A Mississippi high school is facing backlash after a Facebook post celebrating its 2026 salutatorian deadnamed the transgender student and appeared to digitally alter his appearance.

The post, published Sunday by D'Iberville High School in Biloxi, congratulated salutatorian Jonas Hole with the caption, “Pride. Tradition. Excellence. Congratulations to our DHS Salutatorian,” before…

A new Colorado law will seal name-change records for minors, protecting the privacy of transgender youth who change their names.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, signed Senate Bill 18 into law on Monday. In Colorado, residents must petition a court to officially change their names. Under the new law, which takes effect July 1, courts are required to keep those requests private for…

Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill that would bar schools from requiring students to use transgender teachers’ preferred honorifics. The GOP-backed bill under consideration in the state House would stop educators from requiring preferred honorifics in the classroom.

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