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Advocacy groups have called 2021 a record-breaking year for anti-transgender legislation.

Patrick E. Kelly, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus. / Knights of Columbus. New Haven, Conn., Jun 11, 2021 / 18:08 pm (CNA). For the first time in 20 years, the Knights of Columbus on Friday installed a new Supreme Knight, Patrick E. Kel...

Exclusionary laws banning transgender youth from team sports are not only unsportsmanlike, they’re also rooted in falsehoods, says this trans journalist.

Tempers seem to run high whenever trans athletes – and trans women in particular – make headlines for whatever reason. Opinions, accusations and speculations fly, with large parts of the popular...

Politicians in several states have proposed laws, and some have been passed.

/ The debate on whether transgender females should be allowed to play womens sports has become increasingly politicized. One transgender athlete and researcher is forging a middle ground with science.

If a competitor or someone else calls an athletes sex into question, that student must submit to a genetic test, a testosterone level test, or an examination of their "reproductive anatomy" by a healthcare provider and submit a statement from that provider to the school, according to the bill language. The legislation also allows any student who feels a transgender girl has deprived them of an athletic opportunity to sue their school for damages, including for any "psychological, emotional, ...

This mentality is hurting our kids I overheard some parents talking on our school playground after school this week. One was saying that their child’s teacher wasn’t doing enough to get her child caught up (behind due to COVID-19). The other was sharing that their child’s teacher thought the child might have a hearing problem and she told the teacher to have the district test her. My neighbor told me the other day that her son’s teacher sent home work to do with her child because he isn...

In U.S., conservatives on offense over transgender youths Today 04:39 am JST Today | 06:28 am JST WASHINGTON On soccer fields, in locker rooms and even at the doctors office, the rights of U.S. transgender youths have become a political lightning rod, with dozens of recent bills attempting to dictate their fate in conservative states. "Its devastating to think that someone that doesnt know me is telling me how to live my life," said Dylan Brandt, a 15-year-old from Arkansas, ...

Close Five Republican state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would ban transgender students in Pennsylvania from playing women’s sports, the latest in a nationwide wave of legislation advocates say risks the health of trans children and adults. KALIM BHATTI / The Philadelphia Inquirer Group of GOP lawmakers seek to ban Pa.’s transgender student athletes from playing women’s sports By Colin Deppen Spotlight PA Apr 6, 2021