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A First-Of-Its-Kind Count Of Nonbinary Adults Is Crucial To Our Understanding Of LGBTQ Communities

By PBS Newshour July 10, 2021

A nonbinary person next to gender-neutral sign to a bathroom. Photo by Zackary Drucker/Broadly’s Gender Spectrum Collection

There are about 1.2 million LGBTQ adults in the U.S. who are nonbinary, according to a first-of-its-kind study released last week by the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute, a research center that focuses on the intersection of law and public policy, and sexual orientation and gender identity.Read More

The Supreme Court Leaves A Transgender Student’s Legal Victory Intact

By NPR News June 28, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court left in place Gavin Grimm's victory in the lower courts. Steve Helber/AP

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to wade into a major controversy over the use of bathrooms by transgender students, delivering at least a temporary victory to the trans community.Read More

Idaho’s Transgender Sports Ban, Basis For Other States’ Bans, Faces A Major Legal Hurdle

By NPR News May 3, 2021

Madison Kenyon (left), who is cisgender, runs track and cross-country at Idaho State University. She supports Idaho's transgender sports ban. Lindsay Hecox (right) is transgender and hopes to make the women's track and cross-country teams at Boise State University. Alliance Defending Freedom; Joshua Roper/American Civil Liberties Union

Do transgender women and girls have a constitutional right to play on women's sports teams? That question will be argued before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday.Read More

Arkansas Governor Vetoes Ban On Gender-Affirming Care For Trans Youth

By NPR News April 5, 2021

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, pictured in 2019, on Monday said the bill banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth would set "new standards of legislative interference with physicians and parents as they deal with some of the most complex and sensitive matters involving young people." Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, called the Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act, or SAFE Act, "a vast government overreach."Read More

30 States Are Considering Versions Of Idaho’s First-In-Nation Transgender Athletics Ban

By NWPB News April 5, 2021

Chris Mosier, the first known transgender person to qualify for an Olympic trial, joined protesters in Boise, Idaho, to push back against legislation targeting transgender residents. CREDIT: James Dawson/Boise State Public Radio

While states across the U.S. have picked up a version of the bill this year, U.S. District Court Judge David Nye issued an injunction last summer putting Idaho’s law on hold while a lawsuit over the constitutionality of the law plays out. Read More

Pentagon Releases New Policies Enabling Transgender People To Serve In The Military

By NPR News March 31, 2021

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, seen here at the Pentagon last week, announced the military's new policies on Wednesday, International Transgender Day of Visibility. CREDIT: Andrew Harnik/AP

The new regulations provide "access to the military in one's self-identified gender provided all appropriate standards are met," the Defense Department said in a statement, and "provide a path for those in service for medical treatment, gender transition, and recognition in one's self-identified gender."Read More

What Started In Idaho Is Now A National Political Dispute Over Transgender Rights And Youth Sports

By NPR News March 11, 2021

Danbury High School sophomore Alanna Smith at the Connecticut State Capitol on Feb, 12, 2020. Smith is among three girls who sued to block a state policy that allows transgender athletes to compete in girls sports. CREDIT: Pat Eaton-Robb/AP

This year, state legislators have introduced 35 bills restricting transgender girls and women — that is, girls and women who were not assigned as female at birth — from playing on girls' and women's sports teams, according to LGBTQ advocacy group Freedom for All Americans. That's up from 29 bills last year and only 2 in 2019.Read More

NYPD Commissioner Apologizes For ‘Oppressive’ 1969 Raid On Stonewall Inn

By NPR News June 7, 2019

A man walks past New York's Stonewall Inn, site of the 1969 uprising considered the birth of the LGBTQ movement. CREDIT: Mike Segar/Reuters

New York Police Commissioner James O'Neill admitted police actions were "wrong" during the Stonewall riot, a landmark in the LGBTQ rights movement.Read More