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Missouri Appeals Court Sides With Transgender Student in Discrimination Case

BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) — A $4.2 million verdict that jurors ordered a Missouri school district to pay a transgender student is under consideration again. The Western District Missouri Court of Appeals found last Tuesday that a judge erred in …

Virginia Family Sues School System for $30M Over Student’s Sexual Assault

A teenager and her parents have filed a $30 million lawsuit against a northern Virginia school system, saying the district failed to adequately investigate and tried to cover up her sexual assault by a male student in a high school …

New Hampshire House Kills Bill to Make Schools Tell Parents About Transgender Kids

A bill that would have required school officials to disclose to inquiring parents that their child is using a different name or being referred to as being a different gender was defeated Thursday in the New Hampshire House. The bill …

Arkansas Lawmakers Send Governor Trans Care Malpractice Bill

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas House sent the GOP governor a bill Wednesday to make it easier to sue doctors who provide gender-affirming treatment to minors, moving to effectively reinstate the state’s blocked ban on such care. The …

Court to Rehear Challenge to Connecticut’s Transgender Athlete Policy

A federal appeals court has reinstated a challenge to Connecticut’s policy of allowing transgender girls to compete in girls high school sports, two months after a three-judge panel upheld the rules. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New …

Transgender Worker Sues New Hampshire Employer Alleging Bias in Health Plan

A transgender woman in New Hampshire filed a discrimination complaint Friday against the manufacturing company where she works as a machinist, challenging its exclusion of gender-transition health coverage. The complaint against Barrington-based Turbocam, which makes parts for the HVAC, automotive, …

Trial Begins Over Arkansas’ Ban on Trans Youth Healthcare

The nation’s first trial over a state’s ban on gender-confirming care for children begins in Arkansas this week, the latest fight over restrictions on transgender youth championed by Republican leaders and widely condemned by medical experts. U.S. District Judge Jay …

Children’s Hospitals Harassed Over Transgender Care Programs

Doctors and other staffers at Boston Children’s Hospital are being threatened with violence over its surgical program for transgender youths, administrators said, and other U.S. children’s hospitals are also being harassed online. Boston Children’s is home to the first pediatric …

Transgender Workers’ Rights Widened in Court’s Disability Ruling

Transgender workers will gain broadened legal protections in the wake of a recent federal appeals court decision that gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Many transgender people suffer from gender dysphoria, which describes the distress caused …

Maine Rights Panel Finds Senior Facility Discriminated Against Transgender Woman

Maine’s human rights panel has ruled in favor of a transgender woman who complained that she was discriminated against when she was denied a room by an assisted living facility. The Maine Human Rights Commission voted 3-2 on Monday that …