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Anti-trans sports ban fails in Ohio legislature
For Ember Zelch, an 18-year-old softball player and senior in high school, the anti-trans sports bill that failed to get enough support in the Ohio legislature hits too close to home. The bill would have banned transgender athletes like Ember from sports that correspond with their gender identity. "I was the only trans high school female athlete that had been approved to play at that time [when the bill was introduced], so it just felt very much like a personal attack," Zelch told ABC News.
Biden administration gives up the fight over gender identity workplace rules
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday declared his state was safe from “woke gender theories” after a deadline passed for the Biden administration to appeal a federal court ruling striking down workplace rules for sexual orientation and gender identity.
Advocates weigh-in on proposed bill banning gender identity education in K-3rd grade
It's a subject that's drawn attention in the most recent election: conversations on gender and sexual orientation in the classroom. The topic has divided many, and a new proposed bill is following suit. The language of the bill hasn't even been written yet, but Sen. Cody Rogers, (R)-Tulsa, is pushing to give parents more control in the classroom.
American Girl stands behind body positivity book amid unprecedented spike in anti-LGBTQ reviews
An American Girl doll book about body image is facing unprecedented backlash from anti-LGBTQ reviewers over two pages on gender expression. "As far as we are aware, no other American Girl book has received similar criticism," company spokesperson Julie Parks told USA TODAY.
Tennessee Wants to Criminalize Drag Shows
For Kennedy Ann Scott, performing in drag offered a lifeline. She’d been bullied by kids in grade school and subjected to physical harm for being a boy who was, in their judgment, too effeminate. Discovering drag — she cites To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as a touchstone — opened Scott’s eyes to the possibility of turning the very things her tormentors hated into a source of power.
Texas man arrested, accused of threatening Boston doctor who cares for transgender kids
A Texas man was arrested last week on a federal charge after authorities said he called and threatened the life of a doctor in Boston who provides care to gender nonconforming children, according to court documents.
The painful connective tissue between Jews in pre-war Germany and trans people in America
Two days after a gunman opened fire on people gathered for a drag show at an LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing five people and injuring 19, Herschel Walker, Georgia Republican senatorial candidate, released an ad in which he appeared alongside a former college athlete who claimed she had been victimized by the inclusion of trans women in her sport.
It starts at home: socializing gender in early child development
Primary agents of gender socialization include schools, peer groups, and media. However, the astonishingly early ability to distinguish gender points to family as the first agent. A study on the development of gender schemas found that by 1.5 years of age, children could not correctly classify photos of people according to gender, and yet, by 2.25 years, half of the children could. Those who could correctly identify gender also demonstrated gender-specific play.
After Arkansas Trial, Judge Weighs Legality of Ban on Care for Transgender Youth
In recent years, greater numbers of transgender adolescents in America have sought treatments such as puberty blockers, which pause an adolescent’s physiological development, and hormone therapy, which increases levels of estrogen or testosterone, to align their bodies more closely with their gender identities.
After record election year, some LGBTQ lawmakers face a new challenge: GOP majorities
Zooey Zephyr is familiar with the ornate halls of the Montana state Capitol. She was here during the 2021 legislative session, testifying in opposition to bills targeted at trans-Montanans, like a ban on trans women and girls from participating in women's sports.
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