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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has vacated a preliminary injunction that required Oregon prison officials to begin placement reviews for transgender women with a presumption in favor of housing consistent with their gender identity.…
A federal court has dismissed the ACLU of Indiana’s challenge to Senate Enrolled Act 480, the state law that bars puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgeries for transgender people under 18 while allowing some of the same treatments…
Federal, New York, Pennsylvania
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced agreements with NYU Langone and UPMC that it says require the health systems to stop providing puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgeries as gender-affirming care to minors. DOJ says NYU will…
MaineCare has told providers to continue gender-affirming services as usual while Maine prepares state-only coverage and billing guidance. The state says Maine law requires coverage of medically necessary treatment related to gender dysphoria and bars discrimination based on…
Federal
Associated Press reports that some Democratic candidates and officials are stepping back from support for transgender girls and women participating on girls’ and women’s sports teams. The shift is appearing in federal and statewide campaigns as Republican attacks…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has heard a renewed challenge to Kappa Kappa Gamma’s decision to admit a transgender woman to its University of Wyoming chapter. The dispute asks whether the private sorority’s governing…
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger has confirmed that her administration ended a Board of Health rulemaking effort that sought to restrict transgender students’ participation in sports and access to bathrooms and locker rooms. The state’s official regulatory docket records…
Colorado, Federal
During a contempt hearing over Children’s Hospital Colorado’s continued denial of gender-affirming medical care to minors, hospital counsel disclosed a second federal investigation into the hospital’s services. The underlying class action includes transgender adolescents who were or will…
Olympus Spa has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review its challenge to Washington’s public-accommodation protections after the women-only spa denied entry to a transgender woman. The petition has been docketed, but the Court has not agreed to…
Colorado voters are set to decide two measures that target transgender young people: one would restrict participation in school sports, and another would ban gender-affirming surgery for minors. Neither proposal is current law. Their placement on the ballot…
Federal
A new federal release of school civil-rights data omitted nonbinary enrollment figures and information about bullying tied to gender identity that had previously been collected. The removal makes it harder for families, advocates, and researchers to see where…
The U.S. Justice Department has sued Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools over guidance used to support transgender students. Federal officials argue that handling some student gender-identity information confidentially conflicts with parental-access laws; the district disputes the allegations and…