Iraq's new law criminilising consensual same-sex relations and other private consensual behaviour runs contrary to several human rights treaties and conventions ratified by Iraq, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and ...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Monday sued the Biden administration over new federal nondiscrimination protections for transgender students. The Education Department this month finalized a set of sweeping changes to Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools and education programs that receive federal funding, after more than a year…
The Cass Review, led by an independent consultant pediatrician, Dr. Hilary Cass, over a four-year period, stresses the importance of considering this phenomenon within the context of poor mental health and emotional distress affecting the broader adolescent ...
A bill aimed at furthering restrictions on discussions of "gender identity or sexual orientation" in public schools is progressing in the Alabama legislature, passing the state House on Tuesday. Current law states that classrooms in kindergarten through the fifth grade "shall not engage in classroom discussion or provide classroom instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards." The bill would expand this restriction to eighth grade and prohibit flags symbolizing sexual orientations or gender identities in K-12 schools.
COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s education chief is telling school districts to disregard new federal Title IX regulations issued by the Biden administration. In a letter to district boards and superintendents Tuesday, state Education Superintendent Ellen Weaver called the rule change “deeply troubling,” arguing it could violate state and federal law and will likely be challenged […] The post SC Education Superintendent instructs schools to disregard new Title IX rules appeared first on SC Daily Gaze
The Alabama House of Representatives Tuesday approved a major expansion of the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law after a two-hour debate. HB 130, sponsored by Rep. Mack Butler, R-Rainbow City, would expand the limitations on teachers addressing sexual orientation and gender identity, currently banned in kindergarten through fifth grade instruction, to kindergarten through eighth grade. […] The post Alabama House approves expansion of state ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law appeared first on Alabama Reflector.
“Resist Gender Education echoes the UK Health Secretary’s demand. The teaching of gender identity beliefs in New Zealand schools must stop now,” says Hickson.
The Women’s Rights Party is calling on the Ministry of Health to ban the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for children and young people experiencing gender-related distress. In March the National Health Service England banned the ...