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Feb 23, 2021
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Arkansas Condemns Bills Targeting Transgender Arkansans
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Arkansas today condemned proposed bills targeting transgender Arkansans, including a proposal by Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge to ban ...
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LGBTQ Rights
Feb 22, 2021
South Dakota House Committee Votes to Advance Discriminatory Bill to Prevent Transgender Females from Competing in Sports
Today, in an 11-2 vote, the House State Affairs Committee voted to advance House Bill 1217, legislation that would ban transgender women and girls from competing on the sports team...
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LGBTQ Rights
Feb 19, 2021
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Responds to Gloucester County School Board Taking Gavin Grimm’s Case Back to the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ today responded to the Gloucester County School Board’s request to the Supreme Court to again take up Gavin Grimm’s case. The ...
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LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
Feb 12, 2021
State of Alabama Appeals Federal Ruling Allowing Transgender People to Change Gender Markers on ID
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Today, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed the state’s appeal in a lawsuit over requirements for changing gender markers on state driver’s license...
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LGBTQ Rights
Feb 11, 2021
North Dakota House Lawmakers Advance Bill to Prevent Transgender Athletes from Competing in Sports
Today, House lawmakers voted to advance a discriminatory bill targeting transgender student athletes.
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of North Dakota opposes House Bill 1298, legislation that would ban t...
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LGBTQ Rights
Feb 10, 2021
North Dakota House Committee’s Do-Pass Recommendation on House Bill 1298 is Discriminatory, Harmful to Trans Student Athletes
The House Human Services Committee gave an amended version of House Bill 1298, a discriminatory bill targeting transgender student athletes, a do-pass recommendation.
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of N...
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LGBTQ Rights
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News & CommentaryJul 2025
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Court Strikes Down Nih's Unlawful Termination Of Research Grants On Topics Including Dei And Gender Identity. Explore News & Commentary.Court Strikes Down NIH's Unlawful Termination of Research Grants on Topics Including DEI and Gender Identity
In a sweeping rebuke, a court ruled that NIH’s actions targeting research involving "disfavored" topics and populations were unlawful, arbitrary, and capricious, and therefore void. Ibis Reproductive Health reflects on the harm done — and why this research matters.