Brooke Migdon

The Supreme Court granted a request by Idaho’s attorney general on Monday to lift a lower court’s temporary injunction preventing the state from enforcing its felony ban on gender-affirming care for minors. The justices granted Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s (R) request to narrow a December district court order blocking the state’s ban in its entirety, allowing the...

Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday rejected a proposal to ban transgender student-athletes from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity, calling the Republican-led legislation “hateful and discriminatory” and part of a broader attack on transgender rights nationwide. “I am vetoing this bill in its entirety because I object to codifying discrimination...

The American Civil Liberties Union sued the state of Ohio Tuesday over a law set to take effect next month that bans gender-affirming medical care for minors. Ohio lawmakers in January overrode Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of legislation barring transgender minors from accessing treatments including puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy and surgery. DeWine in December said the consequences...

LGBTQ advocacy groups are decrying Tulsa County District Attorney Stephen Kunzweiler's announcement that no criminal charges will be filed in connection with the death of Nex Benedict, an Oklahoma high school student who died a day after a fight broke out in the girls’ bathroom at their school. Kunzweiler said in a statement Thursday that...

The Department of Education said Friday that it is opening an investigation into the death of Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old Oklahoma high school student who died one day after getting into a fight in the girls bathroom at school, where they were allegedly bullied for months over their gender identity. The department’s Office for Civil...

Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) on Wednesday announced it was investigating a holiday-themed drag show in South Florida. It said the department had received “multiple complaints” alleging a Dec. 26 performance of Drag Fans’ “A Drag Queen Christmas” was “sexually explicit” and “marketed to children.” “The Department is actively investigating this matter,...