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Supreme Court blocks law against schools outing transgender students to their parents in California

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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for California schools to tell parents if their children identify as transgender without getting the student’s approval, granting an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group. Related Articles Democrats’ newfound unity faces a test after US and Israeli strikes on Iran In a first as president, Trump says he’ll attend the White House correspondents’ dinner Supreme Court preserves only GOP-held congressional district in New York City for...

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

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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

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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

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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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