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Ames adds gender identity protections as state lawmakers seek to limit local civil rights expansion
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (230+ words) The Ames City Council passed an'ordinance'Tuesday prohibiting discrimination in'employment, housing and'education based on an individual's gender identity.'It comes about a year after the state removed gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, which sparked some cities to adopt…...
Reynolds proposes a bill to block local governments from protecting civil rights not included in Iowa code
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (106+ words) Gov. Kim Reynolds has introduced a bill (HSB 664) to prevent local governments from having different civil rights protections than the state. Last year, she signed a law removing gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. That ended state-level protections…...
Supreme Court appears likely to uphold state bans on transgender student athletes
4+ week, 1+ day ago (238+ words) The conservative majority on the Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state bans banning transgender girls and women from team sports at publicly funded schools. Twenty-seven states have those bans. NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg reports on the court's…...
Trump's push to end transgender care for young people opposed by pediatricians
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (906+ words) Dr. Kade Goepferd watched the Trump administration's moves on Thursday to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth with "a mix of sadness and frustration." Goepferd, who is the founder of Children's Minnesota Gender Health Program, says that for the medical…...
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz to announce moves to ban gender-affirming care for young people
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (244+ words) The Trump administration is expected to announce several moves Thursday that will have the effect of essentially banning gender-affirming care for transgender young people, even in states where it is still legal. Makary and Bhattacharya are also expected to make…...
Egypt and Iran object to playing in a Seattle 'Pride' match in next year's World Cup
2+ mon, 22+ hour ago (597+ words) Officials in Egypt and Iran are protesting the scheduling of a FIFA World Cup match between the two teams next June in Seattle, where local organizers had planned Pride festivities around the match. Both Middle Eastern countries are culturally conservative....
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (207+ words) Levine told NPR that it was an honor to serve the American people as the assistant secretary for health "and I'm not going to comment on this type of petty action." NPR asked HHS who made the change and why....
U.S. bishops officially ban gender-affirming care at Catholic hospitals
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (776+ words) U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. From a Baltimore hotel ballroom, the bishops overwhelmingly…...
'Lockdown was illuminating': Tim Robbins reflects on the origins of 'Topsy Turvy"
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (82+ words) "Things that I had held sacred or had held as truths were challenged," Robbins says of the pandemic. His new play is about a chorus that loses its ability to sing together after COVID isolation. 'Lockdown was illuminating': Tim Robbins…...
Supreme Court declines to revisit gay marriage decision
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (245+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case challenging its landmark decision to legalize gay marriage nationwide. The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses…...