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Anne Arundel Schools Rewrite Gender Identity Rules Under Federal Pressure
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…
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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…
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In a 6–3 decision on June 30, 2026, the justices allowed West Virginia and Idaho to bar transgender girls and women from female school…
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