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☆ Judge Blocks Kentucky’s Transgender Care Ban for Minors
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Anna Betts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The NewsA federal judge temporarily blocked part of a Kentucky state law from taking effect that would ban the prescription and administration of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender people younger than 18. The judge said the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in their challenge to the law on constitutional grounds. The preliminary injunction was issued Wednesday afternoon by Judge David J. Hale of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. It comes almost two months after the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky filed a lawsuit on behalf of seven transgender children and their parents. Judge Hale, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2014, said in his ruling that, based on the evidence, the treatments barred by the law “are medically appropriate and necessary for some transgender children” according to major medical organizations.

Persons: Judge David J, Hale, Judge Hale, Barack Obama Organizations: U.S, Western, of, American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Locations: Kentucky, of Kentucky

☆ Judges Block Transgender Care Bans for Minors in Kentucky and Tennessee
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Anna Betts | Emily Cochrane | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Federal judges in two states intervened on Wednesday to temporarily block laws that would ban gender-transition care for minors, the latest instances where legislation targeting transgender people have been halted by the judiciary. The separate rulings in Kentucky and Tennessee came days before key provisions of the laws were set to go into effect, as a wave of legislation aimed at curbing L.G.B.T.Q. rights has cleared Republican-controlled legislatures across the country this year. Several of those laws either remain tangled in legal battles, or have been ruled unconstitutional by federal judges. Most of the bill took effect immediately when it became law this year, but some provisions were set to go into effect on Thursday.

Persons: David J, Hale Organizations: Republican, U.S, Western, of Locations: Kentucky, Tennessee, of Kentucky

ADL's fifth such annual survey showed that reports of online hate and harassment over the last 12 months increased within almost every demographic group. About 52% of the survey responders reported having faced online harassment, compared to 40% in the survey's previous year. "We're confronted with record levels of hate across the internet, hate that too often turns into real violence and danger in our communities," said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, urging tech and social media platforms to do more to tackle online hate. Excluding transgender people, 47% of the LGBTQ+ community respondents reported online harassment. Earlier this month, President Joe Biden warned about "ugly" attacks from "hysterical" people who he said were targeting LGBTQ Americans, especially transgender youth.

Persons: We're, Jonathan Greenblatt, Joe Biden, Kanishka Singh, Ismail Shakil, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Defamation League, Republican, ADL, Facebook, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Washington

☆ States Passed a Record Number of Transgender Laws. Here’s What They Say.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Adeel Hassan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Statehouses around the country this year have been consumed by fights over laws governing transgender people. Seventeen states during their most recent legislative sessions passed restrictions on medical care for transgender people, joining just three other states that passed similar bans in the last two years. A series of other laws passed regulate which bathrooms transgender people can use and whether schools can affirm transgender children’s identities. A federal judge in Arkansas last week struck down that state’s law forbidding medical treatments for children and teenagers seeking gender transitions. Amid the fighting, it’s easy to overlook the text of the laws themselves, which can get clinical very quickly.

Locations: Arkansas, Florida

☆ Landmark Study Shows Higher Suicide Risk for Transgender People
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Azeen Ghorayshi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Transgender people in Denmark have a significantly higher risk of suicide than other groups, according to an exhaustive analysis of health and legal records from nearly seven million people over the last four decades. The study is the first in the world to analyze national suicide data for this group. Transgender people in the country had 7.7 times the rate of suicide attempts and 3.5 times the rate of suicide deaths compared with the rest of the population, according to the records analyzed in the study, though suicide rates in all groups decreased over time. And transgender people in Denmark died — by suicide or other causes — at younger ages than others. “This is beyond doubt a huge problem that needs to be looked at,” said Dr. Morten Frisch, a sexual health epidemiologist at Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen and a co-author of the new study.

Persons: —, ”, Morten Frisch Organizations: Statens Serum Institut, American Medical Association, Republican Locations: Denmark, Copenhagen, United States

☆ Delaware Lawmaker Aims to Be First Openly Transgender House Member
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Ms. McBride, also a former national press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign, the country’s largest L.G.B.T.Q. But she holds ample political capital in the state — helped by her relationship with President Biden, who wrote the foreword for the memoir she wrote in 2018. She also worked on the attorney general campaigns for Beau Biden, his son who died in 2015. A wave of bills in recent years have affected transgender people, like limiting transitioning procedures for children and restricting which bathrooms transgender people can use. They are cruel, and we know that policies that target young people, that target parents, that target families, that target vulnerable people in our society, they never wear well in history.

