Transgender Rights

Transgender residents of North Carolina and Montana added to a growing list of lawsuits challenging the recent onslaught of Republican state laws aimed at transgender individuals.

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.

The state House and Senate voted mostly along party lines Wednesday to override Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes of controversial transgender restrictions.

Cooper calls the measures a "triple threat of political culture wars using government to invade the rights and responsibilities of parents and doctors."

Legislation to ban gender-affirming healthcare for transgender people under age 18 is now headed to Gov. Roy Cooper's desk.

GOP lawmakers initially wanted to ban both gender transition surgery and hormone treatments in people under age 18. A new version of the bill would only ban such treatments in healthcare facilities operated or funded by the state

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.

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

New state legislation would prevent transgender women and girls from competing on sports teams that match their gender identity.