Transgender

A federal appeals court is considering two cases out of North Carolina and West Virginia that could have significant implications on whether individual states are required to cover health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance.

North Carolina lawmakers packed together a collection of politicized policies into a single education bill that would make it easier for parents to challenge books, prosecute librarians, have superintendents fired or move their child to another school.

North Carolina lawmakers have finalized legislation touted by Republicans as giving parents greater authority over their children's public school education and health care. Limits on LGBTQ+ instruction in the early grades are a key provision of the legislation.

The state Senate on Tuesday approved a ban on hormone therapy, puberty blockers and surgeries that is more stringent than what the House recently passed.

About a dozen bills introduced this year in North Carolina would impact transgender people including some that would restrict health care available to transgender kids.

The often-heated debate puts transgender athletes at the center of an issue without a clear middle ground.

Transgender youth in North Carolina would have to wait until they turn 18 to receive gender-affirming surgeries under a bill approved Wednesday by the GOP-controlled state House.

N.C. House Republicans want to ban gender transition surgeries for people under 18.

The bill would bar transgender girls from participating on girls middle school and high school sports teams. An amendment would continue to allow girls to play on boys teams.

Advocates say the policy could harm transgender students who are not out to their parents.