Transgender

As North Carolina lawmakers vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes on bills affecting transgender youth, the executive director of Charlotte's Time Out Youth weighs in on the bills' potential impacts.

North Carolina is one of many states where Republicans are pursuing laws that target transgender youth. What's driving this nationwide surge, and why now?

Since 2019, only two trans girls have asked to play women's high school sports in North Carolina. Still, the debate over their inclusion has become passionate and emotional in the legislature.

North Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban doctors from giving puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and transition surgeries to anyone under 18. Trans teens say the measure could do more harm than good.

Transgender residents and their allies gathered in Charlotte on Sunday to honor the memory of transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.

When transgender people are incarcerated, they're often put in prisons that don't align with their gender identity. Some are taking legal action to try to get moved to prisons that match their gender.

A lawsuit filed on behalf of an adult and two minors in federal court says North Carolina’s requirement that transgender people undergo sex reassignment surgery is discriminatory, and not in line with a majority of states and medical organizations. Attorney Omar Gonzalez-Pagan says North Carolina statutes requiring people to have undergone sex reassignment surgery in order to correct a birth certificate is “antiquated.”

Calls for fairness predominated at a North Carolina legislative hearing Wednesday on a bill that would prevent transgender girls and women from competing in organized school sports designated for biologically female athletes.

Trump has reversed Obama-era protections that prohibit discrimination in health care based on gender identity. Critics warn the rule could harm a vulnerable group — LGBTQ people — during a pandemic.

Opponents of the administration's ban on transgender troops say they will be back in court early next week seeking a permanent injunction to block implementation of the plan.