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A transgender advocacy group in Arkansas said it condemns president's stance on LGBTQ+ rights, calling policies harmful to ...

A Republican push to bar transgender Missourians from changing the sex on their birth certificates was briefly debated ...

Texas House Bill 3399 would ban medical providers from prescribing certain medications and performing certain medical ...

Democratic state lawmakers, worried about federal efforts to limit transgender and abortion rights, want to amend the state ...

The California governor — widely expected to be a 2028 candidate — described the transgender issue as a ‘devastating’ one for ...

Fighting transgender ideology was part of the “common-sense revolution” advocated by President Donald Trump during his ...

An attempt to offer an amendment to provide teachers a process through existing grievance procedures before having civil ...

Republican state Sen. Mike Cierpiot of Lee’s Summit, said birth certificates reflect “facts on the day you were born." His bill is inspired by a case where a transgender student sued the Blue Springs ...

Sen. Tommy Tuberville slams Democrats' opposition to the bill protecting women's sports, saying they learned nothing from ...

Arizona’s state senate president says an activist for transgender youth plagiarized his testimony in opposition to the state's Save Women's Sports Act.

A bill to ban transgender athletes from participating in intercollegiate sports passed the House of Representatives on ...