transgender rights
Tennessee House Vote, Leaked Ukraine War Documents, Biden Transgender Proposal
Rep. Wes Allen, sponsor of the House version of the bill, speaks during debate at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery on Thursday. Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP hide caption
State Rep. Kera Birkeland, a Republican high school basketball coach who led Utah's efforts to ban transgender girls from youth sports, addresses a crowd of supporters on the steps of the Utah State Capitol on Friday in Salt Lake City. Samuel Metz/AP hide caption
The Arizona House of Representatives gathers during a legislative session on April 6, 2011, in Phoenix. Matt York/AP hide caption
This photo illustration taken on July 14, 2021, shows the Clubhouse app icon on a mobile phone screen. The social audio app announced Wednesday it will not be attending this year's SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, given the controversies surrounding the state's transgender laws. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Ricardo Martinez, CEO of Equality Texas, center, and Adri Perez, ACLU of Texas policy and advocacy strategist, listen to Emmett Schelling, executive director for the Transgender Education Network of Texas, speak at a rally in support of transgender children and their families outside a hearing at the Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday. Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman/via AP hide caption
South Korean army Sergeant Byun Hui-su speaks during a press conference on Jan. 22, 2020, in Seoul. A South Korean court has ruled that the military unlawfully discriminated against Byun, the country's first known transgender soldier, by discharging her for undergoing gender reassignment surgery. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption
Sonia Doe, pictured here, reached a settlement with the New Jersey Department of Corrections that will make it standard for the state to assign prison stays to a person based on their gender identity, not the sex assigned at birth. The ACLU New Jersey hide caption
A new public survey reflects Americans' "mixed views" on trans issues, Gallup says, as people said athletes should compete based on the sex listed on their birth certificates. Here, protesters march against a bill restricting transgender girls from sports teams in Pierre, S.D., in March. Toby Brusseau/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign hide caption
Madison Kenyon (left), who is cisgender, runs track and cross-country at Idaho State University. She supports Idaho's transgender sports ban. Lindsay Hecox (right) is transgender and hopes to make the women's track and cross-country teams at Boise State University. Alliance Defending Freedom; Joshua Roper/American Civil Liberties Union hide caption
Dr. Rachel Levine during her confirmation hearing in February. In an NPR interview Thursday, Levine questions state measures limiting transgender rights. Tom Brenner/Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Rachel Levine: Transgender Health Care Is An Equity Issue, Not A Political One
Aimee Stephens' Supreme Court case is over the question of whether employers can fire workers for being transgender. "We're not asking for anything special. We're just asking to be treated like other people are," Stephens told The Detroit News last year. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
Demonstrators hold signs in support of trans equality outside the White House on Monday. The Trump administration is reportedly considering defining "sex" in a way that would restrict civil rights protections to transgender Americans. Tasos Katopodis/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption