GENEVA — Skiing’s governing body approved a gene testing policy for gender eligibility in women’s events Wednesday, but delayed a decision on letting some Russian athletes try to…
Read more Skiing’s governing body approves gender eligibility testing policyPARIS — LGBTQ+ athletes, officials and observers have warned that a deluge of hateful comments misidentifying female boxer Imane Khelif in the Paris Olympics as transgender or a…
Read more Vitriol about female boxer Imane Khelif fuels concern of backlash against LGBTQ+ and women athletesMINEOLA, N.Y. — The New York attorney general and the New York Civil Liberties Union on Monday sued a county on Long Island over its latest move to…
Read more New York county’s latest trans athlete ban draws lawsuits from attorney general, civil rights groupWASHINGTON — Another six Republican states are piling on to challenge the Biden administration’s newly expanded campus sexual assault rules, saying they overstep the president’s authority and undermine…
Read more Republican states challenge new Title IX rules protecting LGBTQ+ studentsA Vermont Christian school that withdrew its girls basketball team from a playoff game because a transgender student was playing on the opposing team is suing Vermont for…
Read more Christian school that objected to transgender athlete sues Vermont after it’s banned from competingSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have required judges to consider whether a parent affirms their child’s gender identity when making…
Read more California governor vetoes bill requiring custody courts to weigh affirmation of gender identityLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky’s debate over abortion access intensified Wednesday as the Democratic governor pounded away at his rival’s longstanding support for the state’s existing abortion ban shortly…
Read more In Kentucky governor’s race, Democrat presses the case on GOP challenger’s abortion stanceDES MOINES, Iowa — Some of Donald Trump ‘s top rivals for the Republican presidential nomination will address a gathering of influential Iowa evangelical Christians on Saturday night,…
Read more Trump skips Iowa gathering of evangelical Christians. His rivals hope for a chance to gain groundCalifornia’s attorney general has sued a Southern California school district over its new policy that requires schools to notify parents if their children change their gender identification or…
Read more California sues district that requires parents be notified if their kids change pronounsRALEIGH, N.C. — Seven years ago, North Carolina became ground zero in the nationwide fight over transgender rights with the passage of a “bathroom bill” that galvanized culture…
Read more North Carolina laws curtailing transgender rights prompt less backlash than 2016 ‘bathroom bill’TOPEKA, Kan. — As children across the U.S. head back to classes and practices for fall sports, four more states are expecting their K-12 schools to keep transgender…
Read more More states expect schools to keep trans girls off girls teams as K-12 classes resumeFANCY FARM, Ky. — In front of a raucous crowd at Kentucky’s premier political event on Saturday, the Democratic incumbent governor talked about the state’s high-flying economy while…
Read more Kentucky candidates trade barbs at Fancy Farm picnic, the state’s premier political eventO’FALLON, Mo. — In the national reckoning that followed the police killing of George Floyd three years ago, about 2,000 protesters took to the streets in a St.…
Read more School board in Missouri, now controlled by conservatives, revokes anti-racism resolutionTUCSON, Ariz. — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Arizona from enforcing a law banning transgender girls from playing on girls’ school sports teams. The judge in…
Read more Federal judge blocks Arizona law banning transgender athletes from girls’ sports teamsAIGLE, Switzerland — Female transgender athletes who transitioned after male puberty will no longer be able to compete in women’s races, world cycling governing body the UCI said…
Read more World cycling’s governing body bans female transgender athletes from women’s eventsHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Kara Murphy, a transgender woman helping to organize the Union County Pride in a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina, is heartened to see Pride…
Read more Transgender and nonbinary people are often sidelined at Pride. This year is differentWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has invited thousands of LGBTQ+ individuals to celebrate Pride Month in a high-profile show of support at a time when the community feels…
Read more Biden invites thousands of LGBTQ+ individuals, singer Betty Who, to Pride Month celebrationTexas lawmakers approved a bill expanding what is considered an illegal performance of sexual conduct in a move drag artists fear will be used to criminalize their shows…
Read more Texas passes sexual conduct bill drag show artists fear will prompt crackdownTOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas’ Democratic governor vetoed state funding on Monday for a project long advocated by a Democratic lawmaker who broke ranks to override the governor’s vetoes…
Read more Payback? Project funds axed after Kansas lawmaker defies governor on abortion, trans rightsIndiana Gov. Eric Holcomb this week signed into a law a requirement that schools notify a parent when their student asks to be called a different name or…
Read more States add laws on pronouns, sports for transgender students
