Learning to let love lead: A family's journey to accept their transgender daughter
As an ordained Christian minister, Ontay Johnson's faith teaches love is patient and kind. After one of his children came out as a transgender woman, the husband and father of three has had to practice what he preaches.
2023-06-22 02:49
Federal judge strikes down Arkansas' ban on gender-affirming treatment for trans youth
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down Arkansas' ban on gender-affirming treatment for transgender youth, dealing the strongest blow yet to a state prohibition on such care.
2023-06-21 07:18
Trump-appointed judge blocks parts of Indiana ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth
A Trump-appointed judge in Indiana has blocked parts of a state law banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth from going into effect next month.
2023-06-18 01:29
Trump repeatedly celebrated the inclusion of transgender women in his beauty pageant
Years before he said he was running for president to "defeat the cult of gender ideology," Donald Trump welcomed and praised the inclusion of transgender women in the Miss Universe pageant.
2023-06-17 04:58
Texas governor signs bill placing limits on transgender athletes in college sports
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law Thursday barring transgender college athletes in the state from competing in sports that align with their gender identity -- expanding a 2021 law that banned transgender students in K-12 Texas school districts and some charter schools from doing the same.
2023-06-16 04:22
Alabama governor signs bill placing limits on transgender athletes in college sports
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday signed a bill barring transgender athletes at public colleges and universities from competing in sports that align with their gender identities, as GOP-controlled assemblies across the US continue their pursuit of legislation placing limits on transgender people.
2023-06-01 03:28
A transgender girl will not attend her high school graduation after Mississippi judge denies emergency plea to permit her to go dressed as a girl
A Mississippi federal judge denied a motion Friday, filed by the family of a transgender high school student requesting she be allowed to wear a dress and heels under her robe at her Gulfport high school graduation.
2023-05-21 09:22
Transgender Mississippi girl misses graduation after judge's ruling
By Timothy Gardner A transgender Mississippi girl declined to participate in high school graduation on Saturday after a
2023-05-21 04:29
Republican governors call for withdrawal of proposed Title IX rule changes around transgender student athletes
A group of 25 Republican governors called on the Biden administration Friday to withdraw or delay recently proposed rule changes to Title IX that could prevent states from enforcing anti-transgender sports bans.
2023-05-13 11:15
Missouri lawmakers pass gender-affirming care ban for minors and anti-trans sports bill
Missouri lawmakers passed two bills Wednesday that would bar transgender athletes from playing on school sports teams that align with their gender and ban gender-affirming care for minors, the latest state to advance such legislation as transgender rights have become a marquee issue for the Republican Party.
2023-05-11 09:29