Tag: Transgender
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Federal judges hear arguments over Colorado school district’s gender identity rooming policy
A panel of judges at the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging JeffCo Public School’s policy of assigning students to overnight accommodations on school trips based on gender identity. The lawsuit, filed in 2024, alleged that the policy infringes on parents’ religious freedom by denying them notice or…
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Colorado voters to decide whether to ban gender surgeries for minors
Colorado voters will decide this November whether to prohibit gender surgeries for minors and bar public funding or insurance coverage for procedures that alter children’s biological sex characteristics. The measure qualified for the ballot amid a push by the federal government to halt such surgical procedures and hormonal treatment, a move that has begun to…
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Colorado senators initially push for — then drop ‘identity’ factor in parenting time decisions
The sponsors of a proposal that would require suppression of records in name-change petitions for minors removed a provision that would have mandated the courts to factor in the issue of “identity” when allocating parenting time. In its original form, Senate Bill 018, included a requirement that family courts consider whether parents recognize their child’s…
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Colorado Democrats reignite debate over gender identity in child custody cases
Democratic lawmakers eye reviving a provision related to gender identity in child custody cases that was stripped from a bill signed into law last year. Last session, lawmakers passed House Bill 1312, which dealt with legal protections for transgender individuals. The law included new provisions dealing with name changes on marriage certificates, sex designations on…
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Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors, building on broader Trump administration restrictions on transgender Americans. The sweeping proposals — the most significant moves this administration has taken so far to restrict the use of…
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10th Circuit denies full-court review of trans detainee’s appeal; some GOP appointees dissent
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The members of the Denver-based federal appeals court rejected El Paso County’s request on Tuesday for full-court review of a recent decision reinstating the constitutional rights lawsuit of a transgender detainee. In February, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th…
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Transgender Air Force Academy cadets graduate, but not commissioned amid Trump’s ban
Three transgender senior cadets earned their diplomas from the Air Force Academy on Thursday, but they did not commission as officers with their peers. Hunter Marquez is among the three, earning degrees in aeronautical engineering and applied math and meeting the Air Force’s physical standards for men. The cadets can’t commission because of a U.S.…
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Denver parents of trans child plan to leave country, citing President Trump policies
Denver-area parents Candace and Brandon saw executive actions and other decisions in the early days of President Trump’s second term as an existential threat to their trans child. The pair decided to move to New Zealand to ensure access to gender-affirming care and state-backed gender identity for their child and to avoid other potential persecution.…
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CU Denver to showcase “TRANSformative Stories” about transgender, non-binary individuals | CLASSNOTES
Ruby Sofia Lopez sees being a transgender woman as a political act because living openly challenges long-held societal norms about gender. The 33-year-old Denverite grew up in an immigrant family in a small suburb outside of Chicago. With little exposure to the trans community — aside from watching Laverne Cox on “Orange is the New…