BISMARCK — After contentious debate over several bills related to gender identity and sexuality during the 2023 legislative session, North Dakota lawmakers are again considering regulation related to ...

Demonstrators march to the Alabama Capitol on Feb. 5 in Montgomery, Ala., to protest bills that would impact transgender people. Several other GOP-led states are considering similar bills this year ...

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) renewed her criticism of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday as the Supreme Court heard arguments over whether states can enforce sex-based rules in school sports. In ...

Senate Republicans are backing a bill that defines two biological sexes, defines gender as biological sex, and adds new regulations for state prisoners and birth certificates. Critics say the bill's ...

The chamber passed amended House Bill 1181, which recognizes a person's gender in the North Dakota Century Code as their biological sex. Rep. Karen Anderson, R-Grafton, speaks on House Bill 1181, ...

Opponents of Montana’s narrow definition of sex throughout state law say it’s easy to illustrate the problem with the new definitions outlined in Senate Bill 458, passed in 2023. In a new lawsuit ...

State Republican lawmakers in Michigan have introduced a bill that would amend the state’s penal code to classify gender-affirming health care for transgender youth as first-degree child abuse.

Eight years after a failed "bathroom bill" set off a political firestorm in Texas, LGBTQ advocates and hardline conservatives had been closely following a new attempt to mandate that people use the ...

Texas passed a bill defining "man" and "woman" based on reproductive systems, impacting state records and becoming the 14th state with such a law. Supporters say the law protects women's rights, while ...

Debra M Haak receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Canadian Bar Association Law for the Future Fund, and the Queen's University Faculty Association Fund for ...