r/transgender

"The F.B.I. believed the child was kidnapped by a transgender parent to potentially undergo gender transition surgery, according to court filings." Note: NYT regularly publishes anti-trans content. Archive here: https://archive.ph/FnoK9#selection-4737.35-4737.65

“The Missouri House passed a bill on Monday that would punish cities, public schools and other government entities that fail to prevent transgender people from using restrooms and other sex-specific spaces that don’t align with their sex assigned at birth.

“The bill, sometimes referred to as a ‘bathroom bill,’ is the latest action by Republican House lawmakers targeting transgender people, after it passed an indefinite ban on transgender athletes competing in school sports according to their gender identity and banned gender-affirming care for minors earlier this legislative session.

“If passed by the Senate and signed by Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe, people could sue public entities for failing to take steps to prohibit a person from using a restroom or changing room that doesn’t align with their sex assigned at birth.”

“Rep. Becky Laubinger, a Park Hills Republican, said she introduced the bill after a constituent relayed that he observed two people he believed to be transgender leaving a bathroom after his daughter entered.”

“Laubinger further justified the bill with a high-profile incident at the Kansas City International Airport, where airport employee Teriosi Ludwig allegedly recorded over 60 women using an all-gender bathroom between Jan. 16 and March 12.”

“Republican Kansas City Councilman Nathan Willett proposed removing at least half of the airport’s all-gender bathrooms last month in response to Ludwig’s alleged crimes.”

“Nine states currently ban transgender people from using bathrooms and facilities consistent with their gender identity in all government buildings, according to the Movement Advancement Project, a progressive think tank.

“Earlier this year, Kansas joined the growing list of states restricting bathroom access, and it is one of five states where the ban applies to some private settings.

“Another seven states restrict transgender people from using bathrooms consistent with their gender identity at public schools and some government-owned buildings, and another five ban access just for public K-12 schools.”

Link to site that is known for publishing anti-trans content. This article is not that, though. Archive link: https://archive.ph/U6iwO

“The state education commissioner has struck down policies enacted by the Massapequa and Locust Valley school boards requiring students to use either the bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond with their biological sex or gender-neutral facilities.

“The commissioner, Betty A. Rosa, issued the ruling on Monday in response to an appeal from the New York Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the parents of a transgender Massapequa student. In her ruling, she ordered the districts to allow students to use the facilities that ‘most closely align’ with their gender identity.

“Board members are ‘public officers who 'take an oath of office to uphold the law and faithfully discharge their duties,' Rosa said in her ruling. ‘... Respondents’ conduct — disregarding state law to deprive students of the dignity to which they are entitled — did not satisfy these obligations.’”

“The Massapequa school board in September adopted a resolution requiring students use bathrooms and other facilities that ‘correspond with the students’ sex as defined under Title IX and federal law.’

“At a later meeting, the school board voted to have the district's superintendent, William Brennan, ‘enforce and carry out all of the requirements’ of the resolution.”

“In her ruling, Rosa wrote that when the student learned of the new policy, the child ‘immediately started crying’ and ‘quickly began feeling [thoughts of killing herself].”

“The Locust Valley school board adopted a similar policy in October. Rosa wrote in her ruling that she added the district to the appeal as a ‘related party.’

“Both districts had been barred from enforcing their new regulations while Rosa decided the appeal.

“The districts have filed suit against the state, arguing they have been put in an ‘impossible position’ due to conflicting state and federal rules concerning transgender students.”

“A proposal to ban transgender female student athletes from participating in girls’ sports in Washington has failed for the second year in a row. 

“Administrators for the state’s school districts voted last week on a range of amendments to the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association’s guidelines. The gender participation amendment failed to reach the 60% needed to pass, with 29 members of the WIAA’s representative assembly in favor and 24 against.

“Even if it had passed, the proposal would not have been implemented as the WIAA has said it violates state law.”

“The proposal, brought forward by Lynden School District, had two fewer votes in favor this year than when first proposed last year. It asked the WIAA, a private, rulemaking body for high school sports in the state, to restrict girls sports to only “students whose biological sex is female,” and replace boys sports with an open category for any student-athlete who wants to participate.”

“A well-funded group within Washington disagrees with the WIAA, too. Let’s Go Washington, a conservative group led by hedge-fund manager Brian Heywood, collected enough signatures to get two initiatives on the ballot for the November general election. One would prevent transgender girls from competing in girls’ sports and would require girls to get a form signed by a medical professional affirming their biological sex before playing sports at school.”

The Southern Poverty Law Center calls the investigation politically motivated as civil rights groups warn it could chill efforts to track extremism.

“Authorities said they have a person of interest in the 2020 murder of a transgender woman in Pompano Beach.

“At a news conference held Tuesday morning, detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Homicide Unit said they are seeking information from the public to make an arrest and ensure justice for Bree Black and her loved ones.

“Investigators said the person of interest was involved in a physical fight with the victim two or three days before she was shot and killed outside of her home during a block party on July 3, 2020.

“‘This person of interest was known to Bree,’ said BSO Homicide Unit Detective Andrew Gianino. ‘We believe that this physical altercation was the motive for the shooting.’

“Authorities said, the person of interest in currently in a Florida prison for an unrelated violent crime and is known to have been involved in other violent incidents.”

“Detectives said they are looking to speak with anyone who may be familiar with the firearm used in Bree’s murder, may have witnessed the fight that took place before the incident, or was at a party with Black on the same night she was shot.”

“Officials urge anyone with information to contact Gianino at 954-321-4376 or submit a tip through the SaferWatch app. Those who wish to remain anonymous may contact Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477), online at browardcrimestoppers.org, or dial **TIPS (8477) from any cellphone in the U.S. You may be eligible for a reward of up to $10,000, due to an additional reward of up to $5,000 being offered by the Florida Sheriffs Association Criminal Apprehension Program.”