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Biden administration tells court that states can’t ban trans girls from sports
A trans girl is suing her state because they banned her from school sports. The Biden administration is taking her side in its first legal brief on 2021’s wave of anti-trans legislation.
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Biden administration extends Title IX protections to LGBTQ students
Experts warn that schools could just defy the federal government and discriminate against transgender student-athletes. Will the Biden administration take them to court?
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11-year-old trans girl sues her state because they’re banning her from cross-country
Gov. Jim Justice said he couldn’t think of any “transgender-type kids” in his state when he signed the sports ban. Now one of them is suing.
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The Trump administration scrambled to support this hate group’s lawsuit. A judge just threw it out.
The lawsuit said that two transgender girls were ruining sports in Connecticut. But the hate group couldn’t find any other trans girls even playing sports in the state.
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Four more states pass anti-LGBTQ school laws as onslaught of hate accelerates
Two states want to ban teachers from talking about LGBTQ people without parental permission, and two banned transgender girls from school sports.
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LGBTQ students at Christian colleges file class-action lawsuit to stop religious exemption
Religious colleges can discriminate and still receive federal funds because of a religious exemption. These students say that resulted in expulsion, fines, humiliation, and conversion therapy.
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Federal court rules that professor can sue school that disciplined him for misgendering student
The professor successfully argued that not being able to misidentify a student went against his First Amendment rights as an educator and Christian.
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Republican wants to allow youth a “reasonable accommodation” to avoid trans people
A bathroom bill filed in Tennessee would allow students to file a written request for a transgender-free “accommodation.”
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South Dakota passes an anti-trans sports bill on International Women’s Day
The Republican governor claimed they’re “defending women’s sports!” But the bill does nothing to address real gender disparities in athletics.
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White House warns states that their anti-transgender bills are illegal
“Not only is this the law of the land, it’s his own deeply held view.”