Supreme Court will hear challenge to Colorado conversion therapy ban More than 20 states have bans on subjecting minors to such therapy.

#ICYMI: This case is about dangerous, debunked practices that fringe mental health practitioners are trying to force on LGBTQ young people.

CO’s law prohibits state-licensed therapists from hurting LGBTQ kids and trying to change a part of them that can’t be changed.
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Supreme Court will take up state bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court will consider whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children.

Trump Makes Supporting Trans People Ineligible For Public Service Loan Forgiveness Via EO The executive order could impact thousands of civil rights organizations, schools, hospitals, and more.

1. President Trump has signed an executive order making employees at organizations that support transgender youth care and DEI ineligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

This could impact thousands of schools, hospitals, and nonprofits.

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SCOTUS takes up challenge to conversion therapy ban aimed at protecting LGBTQ kids A Christian therapist sued over Colorado's ban on efforts to change minors' sexual orientation or gender identity. Also: Today at the Post.

NEW: SCOTUS takes up challenge to conversion therapy ban aimed at protecting LGBTQ kids.

A Christian therapist sued over Colorado's ban on efforts to change minors' sexual orientation or gender identity.

This afternoon, at Law Dork:

As of today, there are more kids infected with measles than there are trans athletes playing in college sports in the U.S.

4- they’ve halted already approved projects by outside researchers using federal data about trans people or gender identity
5- they’ve removed gender identity questions from federal surveys going into the field and key forms
6- they’re no longer analyzing gender identity data they currently have

Let’s put all this together:

1- they’ve taken down existing data sets that include gender identity variables
2 - data use files now have no gender identity variables
3- they’ve halted funding for research about trans people

Breaking: Military issues policy banning trans military service, implementing Trump EO The policy was filed Wednesday evening in a challenge to the executive order and will be subject to legal challenges.

NEW: DOD issued its new military policy on Wednesday banning all transgender people who are living as themselves from joining or continuing to serve in the military. Under the policy, “separation actions” of current service members who are transgender are to begin within the next two months.

Removing a protected characteristic from nondiscrimination protections - ones that have been in place for more than a decade - is unprecedented and deeply worrying.

Despite the Attacks Against Us, LGBTQ People Know How to Win Despite threats against our community, we continue to make progress by amplifying our power and strengthening our impact.

Despite recent and rising threats against our community, LGBTQ+ Americans continue to make progress.

MAP's latest details all the ways we win — from beating bad bills to creating safe spaces, caring for each other, building capacity, and much more.

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Iowa Republicans back a bill that would strip gender identity from the state's civil rights code Several protesters were arrested at the Iowa state Capitol as Republican lawmakers advanced a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity.

"If successful, this would be the first time that a state would remove existing, explicit nondiscrimination statutory protections for gender identity."

🏳️‍⚧️⬇️ More from MAP in new @apnews.com coverage on the #Iowa Legislature's attempt to repeal civil rights for trans people.
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Collaboration is key to how we power movements at MAP!

High Court Must Acknowledge US History Of Anti-Trans Laws By Paisley Currah · Listen to article Law360 (February 24, 2025, 6:57 PM EST) -- Paisley Currah President Donald Trump's sweeping executive order directing federal agencies to change policy and rules that make transgender people's lives harder marks the latest chapter in a long history of government-sanctioned discrimination against this group.[1] The U.S. Department of State must now prevent transgender people from obtaining passports that align with their gender identity. Federal agencies are required to remove existing protections in shelters, schools, prisons and workplaces and to deny funding to contractors who serve transgender clients. This dramatic assertion of state power to target transgender people might seem unprecedented — but it's not. During December's oral arguments in United States v. Skrmetti, Justice Amy Coney Barrett suggested that "we don't have a history of de jure discrimination against transgender people."[2] As a political scientist who has studied how governments treat transgender people, I must respectfully disagree.

In December, during oral arguments in Skrmetti, Justice Coney Barrett opined, "we don't have a history of de jure discrimination against transgender people." I was flabbergasted. So I chronicled some of the most egregious examples for
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The inclusion of gender identity questions on federal surveys is critical for enforcing civil rights and for understanding experiences of trans people. This is devastating and should worry all of us.

TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here?


JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here

TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?

JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law

T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all

So proud of these young people - and my alma mater, Mount Holyoke.

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Our new "Democracy 101" series is featured in today's edition of @electionline.bsky.social's "Electionline Weekly." Check it out below!

🔗 📒 To learn more about state Voting Rights Acts, click here to read MAP's full brief: mapresearch.org/2025-democracy-101-vras
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Surveys like this consistently show trans people in prisons experience higher rates of sexual violence. And gender identity is explicitly called out in PREA. Erasing trans people from these surveys will make it more difficult to understand the extent of the problem and to adequately enforce PREA.

“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, placing more than 10,000 student complaints related to disability access and ...

NEW: Under the Trump administration, the Office for Civil Rights has shifted its focus to removing gender-neutral bathrooms, banning transgender athletes from women’s sports and prioritizing complaints alleging discrimination against white students.

Latest from me and my smart colleagues at @civilrightsorg.bsky.social + the Institute at Whitman-Walker.

Data are critical for policy making, for business decisions, for research, and for knowing who we are as a country. The disappearance of key data is alarming.

"I would not be here without trans girls"

alright make me cry why don't you

Quick note: if you do not drive, you can get an Enhanced State ID with the same privileges. I did so in WA, it was quick and easy. Try to share this in more closed networks if you can.

What We Know: A Recap of Trump's Executive Orders ▸▸ This update was originally sent to MAP's email subscribers. Want to receive our newsletters? Click here to sign up.

The past two weeks have seen a dizzying flurry of executive orders, rapid directives to federal agencies, and a lot of fear and confusion across many communities.

⬇️📝 In a detailed recap, MAP's ED shares what we know so far about the new administration’s actions.
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So excited about this collaboration!!

MAP's LGBTQ Policy Snapshot map, which tracks over 50 different LGBTQ-related laws and policies and categorizes states in the U.S. based on their policy tallies.

Hi! 👋 It's a new year and a new platform for MAP — and we're still the same trusted source for rigorous research, policy analysis, and transformative communications.

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I am particularly excited about positive changes here in MI where I live, including parentage law updates for families like mine.

Equality Wrapped: Key Takeaways from LGBTQ-Related Policy in 2024 As this unprecedented year comes to an end, MAP is looking back at the laws and policies that directly impacted LGBTQ people in 2024.

2024 has been *a year*. Check out this wrap up of all the state-related LGBTQ policy happenings this year from @loganscasey.bsky.social and @mapresearch.bsky.social

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“I trust our servicemembers and their doctors to make the best healthcare decisions for their kids, not politicians,” Sen. Baldwin said. “Our amendment would protect military families’ right to make their own decisions and access sometimes lifesaving care for their children.”

I am having some complicated feelings about this… including this pic. ;)