The student has filed a complaint with the state after gender-affirming surgery was denied coverage under a UMS student health insurance policy.
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Medical associations ask DOJ to investigate threats to children’s hospitals
Their demands come amid a spate of threats against doctors and institutions that provide medical care for transgender kids, sometimes including hormones or surgery for older teens.
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Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Virginia students protest governor’s transgender policies
One policy would require a parent or guardian sign-off on names or pronouns different to what’s on the student’s official record.
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RSU 9 community debates gender-identity poster
The informational sign hangs in guidance offices at Mt. Blue middle and high schools, and the tech center in Farmington.
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Nebraska school officials close newspaper after students publish LGBTQ articles
An email from a school employee cancelling the student paper’s printing services said it was “because the school board and superintendent are unhappy with the last issue’s editorial content.”
Posted inNation & World, News, Sports
Utah officials secretly investigated female high school athlete’s gender
Neither the girl nor her parents were told of the investigation, begun when parents of two students who had lost to the girl in competition complained.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, New England, News
Boston Children’s Hospital receiving threats over transgender care program
Informational YouTube videos became the focus of far-right social media accounts.
Posted inNation & World, News, Religion and Values
Pope Francis meets transgender guests of Rome church
The Blessed Immaculate Virgin community in the Torvaianica neighborhood on Rome’s outskirts opened its doors to transgender people during the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Alabama uses abortion ruling to argue for ban on medical care for transgender youth
Alabama is using the U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion to argue that the state should also be able to ban gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender youth.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics, Schools and Education
Maine policy supports incorporating LGBTQ lessons, but lacking guidance, most schools aren’t doing it
The state encourages but does not require or give specific instruction for teaching about sexual orientation and gender diversity, topics many experts believe should be addressed at an early age.