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Judge blocks DOJ bid for Rhode Island hospital transgender care records
A U.S. judge blocked the Justice Department from forcing a Rhode Island hospital to hand over records on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
Trans woman excluded from fencing tournament at UMD, files complaint
A woman filed a civil rights complaint after being excluded from a fencing competition at the University of Maryland, College Park because she is transgender.
Supreme Court rejects Florida school gender-identity policy challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear another bid by parents to sue a public school district over actions by teachers and officials to support the gender identity of students.
Supreme Court rejects Massachusetts school gender-identity policy challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a bid by parents to sue a public school district in Massachusetts over actions by teachers and officials to support the gender identity of students.
Supreme Court to scrutinize preschool program’s protections for LGBTQ parents
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a bid for Catholic entities to be exempted from a Colorado preschool funding program's nondiscrimination requirement.
Supreme Court remade by Trump ushers in historic defeats for civil rights
The Supreme Court that President Donald Trump’s three appointees remade is the first since at least the 1950s to reject civil rights claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities, an analysis found.
Trump administration ends some civil rights settlements backing transgender students
The Trump administration said it was terminating resolution agreements backing transgender students that prior administrations had reached with some school districts.
MD bill to sue conversion therapy providers still has chance to pass
Maryland legislators consider emergency bill allowing LGBTQ+ people to sue conversion therapy providers amid a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the practice.
Supreme Court finds law banning conversion therapy for minors likely violates free speech
The Supreme Court ruled that Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors likely violates free speech, challenging similar laws in nearly 30 states.
Trump signs executive order asking federal contractors to eliminate DEI
President Donald Trump signed an executive order asking federal contractors and their subcontractors to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
Judge to bar RFK move aimed at cutting gender-affirming care for minors
A U.S. judge said he would block an effort by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that would have sharply restricted medical providers from providing gender-affirming care to minors.
West Virginia can ban Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgery, 4th Circuit rules
The 4th Circuit upheld West Virginia's ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgeries, overturning a decision that it violated anti-discrimination protections.
