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How Trump administration’s transgender athlete order affects California high schools
Monday, April 14th, 2025
via The Mercury News (California)The CIF is under federal Title IX investigation for policies on transgender athlete participation in sports, says it is abiding by California law.
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GOP Rep. Nancy Mace praises Iowa ending trans civil rights, uses anti-trans slur in Clive
Sunday, April 13th, 2025
via Iowa City Press-Citizen (Iowa)In Iowa, Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., praised the law removing gender identity protections from the Iowa Civil Rights Act and repeated an anti-trans slur.
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How Trump’s executive orders have forced these Michiganders to change
Sunday, April 13th, 2025
via Detroit Free Press (Michigan)Three Michigan transgender residents and people who love them talk about how Trump's decisions have changed their lives.
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Bill that bars Montana teachers from disciplining for pronoun misuse heads to governor
Saturday, April 12th, 2025
via Missoulian (Montana)HB 400 expands on 2023 legislation that said misgendering trans youth — known as deadnaming and seen as harmful — can't be considered unlawful discrimination.
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Should transgender athletes be able to compete in high school sports? Here’s what Maine students say about it.
Sunday, April 6th, 2025
via Sun Journal (Maine)As state and federal officials argue over whether allowing transgender athletes to compete violates the law, we asked students for their thoughts on the issue.
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Colorado lawmakers push for stronger transgender protections as the Trump administration pushes restrictions
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via The Gazette (Colorado)Colorado lawmakers propose new protections for transgender people amid rising anti-trans efforts. Bills aim to strengthen rights and affirm care for the community.
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We’re watching and we’re worried: A future doctor’s call to action • New Hampshire Bulletin
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via The New Hampshire Bulletin (New Hampshire)When the government puts legal barriers in place to strip away or prevent health care access, it's not just politics — it's real people's lives at stake.
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Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken ‘pretty disappointed’ after SD legislative session
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
via Argus Leader (South Dakota)Among the mayor's concerns were what he called the
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Newsom administration misses deadline, loses out on Medi-Cal dollars
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
via CalMatters (California)Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration didn't file necessary paperwork in time to receive millions of dollars that could have gone to Medi-Cal.
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California Assembly committee blocks anti-trans athlete bills after emotional hearing
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
via The Sacramento Bee (California)Committee Chair Chris Ward said he agreed to consider the bills to dispel misinformation.
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A few final points from an exciting high school winter sports season; what we missed
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
via The Providence Journal (Rhode Island)While we try to get stories and commentary out in a timely fashion, the whirlwind that is the end of winter sometimes prevents that from happening.
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Trump administration targets California sex ed program
Monday, March 31st, 2025
via The Mercury News (California)The probe targets California's Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP), a national, $75 million program that teaches youth and teens about abstinence and contraception to prevent pregnancy…
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Wisconsinites celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility with proposed legislation, flag raising • Wisconsin Examiner
Monday, March 31st, 2025
via Wisconsin Examiner (Wisconsin)Wisconsin Democrats and city of Madison leaders recognized transgender visibility day in Wisconsin Monday, introducing legislation that would provide protections for people and raising the transgender pride flag. This year's International Transgender Day of Visibility comes amid a political environment in which trans people have been targeted by new proposed federal and state restrictions. Wisconsin […]
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Senate Bill 1 restricting trans athletes getting closer to becoming law
Monday, March 31st, 2025
via FOX 5 Atlanta (Georgia)Senate Bill 1, known as the Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act, is headed back to the Georgia House of Representative.
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‘A solution looking for a problem’: Opponents decry South Dakota bathroom bill recently signed by Gov. Larry Rhoden
Saturday, March 29th, 2025
via Rapid City Journal (South Dakota)Bill supporters consider it common sense. But opponents say the legislation creates fear, solves a problem that doesn't exist and puts transgender youth at risk of bullying and more.
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Exhaustive debate; Bathroom bills; God & government; Honoring Chuck Johnson
Thursday, March 27th, 2025
via Montana Public Radio (Montana)Two Republican Senate leaders continue to battle allegations of ethics violations. The governor signs two anti-trans bills into law. The House takes up the main budget bill. A Kalispell Republican…
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Walmart fires woman who reported anti-trans threats from man in bathroom
Thursday, March 27th, 2025
via The Washington Post (Washington)Dani Davis said she was fired from a Walmart store a week after a man entered the women's bathroom and yelled anti-trans threats at her.
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Ban on transgender athletes in girls’ sports in Georgia nears the finish line • Georgia Recorder
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
via Georgia Recorder (Georgia)A Senate bill aimed at barring transgender girls from playing on girls' school sports teams passed a milestone toward becoming law Tuesday.
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Georgia ban on transgender girls, women playing female sports inches toward passage
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
via Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)Transgender student-athletes could soon be blocked from playing K-12 and college team sports based on their 'self-identification.'
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What’s at stake when Feds investigate local accommodations for trans students
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
via Chicago Sun-Times (Illinois)The Department of Education announced an investigation into Illinois schools, Chicago Public Schools and Deerfield Public School District 109 after conservative groups filed complaints.
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