Category: transgender

‘Men Are Coming’: 255 California Prison Inmates Have Requested Transfer to Women’s Prisons Since January

Since January, 261 California prison inmates have requested transfers to prisons aligning with their gender identity, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation told the Daily Caller News Foundation Tuesday. Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed S.B. 132 into law in January, a bill that requires the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to…


New York Social Service Agency Sued for Gender Discrimination

Two individuals and an institution filed a lawsuit against the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) on March 29 for gender discrimination after it allegedly failed to provide an “X” gender option for applicants. Applicants in the state must declare their gender to receive Medicaid, food stamps, and other public assistance….


Pentagon Releases Policy Updates for Transgender People in Military Service

The Pentagon on Wednesday announced policy updates regarding transgender people serving in the military, to align with President Joe Biden’s executive orders issued earlier this year. The updated policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity, including a person’s self-identification as transgender; allow people to serve in the military in their self-identified gender, as…


Pentagon Releases Policy Updates for Transgender People in US Military

The Pentagon has announced policy updates regarding transgender people serving in the U.S. military, to align with President Joe Biden’s executive orders issued earlier this year. The updated policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity, including a person’s self-identification as transgender; allow people to serve in the military in their self-identified gender, as…


Ban on Gender Transition Procedures for Minors Passes Arkansas Senate

The Arkansas Senate on Monday approved a bill that would ban gender transition procedures on minors, sending it to the governor’s desk. The Republican-controlled state Senate voted 28-7 in favor of the measure. Katie Beck, a spokesperson for Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, said that the governor “will review the bill more closely, listen to…


South Dakota Bill Aimed at Protecting Women’s Sports Dies After Gov. Noem, Legislature Clash

A South Dakota bill that would have banned biological males from participating in female sports died on Monday after it was rejected by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem. Noem, a Republican, insisted she did not veto the legislation, but the end result appeared to be the same in a standoff with state legislative leaders. Both South Dakota…


South Dakota Bill Aimed at Protecting Women’s Sports Rejected Over Noem’s Changes

Legislation in South Dakota that would have banned biological males from participating in female sports was rejected by state lawmakers on March 29 after Gov. Kristi Noem had sent the measure back to the legislature with recommended modifications. Noem, a Republican, insisted she didn’t veto the legislation, but the end result appeared to be the…


South Dakota House Speaker Recommending Rejection of Noem’s Proposed Transgender Bill Changes

The speaker of South Dakota’s House of Representatives says he’ll recommend on Monday that the chamber reject proposed changes to a bill aimed at keeping biological males from participating in female sports. “After consulting many legal scholars across the state of South Dakota, it is unanimous that the governor’s proposal is outside of her constitutional…


Appeals Court Rules for Professor in Transgender Pronoun Case

A federal appeals court on Friday reversed a lower court decision, ruling that an Ohio professor’s First Amendment rights may have been violated when his university tried forcing him to refer to a biological male student using female pronouns. A panel on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said philosophy professor Nicholas Meriwether “has plausibly…


Tennessee Governor Signs Bill Banning Transgender Biological Males From Women’s Sports

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed into law a bill that prevents transgender biological male students from participating in women’s and girls’ sports in middle and high schools. Lee completed the final step in the passage of the bill just one day after Arkansas’s governor signed a similar bill. This makes the Volunteer State the third state…