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September 19, 2023

Massachusetts adopts new sex education guidelines for schools, moves to be more inclusive of LGBTQ+ community

Massachusetts education leaders adopted new sexual education guidelines for public schools that are being praised by LGBTQ+ supporters.

September 1, 2023

Indiana school district to appeal transgender bathroom decision, has AG support

Indiana AG Todd Rokita is backing a local school district in its appeal request to restore school policies requiring students to use facilities based on their biological sex

September 1, 2023

Kansas officials shouldn’t be forced to keep changing transgender people’s birth certificates, judge says

Republicans in Kansas argued state officials should not be required to change official birth certificates to reflect the new genders of transgender people — a federal judge just agreed.

August 17, 2023

Critics slam federal court for blocking Idaho law barring biological males from girls' and women's sports

A federal court ruled against two Idaho college track athletes who are fighting to keep a law that bans biological men from playing on women's sports teams on the books.

August 16, 2023

Rachel Levine praises gender clinic pushing biological sex revisionism, referring to moms as 'egg producer'

Health and Human Services' Admiral Rachel Levine praises an Alaskan gender clinic promoting biological sex revisionism, including striking out the term 'mother.'

August 10, 2023

CNN fact-checked by Community Notes for report that transgender patients 'have no regrets' about 'top surgery'

CNN was fact-checked by Community Notes after it cited a study that claimed "[t]ransgender and nonbinary patients have no regrets" after they receive "top surgery."

August 2, 2023

Woman born via sperm donor finds out she has 65 half siblings spread throughout the country

A young woman born via sperm donation recently discovered she has 65 half-siblings living all over North America who were conceived from the same donor father.

August 1, 2023

NBC mocked for saying it's 'impossible to change your race’: ‘Same people say gender is a social construct’

Experts weighed in on the 'race change' trend on TikTok and discredited the belief one could change their race, because of 'systemic inequalities.'

July 31, 2023

Five Florida school employees accused of not reporting student's sexual assault

Five employees of a south Florida school district, including a principal, face charges after allegedly failing to report the assault of a then-15-year-old student.

July 21, 2023

Hawaii health officials call for action as syphilis cases rise

The Hawaii Department of Health warned this week that expanded screening and treatment are crucial steps to address an increasing rate of syphilis cases there in women and newborns.