April Haus, Inc. joined the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF), Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic, and Athlete Ally in submitting a comment on the Biden Administration's proposed rule changes to Title IX, urging the Biden Administration to ensure that transgender, nonbinary, and intersex students have access to the lifesaving power of sports. Read the full comment here.
Montana governor signs law to define 'sex' as only male or female — "Medical professionals say the laws also ignore that some people are born as intersex . . . [and] is an attempt to erase trans, nonbinary and two-spirit people from the code, thereby removing the rights, privileges and considerations that trans, nonbinary and Two-Spirit people would have under the law." Read more.
More than 200 people submit opponent testimony against bill to limit health care for LGBTQ youth — “Parents who are struggling with the most personal, complicated, and sensitive decisions regarding their children should not have to deal with legislative interference . . . Gender-affirming care is supported by every major medical organization in the United States." Read more.
The nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group joins others in warning people about visiting Florida — "The advisory highlights policies DeSantis has signed into law like new restrictions on gender-affirming treatments for transgender minors, drag shows, bathroom usage and which pronouns can be used in school." Read more.