Virginia Republicans renew push to ban transgender athletes from women’s sports
For the fourth year in a row, Virginia Republicans have introduced legislation in the General Assembly that would ban transgender athletes from participating on sports teams that align with their gender.
Gov. Youngkin, GOP lawmakers push for transgender sports ban in Va.
Republican lawmakers gathered on Wednesday to support legislation that would bar transgender students from participating in school sport teams inconsistent with their biological sex.
Virginia Senate committee shelves Gov. Youngkin-backed bill on transgender students
Gov. Youngkin, A.G. Miyares, and several other lawmakers gathered with Riley Gaines to announce their support for a new bill "protecting women's sports."
Republican bill would ban transgender girls from high school sports in California
A GOP bill banning transgender girls from playing high school sports could cause conflicts around California even if it fails in the state Capitol.
Why two Texas Democrats voted with Republicans to ban transgender athletes
Two South Texas Democrats in Congress joined all House Republicans on Tuesday in voting to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports from elementary school to college. U.S.
Legislation to bar transgender women from women's sports in Virginia fails first test
A push to ban transgender women from participating in women’s sports – an issue pressed hard by President-elect Donald Trump during his campaign last year – failed in its first General Assembly test.
US Supreme Court to hear dispute over LGBT books in Maryland school district
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by religious parents to keep their children out of classes in a ...
'My partner hid and secretly waved off my ship': LGBT veteran monument revealed
When Lt Cdr Duncan Lustig-Prean was serving in the Navy, he became accustomed to hiding who he was from his colleagues. He ...
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Virginia High School League: Current transgender policy fits needs of member schools
Amid new legislation in the Virginia General Assembly prohibiting sport participation based on gender identity, the Virginia ...
The lawyer risking everything to defend LGBT rights
According to the country's penal code, both men and women found guilty of homosexual sex can be sentenced to up to five years ...
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LGBT veterans hope financial redress scheme will be revealed
Veterans who suffered mistreatment in the armed forces under the “gay ban” are hoping details of a financial redress scheme could finally be revealed to them this week. Under the ban which ...
Memorial for LGBT veterans to be built at National Memorial Arboretum
The memorial will take the form of a crumpled letter made of bronze, made up of words from evidence of personnel who were ...