of Education voted Monday to comply with new restrictions on trans students and classroom speech.
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Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming care for transgender kids is facing another challenge. The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a complaint against the state, arguing that the new law violates the Fourteenth Amendment and will deny “medically necessary care” for trans youth.
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Kentucky Senate Bill 150 would require doctors to discontinue gender-affirming hormone therapy for trans patients under 18 years old. Three doctors say that could endanger the kids’ mental health.
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Opponents of the legislation say calls for “parents’ rights” and to “protect children” reveal a modern American belief in childhood ignorance.
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GOP candidates condemn surgeries for minors. Trans people say they’re not happening.
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Two parents said the gender-affirming treatments their daughters depend on would be banned under Senate Bill 150.
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The move comes at a time when GOP legislators and anti-LGBTQ groups in the U.S. pursue policies that restrict trans people’s ability to participate in public life.