Transgenderism

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Judge tosses out girls’ complaint against Connecticut transgender sports policy

Apr 26, 2021

By CNA Staff

Four female athletes in Connecticut are appealing a court ruling that dismissed their legal challenge to the state’s transgender sports... Read more

New Justice Department official opposed Little Sisters of the Poor in contraceptive mandate case

Apr 22, 2021

An Obama-era Justice Department official with a history of pro-abortion and pro-transgender statements was confirmed to a top position at... Read more

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Biden administration appeals to keep transgender mandate in place

Apr 20, 2021

The Biden administration is appealing to keep in place a mandate that doctors and hospitals provide gender-transition surgeries, regardless of... Read more

More states pass bills aimed at protecting women’s sports

Apr 16, 2021

State legislatures of West Virginia and Kansas recently passed bills restricting participation in women’s sports to one’s biological sex and... Read more

Amazon pulls transgender-critical book before relisting it

Apr 14, 2021

The online retail giant Amazon delisted another book critical of transgender ideology, before apparently relisting it for sale on Wednesday... Read more

Arkansas legislature overrides veto of gender-transitioning ban

Apr 6, 2021

The Arkansas state legislature voted on Tuesday to override a veto by Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) of a bill prohibiting... Read more

Arkansas legislature passes ban on gender-transitioning for children

Mar 31, 2021

Arkansas is set to ban gender-transitioning procedures for children, including the use of cross-sex hormones, surgeries, and puberty-blocking drugs.  Read more

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Court allows professor to challenge university’s transgender pronoun mandate

Mar 30, 2021

A federal appeals court has allowed a philosophy professor to sue a public university in Ohio after he faced disciplinary... Read more

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Stand with women athletes against transgender ideology, groups ask South Dakota governor

Mar 29, 2021

As South Dakota’s governor has proposed changes to a transgender sports law, conservative organizations are asking her to abandon her... Read more

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ADF implores South Dakota governor to reconsider veto of transgender sports bill

Mar 22, 2021

The group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is criticizing South Dakota’s governor for “gutting” a bill prohibiting transgender athletes from playing... Read more

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Amazon says its ban of transgender-critical book was due to updated content policy

Mar 12, 2021

Amazon says it stopped selling a transgender-critical book because of its framing of “LGBTQ+ identity as a mental illness.”  Read more

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How a new executive order would promote gender ideology and silence free speech at schools

Mar 11, 2021

By Matt Hadro

A new executive order could promote gender ideology in public and some private schools while affecting both the privacy of... Read more

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States consider restrictions on gender transitioning, transgender participation in girls’ sports

Mar 5, 2021

Lawmakers in Mississippi and Alabama have been debating bills concerning children who identify as transgender.  Read more

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Doctors, hospitals, fight 'transgender mandate' in federal court

Mar 4, 2021

By CNA Staff

Doctors can’t be forced to perform gender-transition surgeries against their conscientious beliefs, argued attorneys for doctors and hospitals on Wednesday... Read more

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Senate confirms nominee who supported transgender athletes' participation in women's sports

Mar 1, 2021

The Senate on Monday voted to confirm President Biden’s nominee for education secretary, who had supported males identifying as transgender... Read more

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Amazon faces questions over removal of transgender-critical book

Feb 26, 2021

By Kate Scanlon

Online retailer Amazon is still facing questions several days after it removed a book critiquing the transgender movement.   Read more

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Female athletes can’t be silent when forced to compete with males, attorney argues

Feb 26, 2021

By Matt Hadro

Girls cannot be silent when forced to compete against biological males in athletics, one attorney argued on Friday.  Read more

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House passes Equality Act, which bishops warned would ‘punish’ religious groups

Feb 25, 2021

By Matt Hadro

The House on Thursday passed the Equality Act, a bill that the U.S. bishops have warned would trample religious freedom... Read more

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HHS nominee won’t say if parents can refuse child’s gender transitioning

Feb 25, 2021

By Matt Hadro

A nominee for assistant health secretary on Thursday wouldn’t say if government officials can intervene when parents refuse their child’s... Read more

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Education Department reverses stance on Connecticut’s transgender athlete policy

Feb 24, 2021

The Department of Education (ED) on Tuesday reversed its previous opposition to Connecticut’s policy of allowing biological males to play... Read more