Persons: McBride, Biden, Beau Biden, MAGA Organizations: Human Rights, New York Times, Congress, Delaware General Assembly, MAGA Republicans Locations: Delaware

[1/3] A nurse prepares to administer the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine under the COVAX scheme against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Eka Kotebe General Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 13, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File PhotoLONDON, June 26 (Reuters) - Several billions of dollars left in a scheme to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the world’s poorest could be diverted to prepare for other pandemics or to support vaccine manufacturing in Africa, the scheme's partners said. The initiative is set to wind up at the end of this year, although some of its work will continue. With demand for COVID-19 vaccines dwindling, the partners are now working out how best to use the remaining cash – a significant sum in global health – alongside the donors who originally pledged it. Another idea that has gained traction is to use some of the money to boost vaccine manufacturing in Africa, Saraka-Yao said.

Persons: drugmakers, ”, Marie, Ange Saraka, Gavi’s, Yao, Melinda Gates, ” Saraka, Gavi, Muhammad Ali Pate, David Marlow, Seth Berkley, Jennifer Rigby, Christina Fincher Organizations: AstraZeneca, Oxford, REUTERS, Tiksa, Gavi, Vaccine Alliance, World Health Organization, WHO, Coalition for, Reuters, Melinda Gates Foundation, Thomson Locations: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa, COVAX, United States, Germany, Nigeria

DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania, June 24 (Reuters) - On May 12, the library coordinator for Pennsylvania's Central Bucks School District sent an email to colleagues that some conservative parents and Christian advocacy groups had long prayed to see. Liberal groups say the effort amounts to censorship and even bigotry, with disproportionate harm to LGBT students and those in other minority groups. Dana Hunter, a Republican and the chair of the school board, said she sought advice from Jeremy Samek, senior counsel at the Independence Law Center and the Pennsylvania Family Institute. "There are things that everybody would agree, including the ACLU, that you shouldn't be giving to kids," said Samek, who does not live in the school district. Dell'Angelo, one of the board's Democrats, said it was wrong to involve groups that oppose LGBT rights in public school policy, and unethical to do so in secret.

Persons: Maia Kobabe, Juno Dawson, curriculums, Tabitha Dell'Angelo, Dana Hunter, Jeremy Samek, Hunter, Dell'Angelo, Samek, Hannah Beier, Leo Burchell, Shannon Harris, Harris, Jonathan Allen, Paul Thomasch, Claudia Parsons Organizations: Pennsylvania's Central Bucks School District, Republican, Liberal, Family Research Council, Independence Law Center, Pennsylvania Family Institute, Reuters, Republicans, American Association of School Librarians, Liberty, Museum, American, REUTERS, American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, U.S . Department of Education's, Civil Rights, U.S, ACLU, Pennsylvania Family, Family Research, Thomson Locations: DOYLESTOWN , Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, U.S, Central Bucks

☆ Mexico City holds mass celebration for same-sex weddings, gender ID changes
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MEXICO CITY, June 23 (Reuters) - Hundreds of same-sex couples and transgender people in Mexico City celebrated weddings and the completion of administrative processes to change their gender on Friday, in a mass ceremony a day before the city's annual gay pride march. Some 120 couples met the requirements to get married under the slogan "Hand in hand, we march with pride," the city government said in a statement. [1/3]A couple kisses during a mass wedding as part of the LGBT+ pride month celebrations in Mexico City, Mexico June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Raquel CunhaIn 2009, Mexico City became the first jurisdiction in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage. Transgender people face many hurdles when they cannot update legal documents such as ID cards to reflect their gender identity.

