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Month: March 2021

Transgender rights in the spotlight as Arkansas and Tennessee become latest states to pass anti-trans legislation

LGBTQ advocates are warning that the influx of anti-transgender legislation being proposed in many states will harm trans and nonbinary youth. Twenty-eight states are considering anti-trans bills, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The bills put forth this year predominantly fall into two categories: removing trans girls’ ability to participate in girls’ sports,

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South Dakota’s governor issues executive orders banning transgender athletes from women’s sports

South Dakota’s Republican Gov. Kristi Noem banned transgender girls and women from competing on women’s sports teams at public high schools and colleges via a pair of executive orders issued Monday. The move came after Noem angered conservatives by killing a bill that would have created a similar prohibition. In a news release explaining her

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