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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from military service on Tuesday, the latest in a string of legal setbacks for his sweeping agenda. Related Articles National Politics | Trump fires 2 Democrats on the Federal Trade Commission, seeking more control over regulators National Politics | Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients National Politics | Judge...

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Iowa’s governor signs a bill removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code

By HANNAH FINGERHUT, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that opponents say will expose transgender people and other Iowans to discrimination in all aspects of daily life. The new law, which goes into effect July 1, follows several years of action from Reynolds and Iowa Republicans to restrict transgender students’ use of such spaces as bathrooms and locker rooms, and their participation on sports teams, in an effort to protect people...

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Veto overridden: Ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect in North Carolina

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM (Associated Press/Report for America) RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Transgender youth in North Carolina lost access Wednesday to gender-affirming treatments after the Republican-led General Assembly overrode the Democratic governor’s vetoes of that legislation and other bills touching on gender in sports and LGBTQ+ instruction in the classroom. GOP supermajorities in the House and Senate enacted — over Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto — a bill barring medical professionals from providing hormone therapy, puberty-blocking drugs and surgical gender-transition procedures to anyone under...

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