Persons: Keila Espinoza, Vaneza Garcia, Edgar Mendoza, Raquel Cunha, Sarah Morland, Tom Hogue Organizations: MEXICO CITY, REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Mexico City, Mexico, Latin America, Tamaulipas

☆ A federal judge says Florida's new anti-drag law threatens free speech and can't be enforced, at least for now
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Charles R. Davis | Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A federal judge is blocking enforcement of Florida's new law on drag shows. The judge ruled the language is overly vague and threatens free speech. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill, SB 1438, that he said was designed to protect children from sexually explicit drag shows. The drag law, by contrast, "is specifically designed to suppress the speech of drag queen performers," Presnell wrote, pointing to a bill sponsor's claim that the law would put an end to "Drag Queen Story Time," which entails no sexually explicit content. Presnell's ruling marks the third time this month that a judge has struck down portions of DeSantis' anti-LGBTQ agenda.

Persons: —, Ron DeSantis, Judge Gregory A, Presnell, Bill Clinton, DeSantis, Jeremy Redfern, Brandon Wolf, Walt, Robert Hinkle, Clinton, Nikki Fried Organizations: Service, Florida, Florida Gov, Court, Middle, Department of Business, Miami Herald, Walt Disney World, Democratic Party of Locations: Florida, Orlando, Hamburger, Middle District, Democratic Party of Florida

☆ Starbucks union says workers at more than 150 stores will strike over Pride decor
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Kate Rogers | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Some organized Starbucks stores will strike across the U.S. starting Friday in Seattle after the coffee giant and the union representing baristas publicly clashed over claims that the company was not allowing Pride month decor in cafes. The union, Starbucks Workers United, said more than 150 stores representing nearly 3,500 workers have pledged to join the strikes, which will take place over the next week. Pride month in June," the company said last week, adding that it unwaveringly supports the LGBTQ+ community. Workers United has alleged instances in at least 22 states when workers have not been able to decorate, pointing to social media accounts where workers have documented their claims. The Starbucks workers are also striking over claims that Starbucks is dragging its feet on negotiating contracts.

Persons: baristas, May Jensen, Lynne Fox, Parker Davis, Davis, Bud, Mari Cosgrove, Cosgrove, — CNBC's Amelia Lucas Organizations: Starbucks, Highland, Parade, U.S, Starbucks Workers, Workers United, Partner Resources, CNBC, Target, Workers Locations: Hollywood, Los Angeles, Seattle, U.S, America, San Antonio , Texas, Oklahoma

LONDON, June 22 (Reuters) - Every country in the world will see rates of diabetes rise in the next 30 years without action, according to a new global study. There are currently 529 million people in the world with diabetes, the study led by researchers at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington found. The majority of the cases are type 2 diabetes, the form of the disease that is linked to obesity and largely preventable, the researchers said. For example, prevalence rates are expected to reach 16.8% in North Africa and the Middle East and 11.3% in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2050, compared to an estimated 9.8% globally. The study, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is part of a wider series on diabetes published on Thursday in The Lancet medical journal.

Persons: ”, Liane Ong, Bill, Melinda Gates, Jennifer Rigby, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Institute of Health, University of Washington, Melinda Gates Foundation, Thomson Locations: North Africa, East, America, Caribbean

☆ Ron DeSantis loses in court on anti-transgender healthcare law for the 2nd time in a month as judge rebukes 'dog whistles' from Florida officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A Clinton-appointed judge struck down Florida's Medicaid ban on transgender healthcare. Ron DeSantis' office directed the state's healthcare agency to do an analysis on Medicaid patients who received transition-related medical care. Roughly 12,000 transgender patients in Florida are enrolled in the program, according to Lambda Legal, one of the firms that represented transgender plaintiffs in the case. "Many people with this view tend to disapprove all things transgender and so oppose medical care that supports a person's transgender existence." Hinkle, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton, is the same judge who, earlier this month, blocked portions of a Florida law that aimed to ban transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.

Persons: Clinton, DeSantis, —, Robert Hinkle, Ron DeSantis, Hinkle, Shakespeare, Grisham, Bill Clinton, Omar Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Pagan Organizations: Service, Agency for Health Care Administration, Florida Gov, Lambda, Court, Northern, Northern District of, GOP, Medicaid, Pagan, Health Locations: Florida, Northern District, Northern District of Florida, Charleston , South Carolina

There were 71 cases of the disease - which generally causes fever and muscle pain but can be more severe and even sometimes fatal - last year, mainly in France. The health agency warned at a press conference on Thursday there is an increasing risk of a number of mosquito-borne diseases in the European region, including dengue, zika, chikungunya and West Nile virus, linked to the changing climate and the spread of mosquitoes carrying the viruses. “If this continues, we can expect to see more cases and possibly deaths from diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and West Nile fever," said Andrea Ammon, ECDC director. Aedes aegypti, which spreads diseases including dengue, yellow fever and chikungunya, became established in Cyprus last year and could make further inroads, it said. While the rates of some mosquito-borne diseases in Europe have not risen dramatically in recent years or even fallen slightly, such as malaria and zika, others have seen a "striking" rise, particularly dengue, the ECDC said.

