Ninth Circuit Rejects Demand That Schools Identify Transgender Athletes
The Ninth Circuit rejected an emergency request that could have forced Washington schools to identify transgender athletes or collect new, invasive information…
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Federal Judge Limits UC Protections Against Intentional Misgendering
A federal judge has limited how the University of California can punish intentional misgendering, but the preliminary injunction still allows UC to…
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The Education Department Collected Data on Trans Students. Then It Hid It.
Federal civil-rights data covering nonbinary students and gender-identity bullying reached the Education Department through school reporting. The department then removed those fields…
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Republicans Tried To Kill “Woke” Degrees. Now Religious Colleges May Be On The Chopping Block.
Republicans spent years attacking so-called “woke” college degrees, but new federal accountability measures based on graduate earnings could place religious colleges, seminary…
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Louisville Eighth Grader Defied School Officials to Deliver an Unfiltered Graduation Speech About Being Gay, Grieving, and Refusing to Stay Silent
“They tried to silence him. He spoke anyway.” A 14-year-old gay student in Louisville is going viral after delivering an uncensored graduation speech…
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Trump Stops Enforcing Trans Student Protections — In New Jersey, That Changes the Battlefield
The federal government is stepping back from protecting transgender students — but in New Jersey, the fight isn’t over. As Washington withdraws…
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Fired for Refusing to Hide LGBTQ Books — Now the Community Is Fighting Back
After refusing to move LGBTQ books out of children’s sections, a Tennessee librarian was fired. Now, the community is fighting back —…
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“Not a Ban”—Until It Is: How H.R. 7661 Could Erase Trans Stories from Schools Nationwide
A new federal bill claims it’s not banning books—but by threatening school funding, it could erase transgender stories from classrooms across the…
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Maryland Just Passed HB 649 — Building a State-Level Civil Rights Backstop as Federal Protections Shift
Maryland just passed HB 649 in a 100–35 vote, expanding protections for transgender students and creating a state-level enforcement system that doesn’t…
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They Couldn’t Pass It Openly—So They Tried to Sneak It Through. It Still Failed.
When a bill can’t pass in public, lawmakers sometimes try to slip it through quietly. In Kentucky, that strategy just failed—this time.
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