The Supreme Court is allowing a 12-year-old transgender girl to continue competing on her middle school’s girls sports teams while a lawsuit over a state ban continues.
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Florida teen’s documentary on trans visibility premieres
The film interweaves perspectives from three young transgender people, mental health providers, advocates and allies.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Transgender Day of Visibility rallies held across U.S. amid backlash
Republican lawmakers are pursuing hundreds of proposals to push back on LGBTQ+ rights.
Posted inNation & World, News
Kentucky governor vetoes Republican bill banning transgender health care for youth
The bill banned access to gender-affirming health care, restricted the bathrooms students can use, banned discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity and allowed teachers to refuse to refer to transgender students by the pronouns they use.
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Florida’s DeSantis to expand ‘Don’t Say Gay’ ban to all students through high school
The Republican governor has leaned heavily into cultural divides on his path to an anticipated White House bid, aggressively pursuing a conservative agenda that targets what he calls the insertion of inappropriate subjects in schools.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Bill targeting preferred pronoun use in schools will have impact outside the classroom
Who is L.D. 678 for? Who is being protected? Whose rights are being upheld? Moreover, whose are not?
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Commentary: Maine’s girls and nonbinary youth deserve to be listened to
Young people can themselves steer our state through the youth mental health crisis – providing they have our full attention and our support.
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How common is transgender treatment regret, detransitioning?
Lawmakers often cite concerns about young people regretting irreversible body-altering transgender medical treatment, but studies suggest regret is uncommon.
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As Tennessee, others target drag shows, many wonder: Why?
Tennessee’s Republican governor has signed legislation that bans drag shows from taking place in public or in front of children.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Winslow school board hears complaints of district’s transgender policy, display of Pride flag
A group of about 10 people attended Monday’s board meeting to criticize a district policy they say may exclude parents from school conversations about a child’s gender identity.