Persons: Andrea Ammon, Aedes, Jennifer Rigby, Jane Merriman Organizations: European Centre for Disease Prevention, World Health Organization, El, Thomson Locations: Europe, France, chikungunya, West, Cyprus, Peru, El Nino

☆ Boycotts rarely work — but anti-LGBTQ+ backlash is forcing companies into tough choices
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Stefan Sykes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

For companies like Target and Disney, it is unclear if boycotts will hit sales. The company said it has not changed any policy on decorations and is encouraging stores to celebrate Pride Month. Despite the mounting headlines and sustained criticism of Bud Light, corporate boycotts are "overstated," and those offended by campaigns tied to Pride Month are in the "minority," Ellis said. Bud Light appears to be an outlierIn April, the brewer ran a March Madness promotion with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who shared a customized Bud Light can on Instagram. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesIt isn't just Bud Light — brands across the board are facing calls to boycott their goods or services.

Persons: Gene Kim, Bud Light, Anson Frericks, Starbucks baristas, Sarah Kate Ellis, Ellis, Dylan Mulvaney, Brendan Whitworth, — Alissa Heinerscheid, Daniel Blake —, Bump Williams, Busch, Frericks, Bud, Marcel Marcondes, Marcondes, Justin Sullivan, Jack Daniel's, Lawrence Glickman, Glickman, baristas, hasn't, Disney isn't, Ron DeSantis, Lindsey Roeschke, Brayden King, King, David Cliff, Nurphoto Organizations: Anheuser, Busch, Target, Disney, Starbucks, Pride Month, Target's, Pride, GLAAD, Mulvaney, CNBC, Gay, Chamber, Commerce, Cannes Lions International, Creativity, Brands, Kohl's, Nike, Adidas, Ford, Associated Press, American Studies, Cornell University, Consumer, Walt Disney Co, Florida Gov, Brand Intelligence, Morning, Northwestern University, Getty Locations: U.S, America, San Francisco , California, Oklahoma, Florida

☆ Elon Musk says terms like 'cisgender' and 'cis' are now considered 'slurs' on Twitter in his latest anti-trans statements
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk said terms like "cisgender" and "cis" are now considered "slurs" on Twitter. It isn't clear if Musk's statement represents an official Twitter policy. The words 'cis' or 'cisgender' are considered slurs on this platform." In another tweet, he added: "The contemptible creep that manufactured the term 'cis' has serious problems. In April, Insider conducted a test that found Twitter was limiting the visibility of some tweets sent via direct messages when words like "trans," "transgender," or "intersex" were used.

Persons: Elon Musk, me, Musk, Twitter Organizations: Twitter

☆ Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Law Banning Gender Transition Care for Minors
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Rick Rojas | Emily Cochrane | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A federal judge in Arkansas on Tuesday struck down the state’s law forbidding medical treatments for children and teenagers seeking gender transitions, blocking what had been the first in a wave of such measures championed by conservative lawmakers across the country. The case had been closely watched as an important test of whether bans on transition care for minors, which have since been enacted by 19 other states, could withstand legal challenges being brought by activists and civil liberties groups. It is the first ruling to broadly block such a ban for an entire state, though judges have intervened to temporarily delay similar laws from going into effect. In his 80-page ruling, Judge James M. Moody Jr. of Federal District Court in Little Rock said the law both discriminated against transgender people and violated the constitutional rights of doctors. He also said that the state of Arkansas had failed to substantially prove a number of its claims, including that the care was experimental or carelessly prescribed to teenagers.

