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Federal Court Vacated Gender Identity Portions of EEOC Harassment Guidance
A federal district court in Texas on May 15, 2025, vacated the gender identity parts of the 2024 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Enforcement Guidance on Harassment in the Workplace (the EEOC Guidance). The court ruled that the EEOC exceeded its statutory authority by expanding the definition of sex under Title VII “beyond the biological binary.” Texas v. Equal Employment Opportunity Comm’n, No. 2:24-CV-173 (N.D. Tex.).
Pennsylvania Senators look to protect worker gender identity, expression in workplace
Two Pennsylvania Senators announced legislation that aims to prohibit discrimination based on an individual’s sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. Senators Steven Santarsiero (D-Bucks) and Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia) argued in their new bill that in Pennsylvania, no one should be fired from a job, or denied housing or excluded from public spaces because of who they are. Their bill is a reintroduction of Senate Bill 150, which was co-sponsored by over 10 Senators.
Texas Nighttime Vote Reshapes Gender Rules: State Docs to Echo Birth Biology
Texas lawmakers have pushed through a bill in a late-night vote that redefines gender identity in state documents to reflect biological sex assigned at birth. CBS Austin reported that the Texas Senate passed the measure with a 20-11 party-line vote, after the House also approved the legislation known as House Bill 229. This bill stipulates that a woman is defined as someone with a reproductive system designed to produce ova, and a man is defined as one with a system designed to fertilize ova. The implications are significant for trans and intersex individuals, whose gender identity may not match the sex they were designated at birth.
Penn ceases gender-affirming surgery for patients under age 19
Penn Medicine will no longer provide gender-affirming surgery to patients under age 19, effective this week, citing new federal orders targeting such procedures among transgender minors. President Donald Trump in January issued an executive order that bars federal funding for gender-affirming care, including hormone therapy, puberty blockers, or surgeries, for transgender patients under age 19. Such care helps patients to have a body that matches their gender identity and has wide acceptance within the medical community.
Gender Norms in Today’s United States: Cruel, Inhuman, Degrading
Contrary to the opinion of the Trump regime, which recently proclaimed there are only two sexes, the gender binary is false. Nearly two in every hundred people have intersex traits, according to figures often cited by advocates, and by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Texas just defined man and woman. Here’s why that matters.
The Texas Legislature has passed a bill that strictly defines man and woman based on reproductive organs. The bill has no civil or criminal penalties attached, but instead will take these new definitions and apply them across state records.
Title IX federal investigation clashes with WA gender identity laws
When the Trump Administration announced its Title IX investigation into Washington’s Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction on April 30, it made immediate headlines. That’s not how most Title IX investigations play out. The Department of Education, which launched the investigation alongside the Department of Justice, argued that “Multiple Washington State school districts have reported that OSPI is requiring school boards to adopt policies that allow males to participate in female sports and occupy female-only intimate facilities, thereby raising substantial Title IX concerns,” according to a department press release.
YMCA Under Fire For Gender Identity Guidelines: ‘Parents Deserve the Truth’
The American Parents Coalition is warning parents about the YMCA’s policy on gender identity and who may be allowed to bunk with girls. The coalition said Wednesday that parents need to know YMCA determines access to overnight cabins, locker rooms, and showers on the basis of gender identity, The Daily Wire reported.
California to allow more girls in track and field finals after Trump pressure
The governing body for California high school sports on Tuesday said it would change its entry rules to allow more female athletes in this week's track and field championships, after demands from President Donald Trump to stop a transgender girl from competing.
As anti-trans laws get more extreme, here’s where state laws stand in 2025
Since 2020, every new year has brought a new record of state bills attempting to roll back transgender rights. Most of that legislation has not become law. Even as the sheer volume of bills continues to grow, LGBTQ+ advocates continue to defeat the majority of them. But each year, Republicans introduce more and more bills. And each year, those bills become broader and more extreme, as politicians look for new ways to enforce a binary definition of gender — and that escalation is turning up in the bills that do pass.
Kansas trans kids file lawsuit over new law banning gender-affirming care
Two transgender teenagers and their parents are challenging a new Kansas law that bans gender-affirming care for minors. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and the national ACLU filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Douglas County District Court on behalf of a 16-year-old trans boy and a 13-year-old trans girl. The lawsuit argues the new law violates state constitutional rights for equal protection, personal autonomy, and parenting.
Reclassifying Gender Affirming Care Would Erode Essential Health Benefits For Everyone
On March 10, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed the "Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Rule". If finalized, the rule strips gender‑affirming care from the Affordable Care Act’s essential health benefits (EHB) package, letting insurers cap or drop coverage that now counts toward patients’ annual out‑of‑pocket limits. The move is more than an attack on transgender health. The change also hands the administration a blueprint for reclassifying any politically inconvenient service without input from Congress; these could include fertility treatments, PrEP for HIV prevention, or even mental health care. Policymakers, state regulators, and advocates therefore have a shared stake in stopping this rule.
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