11th Circuit Rules Against Trans Exclusions, Citing Biden Title VII Guidance

The ruling out of the 11th Circuit is a surprising one given its recent history of anti-trans rulings.

Erin In The Morning
Arkansas Teen, Attorney General File Federal Lawsuit Over Title IX Transgender Protections

The top lawyers for Arkansas and Missouri on Tuesday announced the filing of a lawsuit with four other states, including Nebraska, against the U.S. Department of Education’s change to Title IX that, among other things, codifies protections for LGBTQ+ students. The federal rule, announced in April, protects students and school employees from sex-based discrimination, requires schools to offer support for people who make complaints, sets guidelines for schools and includes transgender students in the law’s protections. It is expected to go into effect Aug. 1.

Omaha Daily Record
Alabama challenges Biden's Title IX updates

Alabama is resisting the expansion of Title IX protections to encompass gender identity and sexual orientation.

Alabama Political Reporter
DeSantis says Florida will challenge Title IX transgender protections

The new rules say the 1972 law to protect women's rights in schools also applies to sexual orientation and gender identity. Gov. Ron DeSantis says, "We will not comply."

WFSU News
Observable 2.0: Data exploration platform has a new architecture around webapps with precompiled extracted data
https://observablehq.com/blog/observable-2-0
#visualization #development #observable #dashboard #bostock #data #+
Announcing Observable 2.0

Launch of Observable 2.0: an open-source tool for building data apps and dashboards with a seamless developer workflow and optimal user experience.

Observable
Teens and Doctors Appeal Ban on Gender-Affirming Care to the Supreme Court

Advocates in Tennessee are asking the high court to block a ban on healthcare for minors, and a similar petition from Kentucky is expected soon.

Jezebel

Remember how all those "serious" political analysts kept telling us that Roe was law and that any concern we had about it was hysterics?

Then there was #Dobbs, there's #Mifepristone still on the chopping block; conservatives want to bring back "dress like your gender" laws (#DragBans), and they are going after no-fault divorce.

Get ready.

#USPolitics #NoFaultDivorce #Bostock

https://jezebel.com/conservatives-are-coming-for-no-fault-divorce-1849366745

Conservatives Are Coming for No-Fault Divorce

After the fall of Roe, right-wing media have been ratcheting up their rhetoric against no-fault divorce. Expect policy to follow.

Jezebel

The Texas Observer reports on Tx Dep't of Agriculture's new dress code: ”Employees are expected to comply with this dress code in a manner consistent with their biological gender" [sic] & will face "corrective action" if they don't.

This is literally what the Supreme Court held violated Title VII in #Bostock. In 2020! In a Gorsuch opinion! I know the #RuleofLaw is in tatters, but seriously . . .
https://www.texasobserver.org/sid-miller-department-agriculture-dress-code-transgender/
@TexasObserver @oconnell #transphobia #LGBTQIA+ #Texas #SCOTUS #trans

Ag Commissioner Sid Miller’s New Transphobic Dress Code

An April 13 memo from the Department of Agriculture welcomes “Western wear” but requires employees to dress according to “biological gender.”

The Texas Observer

11th Circuit created a circuit split in #trans #BathroomBill case - the en banc decision in Adams v. School Bd. of St. Jones Cnty. case ruled the law was constitutional.

This is a direct conflict with several circuits, including 4th (Grimm v. Gloucester Cnty. School Bd.) and 7th (Whitaker ex rel. Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School Dist.) and likely conflicts with #SCOTUS ruling in #Bostock. Expect a Supreme Court ruling next year.