Three transgender seniors at Pine-Richland High School, near Pittsburgh, have sued their school district over passage of a regulation passed last month that forces them to use the restrooms associated with the gender they were assigned at birth. Previously the district had allowed transgender students to use the restroom corresponding to their gender identity.
Yesterday I shared the terrible news out of Birmingham, AL, where one transgender woman was shot and killed on Friday and another was shot in the face during a home invasion on Monday.
There are updates to both stories.
A transgender woman from High Point, NC was found shot to death in a Birmingham, AL motel this past Friday. She was then misgendered and dead-named by police and the news media.
Police Sgt. Bryan Shelton said investigators have no motive or suspect information.
Pope Francis was flying back to Rome from a papal visit to Georgia and Azerbajan when a reporter asked "given his firm denunciation of gender theory, how he could minister to Catholics who suffered from gender dysphoria."
Leon (FL) Circuit Court Judge Karen Grievers has ordered the Florida Department of Health to change the gender marker on the birth certificate of a 15-year-old Ft. Lauderdale transgender boy.
The Wall Street Journal shares the news that gender affirmation surgery is becoming more available as more hospitals provide the procedure and more insurance comapanies provide coverage.
Judge Algenon Marbley is a US District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio who was appointed to the position by Bill Clinton in 1997.
On Monday Judge Marbley rejected the Highland Local Schools case challenging the DoE rule on treatment of transgender students, ordering a transgender girl to be treated "like the girl she is."
A panel of three judges from the Georgia Court of Appeals will be deciding whether or not transgender Georgians have the legal right to change their names.
We'll have to wait to see if this actually turns out to be a good story. It started out to be one.
Kenny Cooley transferred to Halifax West High School as a junior. Things didn't go particularly well at his previous school when he came out as transgender. Now a senior, he pushed the boundaries a bit more this year by trying out and making the football team. He plays wide receiver.
Seattle Children Hospital will open a clinic providing care to transgender youth on October 4.
The clinic, which will serve patients up to 21 years of age, will offer puberty blockers, hormone therapy, mental health support, and group discussions.
