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Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Review Transgender Military Ban
On Friday, August 28, 2026, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court ruling that barred…
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Where transgender lives meet law and policy: court rulings, state legislatures, executive orders and the agencies that carry them out. I report what the documents actually say, give the context, and present more than one perspective on contested questions.
On Friday, August 28, 2026, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court ruling that barred…
The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles has stopped accepting its Declaration of Gender Change form, which transgender Ohioans used for years to update the…
New Jersey enacted a shield law on August 20, 2026, barring state agencies and courts from assisting out-of-state investigations into reproductive and gender-affirming health…
A fact-based summary of the CMS final rule barring federal Medicaid and CHIP funds from covering most gender-affirming care for minors, effective October 13,…
A federal court vacated the provision of a Trump administration rule that excluded certain gender-affirming care from the ACA's essential health benefits.
On August 19, Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland rewrote the regulation that governs how staff handle a student’s gender identity. The amended…
On Friday, August 14, a divided panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a Justice Department subpoena seeking the records of transgender…
Updated September 24, 2026. This article was first published on August 17, 2026, when the appeal was still pending. It has been rewritten to…
The Supreme Court let states bar transgender girls from school sports. As fall seasons begin, what the ruling changed — and what didn't.
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