Persons: Judge James M, Moody Jr, “, ”, Moody, Barack Obama Organizations: Court Locations: Arkansas, Little Rock

June 20 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday struck down an Arkansas law prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming care including puberty blockers, hormones and surgery to transgender minors, a victory for families that had sued to challenge the law. Moody had last year blocked enforcement of the law in a preliminary order while he considered the case. Arkansas in 2021 became the first U.S. state to ban gender-affirming care for minors. The measures have been challenged in court, and have so far been fully or partially blocked in states including Oklahoma, Arkansas, Alabama, Indiana and Florida. Reporting By Brendan Pierson in New York, Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi and Sandra MalerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: James Moody, Moody, Dylan Brandt, Brandt, Tim Griffin, Griffin, Asa Hutchinson, Brendan Pierson, Alexia Garamfalvi, Sandra Maler Organizations: District, American Civil Liberties Union, Republican, Thomson Locations: U.S, Arkansas, Little, . Arkansas, Oklahoma , Arkansas , Alabama, Indiana, Florida, New York

☆ Immediate access to gender-affirming hormone therapy eases distress, depression, suicidal thoughts for transgender adults, research finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Giri Viswanathan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Prompt access to hormone therapy can be a key tool in improving the mental health of transgender people, according to new research. The researchers also found a clinically significant decrease in depression, with over a 50% reduction in suicidality among study participants who didn’t have to wait to start hormone therapy. Nolan’s team examined the impact of accessible testosterone therapy on the mental health of 64 transgender adults who were seeking treatment to become more masculine. Gender-affirming hormone therapy like this is considered “medically necessary” by the World Professional Organization for Transgender Health’s Standards of Care. The researchers also found less suicidal ideation among the fast-tracked group: Thoughts of suicide resolved in 11 – or 52% – of the people receiving immediate testosterone therapy who had indicated suicidal ideation on their initial screening.

Persons: ”, Brendan Nolan, Nolan’s, “, ” Nolan, Nolan, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, endocrinologists, we’ve Organizations: CNN, Endocrine Society, University of Melbourne, American Psychiatric Association, Transgender Survey, World Professional Organization, Transgender Health’s, Care, CNN Health Locations: United States

☆ A majority of Republicans now say same-sex relations are immoral after a year of 'groomer' attacks on the LGBTQ community
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Only 41% of Republicans say gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable, according to Gallup. In the survey conducted last month, just 41% of Republicans said that gay or lesbian relations are morally acceptable, a 15% drop from 2022. Independents who say same-sex relations are morally acceptable has remained steady in recent years, with 73% expressing approval in 2023 compared to 72% the year before, according to Gallup. Americans have come a long way since 2001, when just 40% of respondents to the same poll expressed approval of same-sex relations. Approval of gay and lesbian relations hit a record high last year, when 71% of Americans told Gallup that such relations were morally permissible — including 56% of Republicans.

Persons: —, Biden Organizations: Gallup, Service, Republican, Republicans, Independents, Fox News, White

☆ Trump repeatedly celebrated the inclusion of transgender women in his beauty pageant
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Andrew Kaczynski | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Years before he said he was running for president to “defeat the cult of gender ideology,” Donald Trump welcomed and praised the inclusion of transgender women in the Miss Universe pageant. He then later effusively praised the winner of the Miss USA pageant, Olivia Culpo, for saying that transgender women should be allowed to compete. Transgender contestant Jenna Talackova takes part in Miss Universe Canada competition in Toronto, May 19, 2012. Mark Blinch/ReutersTrump, then the owner of the Miss Universe pageant, would go on to cite the possible participation of transgender women in Olympic sports to justify his decision to end a ban on transgender pageant participants. “And you have the Miss Canada, which is essentially the Miss Universe.

