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At least 11 states have adopted laws barring transgender girls and women from girls’ and women’s bathrooms at public schools, and in some cases other government facilities.
Twelve states regulate transgender bathroom use in schools, government buildings or both, according to the Movement Advancement Project. The issue first attracted national attention in 2016, when ...
These laws will be in the spotlight this week as the US Supreme Court hears oral arguments on December 4 in a case that challenges Tennessee’s ban on transgender care for minors.
A bathroom bill is the common name for legislation or a statute that denies access to public toilets by gender or transgender identity. Bathroom bills affect access to sex-segregated public facilities for an individual based on a determination of their sex as defined in some specific way, such as their sex as assigned at birth, their sex as listed on their birth certificate, or the sex that ...
Bans on gender-affirming care have been criticized as governments interfering with the patient-doctor relationship and taking away healthcare decisions from parents and families for their children. [388] [389] State level bans on gender-affirming care in the United States have led some families with transgender children to move out of their states.
Several states, including Alabama, Arizona, Missouri, Texas, and Louisiana, have enacted laws that restrict or outright ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors. These bans typically prevent access to puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and in some cases, gender-affirming surgery for individuals under 18.
Beyond bathroom bans, half of U.S. states have now restricted or banned transgender youth from playing in school sports on teams consistent with their gender identity, while 26 states have banned ...
On November 18, 2024, Nancy Mace introduced a bathroom bill in the US House of Representatives to ban transgender people, and specifically newly elected member Sarah McBride, from using bathrooms other than those of their sex assigned at birth. Two days later, U.S. House speaker Mike Johnson declared that Mace's ban was being ushered in. [1]