transgender rights

The Arizona House of Representatives gathers during a legislative session on April 6, 2011, in Phoenix.

Arizona Legislature passes 2 bills to curb transgender rights

3:33pm March 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

The bills would prohibit gender reassignment surgery for minors and ban trans athletes from playing on girls sports teams. Republican Gov. Doug Ducey has not said whether he will sign either bill.

This photo illustration taken on July 14, 2021, shows the Clubhouse app icon on a mobile phone screen. The social audio app announced Wednesday it will not be attending this year's SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, given the controversies surrounding the

Clubhouse says it won't be attending SXSW 2022 because of Texas' trans rights

8:50pm March 02, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Instead of attending SXSW 2022, the popular audio-only social app says it will hold its panel "The Power of Voice" on its platform, a spokesperson said.

Ricardo Martinez, CEO of Equality Texas, center, and Adri Perez, ACLU of Texas policy and advocacy strategist, listen to Emmett Schelling, executive director for the Transgender Education Network of Texas, speak at a rally in support of transgender childr

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A judge has blocked a Texas investigation of one transgender teen's parents

8:26pm March 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

Judge's order stops short of preventing the state from looking into other reports about children receiving similar care.

Sonia Doe, pictured here, reached a settlement with the New Jersey Department of Corrections that will make it standard for the state to assign prison stays to a person based on their gender identity, not the sex assigned at birth.

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New Jersey Prisoners Will Be Placed Based On Gender Identity Under A New Policy

9:49am June 29, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

As part of civil lawsuit settlement, the New Jersey Department of Corrections has agreed to make it customary for prisoners to be assigned a prison stay in line with their gender identity.

A new public survey reflects Americans' "mixed views" on trans issues, Gallup says, as people said athletes should compete based on the sex listed on their birth certificates. Here, protesters march against a bill restricting transgender girls from sports

Americans Strongly Support Trans Rights — In Some Cases

5:48pm May 26, 2021

by Bill Chappell

Americans strongly support trans service members being in the military — even as they say trans athletes should compete according to the sex listed on their birth certificates.

Madison Kenyon (left), who is cisgender, runs track and cross-country at Idaho State University. She supports Idaho's transgender sports ban. Lindsay Hecox (right) is transgender and hopes to make the women's track and cross-country teams at Boise State U

Idaho's Transgender Sports Ban Faces A Major Legal Hurdle

7:36pm May 03, 2021

by Melissa Block

Do transgender women and girls have a constitutional right to play on women's sports teams? That question was argued before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday.

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Dr. Rachel Levine during her confirmation hearing in February. In an NPR interview Thursday, Levine questions state measures limiting transgender rights.

Dr. Rachel Levine: Transgender Health Care Is An Equity Issue, Not A Political One

7:24pm April 01, 2021

"I think people fear what they don't understand," says Levine, assistant secretary for health and the first openly transgender person to serve in a Senate-confirmed position.

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Aimee Stephens' Supreme Court case is over the question of whether employers can fire workers for being transgender. "We're not asking for anything special. We're just asking to be treated like other people are," Stephens told The Detroit News last year.

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Aimee Stephens, Transgender Woman At Center Of Major Civil Rights Case, Dies At 59

7:26pm May 12, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

"Aimee didn't set out to be a hero and a trailblazer, but she is one," the ACLU said. Her Supreme Court case asks if federal law barring sex discrimination in employment applies to transgender people.

Demonstrators hold signs in support of trans equality outside the White House on Monday. The Trump administration is reportedly considering defining "sex" in a way that would restrict civil rights protections to transgender Americans.

Trans People Say They #WontBeErased As Trump Administration Mulls Defining 'Sex'

6:16pm October 22, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

"The agency's proposed definition would define sex as either male or female, unchangeable, and determined by the genitals that a person is born with," The New York Times reported. Reaction was swift.