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‘Shocking’: What Supreme Court ruling on transgender policy means for California students
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (663+ words) Advocates for transgender youth vowed to keep fighting Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked " at least temporarily " a California policy protecting the privacy of transgender students in K-12 schools. The court ruled in favor of a group of parents near San…...
Unfiltered Minds: A Mental Health Open Mic
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (79+ words) Looking for something real to do in San Diego? Join Madina with Mental Health Madina PLLC on March 3 at 4888 Convoy St, join us for Unfiltered Minds " a community open mic centered around mental health, personal growth, and honest conversation. This…...
Rady Children's to continue providing gender-affirming care, judge rules
2+ week, 6+ day ago (499+ words) Rady Children's Hospital will continue to provide so-called "gender-affirming care" for patients under 19 years of age, a judge ruled Wednesday, amid what the medical provider says are escalating threats from the Trump administration to cut off Medicare and Medicaid funding....
A daughter reexamines her own family story in 'The Mixed Marriage Project"
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (456+ words) Almost a decade after her father's death, legal scholar Dorothy Roberts still had 25 boxes of his research that she had yet to sort through. When she moved from Chicago to Philadelphia, she brought the boxes " and finally opened them. Roberts…...
Parents of trans kids ask: Does California really protect our rights?
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1467+ words) On Friday evening, California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against the state's largest children's health provider. The complaint accused Rady Children's Health in San Diego of taking steps to illegally terminate gender-affirming care for transgender youth. News of…...
California AG sues Rady Children’s over decision to end gender-affirming care program
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (326+ words) California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a'lawsuit'against Rady Children's Hospital over its decision to end gender-affirming medical care for patients under the age of 19. Bonta argues the hospital's decision violates California law and legally binding conditions tied to Rady's…...
Rady Children's will stop providing gender-affirming care
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (315+ words) S2: Thanks. Always a pleasure. S1: Jade , Always glad to have you on. So. S1: And I know you all held a town hall last night with families. S1: Do you have any sense of how many youth are impacted by this decision. S1: Hmm....
Attorneys for Escondido school gender identity lawsuit appeal to Supreme Court
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (166+ words) A class-action lawsuit stemming from gender identity policies at an Escondido middle school could be heading to the U.S. Supreme Court. Two Escondido Union School District teachers first sued the State of California in 2023 over district policies that required them to…...
San Diego judge blocks California schools' 'parental exclusion policies"
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (411+ words) A San Diego federal judge has blocked California school policies prohibiting teachers from sharing students' preferred gender identities with their parents. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez granted summary judgment on Dec. 22 in the case originally filed by two teachers from Rincon…...
19 states sue HHS over a move that could curtail youth gender-affirming care
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (504+ words) NEW YORK " A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a declaration that could complicate access to gender-affirming care…...