On Thursday, the Department of Justice sent letters to all 50 of the nation's State Attorney's General reminding them of federal constitution and statutory provisions protecting transgender youth against discrimination.
AZ Governor Ducey signed two controversial bills banning trans girls from playing sports and a parent’s right to seek gender reassignment surgery for their child.
LGBTQ advocates and transgender youth in Arizona continue to push back against 13 bills that been introduced in the Legislature this session. These bills, whether they are passed or not, can negatively affect transgender youth and their mental health.
Insisting that boys are boys and girls are girls, Arizona lawmakers are moving to block state agencies from giving a third option for those who identify as neither. HB2294 would put in statute that any document issued by a state agency, board, commission or department that now is required to indicate an individual’s sex may .