Maine’s Secretary of State announced that a trans sports ban will not appear on the ballot this year after questions about signature gathering resulted in thousands of petitions being tossed out.

“Citizen initiatives are direct democracy. Just as we take voting security seriously, we take petition integrity seriously,” said Secretary of State Shenna Bellows.

“Unfortunately, some…

A Virginia school board settled a legal dispute last week with two students who sued after they were suspended for their treatment of a trans classmate.

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In March 2025, the Loudoun County School Board suspended three boys for filming a transgender student using the male locker…

Nearly half of the states in the country want to check what’s in your pants before you can use the bathroom. Two make using the facilities in line with a person’s gender identity a crime.

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Twenty-one states ban transgender people from using the bathrooms that align with their…