Colorado governor signs law protecting LGBTQ+ kids from conversion therapy. Again

On the heels of a court decision that Colorado LGBTQ+ advocates worried weakened protections against so-called “conversion therapy” in the state, a new law signed Monday will codify protections against the widely debunked practice.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, joined elected officials in Denver Monday morning to sign into law HB26-1322, a bill that bans therapists in the state from…

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Appeals court clears path to move trans women into men’s prisons despite sexual assault risk

The Bureau of Prisons could soon relocate transgender women inmates to men’s prisons.

A federal appellate court in Washington, D.C., ruled that 18 inmates failed to make a case that such transfers inherently amount to “cruel and unusual punishment,” reversing a lower court’s decision.

But the ruling still leaves room in the coming weeks for inmates to argue on an individual basis that they…

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Minnesota’s largest pediatric system restarts gender-affirming care for trans minors

Minnesota’s largest pediatric health system is restoring gender-affirming care for minors after a federal judge blocked a Trump administration effort to label the treatment unsafe, reversing a suspension that had disrupted care for families across the state.

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Children’s Minnesota said it…

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