Category: legislature
-
Ohio House passes ban on minor gender-affirming care, trans athletes in girls’ sports
The Ohio House passed a bill making it illegal for minors to take puberty blockers, have gender reassignment surgery, and barring transgender athletes from female-only sports. Rating: Transneutral, ABC, June 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
-
Tennessee AG seeks patient referrals, doctor records in broad VUMC transgender clinic inquiry
New records filed in federal court outline the information the Attorney General’s Office is seeking from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Those documents extend beyond patient medical records. Rating: Transneutral, Tennessean, June 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
-
Judge blocks Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
A federal judge struck down Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for children as unconstitutional Tuesday, the first ruling to overturn such a prohibition as a growing number of Republican-led states adopt similar restrictions. Rating: Transneutral, Associated Press via NBC, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
-
Judge blocks Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
A federal judge struck down Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for children as unconstitutional Tuesday, the first ruling to overturn such a prohibition as a growing number of Republican-led states adopt similar restrictions. Rating: Transneutral, Associated Press via WMUR, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
-
Transgender health care restrictions tweaked as bill nears passage
Republicans in the North Carolina state House have scaled back proposed restrictions on gender-affirming care for kids and teens. Rating: Transneutral, WUNC, June 20, 2023, (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
-
Ohio lawmakers and religious lobbyists coordinate on anti-trans legislation
Communication on trans athlete bans, other anti-trans bills goes back years Rating: Transsupportive, Ohio Capital Journal, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
-
Europe pumps the breaks on transgender care for minors amid uproar in US
Republicans in the U.S. are citing Europe’s skepticism of transgender care for minors. Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, June 20, 2023, PDF archive, HTML archive
-
Transgender issues: The Enquirer answers reader comments
Our stories on Kentucky’s new law prohibiting gender-affirming medical care – as well as a similar bill proposed in Ohio – generated hundreds of online comments. Rating: Transsupportive, Cincinnati Enquirer, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
-
Ohio House expected to pass bans on transgender student athletes, medical care for kids
2 bills up for House votes today would ban transgender females from women’s sports, ban transgender medical care for children, and report students who question their sexual identity in school. Rating: Transneutral, Columbus Dispatch, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)