When America’s first law banning “gender transition procedures” for minors was passed in Arkansas last year, it spawned a wave of similar legislation. But legislative proposals in a dozen other states withered on the vine, while the Arkansas law faced an immediate court challenge that temporarily blocked the law from taking effect in July 2021….
‘Wild Ride’ Begins With Court Clash Over First US Law To Ban Child Transgender Surgeries
Gender Ideology Is a ‘Cultural Wrecking Ball’ Striking at Heart of the Family: Expert
Gender ideology is a Marxist theory meant to destroy the family by turning children against their own bodies and often against their parents and dissolving basic categories, such as male and female, that humans use to navigate the world, a researcher said in a recent interview. Jay Richards is the director of The Heritage Foundation’s DeVos…
Pennsylvania State Senators to Pitch Parental Rights Protection Act in Upcoming Hearing
October 13, 2022
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From potty training to high school graduation, it used to go without saying that parents had ultimate authority over how to raise their own children. Parents impart nutritional and health habits such as limiting sugar and setting a bedtime. Parents teach social, emotional, and religious values such as how to treat people with respect or…
Lawsuit: Woman Illegally Fired for Opposing Gender-Altering Treatments
October 13, 2022
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A Michigan health care system is accused of wrongfully firing a health care worker who held “religious beliefs about gender and sexuality that are contrary to its agenda,” a federal lawsuit says. As The Epoch Times reported last week, former physician assistant Valerie Kloosterman had attempted to avoid suing her former employer, University of Michigan Health-West…
Republican Senators Warn DOJ Not to Police Speech Against Transgender Surgeries on Children
October 12, 2022
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Senate Republicans are warning Attorney General Merrick Garland not to target Americans who speak against transgender surgeries on children the way his department did to parents protesting at school board meetings. In a letter sent on Tuesday to Garland, a group of five senators said they remain concerned that he would repeat a pattern played…
Dispute Over ‘Correcting’ Sex on Transgender Birth Record Heads to Ohio Supreme Court
October 12, 2022
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Some Ohio counties would have rubber-stamped Hailey Adelaide’s request to change an official birth record “sex marker” from male to female. But Adelaide, who was born with obvious male anatomy but has lived as a female, lodged the request in a county where officials believe state law gives them no authority to alter that aspect…
Protests Erupt in Southern California Over ‘Transing’ Children
October 10, 2022
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As thousands of doctors gathered at the Anaheim Convention Center in Orange County, Calif., over the weekend, mounting tensions erupted outside between transgender rights groups and protesters opposed to the “transing” of children. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) held its convention Oct. 7–11 in Anaheim, while parental rights groups and a handful of dissenting AAP…
‘Dysconnected’ Documentary Explores Roots of Transgender Explosion
October 9, 2022
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As the father of three girls, California filmmaker and author Don Johnson set out in his latest documentary to uncover the truth about the transgenderism movement, what’s behind it, and why it’s affecting so many young people, especially girls. The film, “Dysconnected: The Real Story Behind the Transgender Explosion,” tells the story of three detransitioners—those…
Top Medical Center to Pause Transgender Surgeries on Minors After Backlash
A top medical center in Tennessee is pausing the removal of breasts and other procedures that it says were performed on transgender youth in recent years. The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) disclosed the pause in a letter to a state representative on Oct. 7. VUMC doctors have performed breast removals and other surgeries for…
Federal Law Does Not Exempt LGBT Employees From Bathroom, Dress Code, Policies, Judge Rules
October 7, 2022
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A federal judge in Texas struck down a federal guidance exempting LGBT employees from workplace policies on bathroom use, dress codes, locker rooms, and pronoun usage. A U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) policy document from June 2021 overreached in its interpretation of the Supreme Court’s ruling forbidding employment discrimination based on sexual preference and…
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