Persons: ” Donald Trump, Jenna Talackova, effusively, Olivia Culpo, Mark Blinch, Reuters Trump, Trump, ”, he’d, That’s, Culpo, “, ” Culpo, Trump . Donald Trump, David Becker, –, ” Trump, Talackova, Gloria Allred, Michael Cohen, Cohen, Laura Ingraham, Carrie Prejean, Shanna Moakler, Donald Trump, Lucas Jackson Organizations: CNN, Miss Universe, Trump, Miss USA, Miss Universe Canada, Reuters, Republican, White, Trump ., Miss, Hollywood, Getty, Fox, Friends, Trump Organization, Olympics, Fox News, Miss California USA, Miss Universe Organization, GLAAD, Mr Locations: Canadian, Toronto, Las Vegas , Nevada, Canada, Miss Canada, United States, New York

He warned that contaminated medicines could still be found for several years, because adulterated barrels of an essential ingredient may remain in warehouses. Cough syrups and the ingredient, propylene glycol, both have shelf-lives of around two years. Unscrupulous actors sometimes substitute propylene glycol with toxic alternatives, ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol, because they are cheaper, several pharmaceutical manufacturing experts told Reuters. The WHO said it has also offered help to Liberia and Cameroon – which recently signalled that it too may have contaminated cough syrups for sale. The contaminated syrups in Liberia were made by India's Synercare Mumbai, according to the Nigerian regulator.

Persons: Rutendo Kuwana, Kuwana, –, syrups, Naresh Kumar Goyal, QP Pharmachem, India's Synercare, Synercare, It's, Jennifer Rigby, Krishna N.Das, Edward McAllister, Stanley Widianto, Sumit Khanna, Sophie Yu, Sara Ledwith, Michele Gershberg Organizations: World Health Organization, WHO, Reuters, Pharmaceutical, Marshall, Indonesian, –, PT Universal Pharmaceutical Industries, AFI, Pharmaceuticals, Marion Biotech, Maiden Pharmaceuticals, Thomson Locations: LIBERIA, CAMEROON, Liberia, Nigeria, Gambia, Uzbekistan, Micronesia, Indonesian, – Timor Leste, Cambodia, Senegal, Philippines, Cameroon, syrups, Marshall Islands, India's Synercare Mumbai, Nigerian, Liberian, India, Panama, Delhi, Dakar, Jakarta, Ahmedabad, Beijing

☆ Judge Mostly Blocks Indiana Ban on Transition Care for Minors
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Families of transgender children sued to block the law, saying that it would have put transgender youth at immediate risk of unwanted changes to their bodies, which would have lifelong consequences. Their lawyers noted that major medical organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, support gender-transition care and have said that bans pose serious mental health risks to young people, infringing not only on their rights but also on the rights of doctors and parents. At least 17 states have passed laws this year banning or severely limiting transition care for minors as Republicans have made restrictions on transgender people a legislative focus. Still, supporters of transgender rights have had success countering those laws in the courts. Judge Hanlon, who heard arguments on the injunction on Wednesday in a wood-paneled courtroom in downtown Indianapolis, was appointed to the Federal District Court by President Donald J. Trump.

Persons: Kenneth J, Falk, Judge Hanlon, Donald J, Trump Organizations: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, Federal, Court Locations: capitols, Indianapolis

Greg Abbott signed a law Thursday barring transgender college athletes in the state from competing in sports that align with their gender identity – expanding a 2021 law that banned transgender students in K-12 Texas school districts and some charter schools from doing the same. Abbott framed Senate Bill 15, titled the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” as designed to protect female athletes from unfair competition. The new law, which takes effect September 1, allows individuals to sue institutions that allow trans athletes to compete on teams that align with their gender identity. Proponents of such restrictions have argued transgender women have a physical advantage over cisgender women, and that the regulations give female athletes equal opportunities to compete. However, there is little research on trans collegiate athletes.

Persons: Greg Abbott, Abbott, “, ”, ’ –, Marti Bier Organizations: CNN, Texas Republican Gov, Sports Medicine, Texans, Texas Freedom Network, GOP Locations: Texas, Alabama

☆ People are getting fired up about Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino's 'Enter Twitter 2.0' announcement
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Linda Yaccarino made her first big announcement as Twitter CEO on Monday. She spoke about the importance of free speech and added: "Enter Twitter 2.0." Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino made her first big announcement on Monday, and people are getting fired up over it. Her comments provoked a number of Twitter users, many of whom mocked Yaccarino's statement, to question what "Twitter 2.0" actually means. And Yaccarino's reference to free speech comes since researchers say Twitter has seen increased levels of hate speech.

Persons: Linda Yaccarino, Yaccarino, Elon Musk, Musk, — Dr, Bucky, —, Twitter Organizations: Elon, NBC, Twitter

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