New NORC/LA Times poll shows support for protecting trans access to medical care & 77% think politicians use trans as a distraction
“The state’s claim that this was an ‘emergency’ because it could not enforce an unconstitutional statute was utterly absurd”
Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors & restrictions for adults are also wrapped up in a legal challenge in a federal court
The groups say without this policy 5756, districts open to legal liability & students and families may believe their schools are not safe
Republican officials in Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida, and South Carolina have directed schools to ignore new Title IX rules
Slightly more than 75% of trans youth live in 40 states passed laws or had pending bills that restrict access to gender-affirming care
One of the defendants was state Superintendent Ryan Walters, the most vocal advocate of outlawing school bathroom use by gender identity
The policy includes requests by students to use a name that “differs from their legal name or pronouns that don't align with their birth sex"
In a statement, the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Anthony Kern, R-Glendale, accused Hobbs of “abandoning God” with her veto
HB 183 would require Ohio K-12 schools & colleges mandate students only use bathroom or locker room that matches their sex assigned at birth
