Arizona, Oklahoma and Kentucky passed bills on Thursday that would ban transgender youth from participating in girls’ sports, the latest in a flurry of state legislation by Republicans on a heated election year issue. In addition to the Republican-sponsored “Save Women’s Sports Act,” Arizona lawmakers passed legislation that would prohibit physicians from providing gender-affirming surgery … Continued
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on March 22 vetoed a bill that would ban transgender students from participating in girls’ sports in public schools, coming a day after Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb vetoed a similar bill in his state. In response, Utah Senate President Stuart Adams and House Speaker Brad Wilson said they have the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto and indicated they … Continued
Indiana’s governor on Monday vetoed a bill banning transgender females from participating in girls school sports while signing another eliminating the state’s permit requirement to carry handguns in public. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb’s decisions come after both measures faced intense opposition before being approved by the GOP-dominated legislature that embraced what have become a pair … Continued
A Texas appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a temporary injunction prohibiting the state from investigating parents who provide their transgender children certain medical care that Governor Greg Abbott has branded “child abuse.” The Texas Third Court of Appeals ruling came in a lawsuit the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Lamda Legal filed on behalf … Continued
A Tennessee bill proposes to restrict children’s access to hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and other medical procedures that would allow for an alteration to their gender. House Bill 2835, or the Youth Protection Act, would specifically prohibit a child that has not reached puberty from getting hormone therapy or other gender alterations, such as surgeries, even if … Continued
On Thursday, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (R-Iowa) signed a bill that will completely ban so-called “transgender” individuals from competing in girls’ and women’s sports, forcing them to remain with the teams of their actual biological gender. The Hill reports that the bill, House File 2416, had previously passed the Iowa State House in February and was … Continued
Maryland legislation would copy California, which is being sued by female inmates, while Washington House approves bill in response to leaks about violent male offenders housed with women. As West Coast states deal with the fallout of putting anatomically male inmates in women’s prisons, the East Coast is looking to join the club. Maryland is … Continued
State Rep. Suzie Pollock of Missouri’s 123rd district has just introduced H.B. 2649, the Missouri Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, to protect minors from harmful physiological gender transition procedures. Missouri is the fifth state to introduce a SAFE Act this year. Pollock joined “Washington Watch” to discuss the purpose of the bill. “It makes it illegal to practice … Continued
A proposed Arizona bill will require bakers, flower arrangers, photographers and web designers, among other creative professionals, to make available their services regardless of their individual conscience, advocates said Monday. In addition, licensed counselors will no longer be able to offer so-called “conversion therapy” to minors, regardless of whether the minor or their parents want … Continued
A group of more than a dozen students on the University of Pennsylvania women’s swimming team are urging their school not to challenge USA Swimming’s new policy regulating the participation of trans-identified athletes, which they maintain will “prioritize fairness for biological women” in sports. Retired Olympic swimmer Nancy Hogshead-Makar wrote a letter to the University of Pennsylvania … Continued
A high school student from Plainwell, Michigan, told Newsmax on Friday that he is suing his city’s school district after he was suspended in October for “a private conversation with a friend over text message” six months prior that contained his Christian views on sexuality and gender. The student, David Stout II, was accompanied by his attorney, … Continued
Mississippi (LifeSiteNews) – A Mississippi mayor is refusing to distribute $110,000 of taxpayer funding to libraries in his county over LGBT books targeting children that are sparking outrage among residents. Ridgeland Mayor Gene McGee told local news that multiple citizens have recently complained to his office about sexualized, pro-LGBT content in local libraries and said … Continued
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