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EEOC rolls back workplace protections for LGBTQ employees
The EEOC has withdrawn its 2024 guidance that expanded workplace harassment protections for LGBTQ workers and women who have abortions, citing overreach.
Supreme Court lets Trump block transgender people from choosing passport sex markers
The Supreme Court allowed President Trump’s administration to enforce a policy blocking transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers that align with their gender identity.
Missouri Supreme Court hears arguments over banning gender affirming healthcare for youth
The parents and children impacted by Missouri’s ban on youth gender affirming healthcare stood before the state’s highest court to argue their case.
Trump asks Supreme Court to enforce sex marker passport rules
The Trump administration asks the high court to allow passports with only male or female markers, sparking a legal fight over transgender and nonbinary rights.
Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for kids
The Supreme Court upholds Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, marking a major shift in transgender rights and equal protection law.
Missouri Supreme Court rules against transgender student in discrimination case
The state’s highest court has ruled against a transgender high school student in his discrimination case against his school district. Two of the court’s justices filed dissents in the case.
Supreme Court rejects student’s ‘only two genders’ T-shirt appeal
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of a Massachusetts student who was barred from wearing a T-shirt to school proclaiming there are only two genders.
EEOC seeks to drop transgender bias cases, citing executive order
Signaling a major shift in civil rights enforcement, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has moved to dismiss six of its own cases on behalf of workers alleging gender identity discrimination, arguing that the cases now conflict with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, court documents say.
Missouri Supreme Court hears case where trans teen sued school district for discrimination
Missouri’s highest court heard oral arguments in a case where a teenager sued his school district for prohibiting him from using the restrooms or locker rooms associated with his gender.
Some providers are dropping gender-affirming care for kids even in cases where it’s legal
In Missouri and North Dakota, health systems and advocates blame provisions in the laws that would make it easier to sue doctors and their employers for injuries related to the treatment, even many years later.
Lawsuit over Kansas IDs would be a ‘morass’ if transgender people intervene, AG says
The Republican attorney general in Kansas is arguing that a legal morass would result if transgender Kansas residents are allowed to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to force the state to list their sex assigned at birth on their driver's licenses.
Families sue to block Missouri’s ban on gender-affirming health care for kids
Families of transgender children on Tuesday sued to block a new Missouri law banning gender-affirming health care for minors from taking effect as scheduled on Aug. 28.
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