Category: Sexual Orientation
Kansas Ban On Child Transgender Medicalization Fails To Beat Veto After Two GOP Lawmakers Flip Vote
The failed bill would have banned puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and gender surgeries for minors.
Read MoreDeSantis Declares Florida Will Not Comply With Biden Rule Forcing ‘Gender Identity’ On Schools
The Republican governor ordered that all Florida superintendents be notified that no school ‘should begin implementing any changes’ demanded by Biden’s new pro-LGBT Title IX rule.
Read MoreThe Biden Administration Has Redefined ‘Sex.’ What Does That Mean for Schools?
“The Biden administration now says that “sex” means “gender identity.” So, what does this mean for K-12 teachers?”
Read MoreMiddle-School Girls Banned from Track Competition for Protesting Trans Sports Policies
On April 18, the girls participated in the Harrison County Middle School Championships. Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 13-year-old boy who identifies as a girl, competed alongside the girls. For years, Pepper-Jackson has been embroiled in a legal battle against West Virginia over a state law that bans males from competing in female sports in public schools. The Fourth Circuit recently ruled in favor of Pepper-Jackson, allowing him to compete in the female category, but the court did not overturn the law altogether.
Read MoreState health plans must cover gender transition surgeries, federal appeals court rules
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling on Monday requiring state health insurance plans to pay for gender transition surgeries, a decision that comes amid a nationwide struggle over transgender healthcare policy. The ruling came in a set of cases in West Virginia and North Carolina, in which state officials justified not covering the surgeries, including double mastectomies and vaginoplasties, on the basis of cost rather than on considerations related to gender identity and expression.
Read MoreGermany Allows Parents to Change Their Baby’s Gender
On April 12, the Bundestag, or the German parliament, “passed one of the world’s most far-reaching sex self-determination policies,” Reduxx reported. This radical legislation, it added, “establishes ‘gender identity’ as a protected characteristic and allows parents to change the sex marker on their children’s documents from birth.”
Read MoreCatholic bishops in England, Wales issue pastoral statement against transgender interventions
Roman Catholic bishops in England and Wales released guidance last week urging against medical and social transitioning for trans-identified children. “Medical intervention for children should not be supported,” the bishops wrote in an April 24 document titled “Intricately Woven by the Lord,” which serves as a “pastoral reflection on gender.” “Social ‘transition’ can have a formative effect on a child’s development and this should be avoided with young children.”
Read MoreDOD Prompts Gender Dysphoria In Military Kids And Hides Health Records From Parents
Military parents will need to be their own advocates as they appeal to Congress to restore their parental rights in this federal health care system.
Read MoreUK clinical psychologists apologize for endorsement of transgender treatments in children
A collective of senior clinical psychologists in the UK have publicly apologized for endorsing the administration of transgender medical treatments to children. This apology follows a damning report, arguing that such interventions were implemented on weak foundations, leading to the closure of the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) clinics that prescribed puberty-blocking drugs to hundreds of children. The psychologists canvassed for better guidelines to aid clinicians aiding young people in this intricate domain.
Read MoreParents Question Why Virginia High School Staging Drag Musical, Brunch
Some local parents are outraged by the staging of “Kinky Boots” at a high school and voiced “strong objection” to both the content of the musical and the associated events.
Read MoreFederal Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Allowing Boys in Girls Sports
What does it take for a federal court to reach the outcome it wants—instead of the outcome that the law demands? Apparently, just some creative judicial gymnastics.
Read MoreTennessee Lawmakers Pass Bill to Criminalize Adults Who Help Minors Obtain Gender-Transition Services
Tennessee state legislators passed a measure on Thursday that would criminalize adults who help minors access gender-transition services without parental consent.
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