School bans Pride flags because they’re a ‘political statement’
A high school in Indiana has ordered teachers to remove Pride flags from their classrooms to “maintain viewpoint neutrality”, and students have slammed the decision. The principal of Pendleton Heights...
View ArticleIndiana’s ‘cruel and harmful’ anti-trans sports bill sent to governor to be...
Indiana lawmakers have sent a “regressive” bill banning trans girls from playing on sports teams matching their gender identity to the governor’s desk. On Tuesday (1 March), the state’s Senate passed...
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Republican governors see sense and break ranks from GOP by vetoing cruel...
Two Republican governors have vetoed trans sports bans, departing from GOP leaders in other states who signed similar laws. Indiana governor Eric Holcomb and governor Spencer Cox of Utah vetoed bills...
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Cruel efforts to stop trans people accessing bathrooms struck down in...
Judges in Indiana and Tennessee have struck down anti-trans bathroom measures. A federal judge on Tuesday (17 May) struck down a Tennessee law that would have required businesses with trans-inclusive...
View ArticleFearless non-binary teen wins prom king in full drag: ‘I left everybody...
An 18-year-old drag queen was named prom king at an Indiana school and left their classmates gagged. Cristian Hernandez, who posts on TikTok under the user name hotboycristian, told NBC News that they...
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Indiana becomes 17th state to ban trans athletes as Texas resumes attacks on...
Republican lawmakers in Indiana have overridden the GOP governor’s veto of a bill banning trans students from competing in girls’ and women’s school sports. Governor Eric Holcomb vetoed the measure in...
View Article‘Threatening’ parents force school to cancel ‘gender-bending’ Robin Hood play
An Indiana school has cancelled a queer-inclusive student play about Robin Hood after parents complained. Carroll High School cited “safety concerns for the students involved” as a reason for axing...
View ArticleIndiana governor signs cruel bill forcing teachers to out trans kids to their...
Indiana’s Republican governor Eric Holcomb has signed a bill that would require schools to ‘out’ pupils to their parents if the child requests a name or pronoun change at school. Holcomb signed the...
View ArticleJudge blocks Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth
A federal judge has issued an order blocking an Indiana ban on reversible puberty blockers and hormones for trans young people from taking effect. The ban was scheduled to take effect on 1 July, but a...
View ArticleFederal appeals court upholds ruling on bathroom access for Indiana trans...
A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that trans students in Indiana have the right to use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals judges ruled...
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Supreme Court rejects appeal request in transgender student bathroom ban case
The United States Supreme Court has turned down a request to hear a case centered around transgender students and the bathrooms they use. Martinsville school district in Indiana had appealed to the...
View ArticleRepublican who voted to ban trans healthcare now wants kids to drop out of...
An Indiana Republican who voted to ban gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth has now introduced a bill allowing children to drop out of school and work full-time on farms. State representative...
View ArticleIndiana bans healthcare for trans youth effective immediately, court rules
The Seventh Court of Appeals has lifted an injunction blocking Indiana’s gender-affirming healthcare ban on 27 February, allowing the ban to take place immediately. Senate Bill 480 prohibits medical...
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