In the middle of the night, the Texas Senate approved a bill strictly defining man and woman based on reproductive organs on a 20-11 party line vote. The bill has already passed the House and will go now to the governor's desk.
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Last month, Texas became the largest state to block transgender people from updating the sex listed on their driver’s licenses and birth certificates.
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The Department of Public Safety and the Department of State Health Services are no longer following court orders to update someone's sex on driver's licenses and birth certificates. Transgender Texans and advocates say this could put their community at greater risk of being denied certain services and threaten their safety.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating whether Katy ISD’s gender fluidity policy discriminates against students on the bases of sex and disability.
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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating whether the controversial policy discriminates against students on the bases of sex and disability. The policy requires district administrators to notify students’ parents or guardians if they identify themselves as transgender or ask to be addressed by pronouns that do not align with their gender at birth, while allowing teachers to refuse such requests.
Catching up on my back issues of Nature. Editorial by @PaisleyCurrah caught my eye.
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