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Jun 8, 2025

Dispute over expert testimony pivotal in transgender sports ban

Key Points: Lawsuit against transgender sports ban in court Both sides are contesting the testimony of rival experts Determination will either reject or maintain ban Disputes over the legitimacy of […]

Apr 29, 2025

Sen. Kavanagh pushes preferred pronoun and bathroom bans for students

Key Points: The two bills aim to ban the use of students’ preferred pronouns and bathrooms Both measures have been previously vetoed by Gov. Hobbs Kavanagh aims to put the […]

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Apr 29, 2025

State Republicans propose ban on birth certificate changes for transgender Arizonans

Key Points: Lawmaker says transgender Arizonans can’t amend their birth certificates Their measure seeks to overturn judge’s ruling that surgery isn’t necessary to amend a birth certificate State Republicans say […]

Jan 21, 2025

Time for leaders to stand with women again in Arizona, support HB2062

HB 2062 would legally define sex-based words and help to ensure Arizonan women, like Natalie, have access to single-sex spaces and opportunities, not only in sports, but also prisons, locker rooms, rape crisis centers, and domestic violence shelters. 

Dec 4, 2024

Prefiled GOP bills look familiar – Hobbs vetoed them

Republicans introduced bills that Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed in previous years as the period for prefiling got underway Monday. 

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Sep 9, 2024

Court rules against banning transgender girls from girls’ sports

PHOENIX — Arizona has not shown a legitimate reason to categorically ban transgender girls from participating in girls’ sports, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday. In a 55-page […]

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Aug 22, 2024

Court rules on law requiring gender reassignment to change birth certificate

Arizona can't refuse to amend the sex on someone's birth certificate just because the person seeking the change has not submitted to transgender surgery, a federal judge has ruled.

Jun 24, 2024

Legislative leaders forced to testify in transgender lawsuit

The state's top two Republican lawmakers have been ordered to answer questions, under oath, about why they voted to ban transgender girls from participating in girls' sports.

People gather in front of the Idaho Statehouse in opposition to anti-transgender legislation moving through an Idaho Republican congress, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, in Boise, Idaho. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Monday, April 15, 2024, allows the state to put in place a 2023 law that subjects physicians to up to 10 years in prison if they provide hormones, puberty blockers or other gender-affirming care to people under age 18. A federal judge in Idaho had previously blocked the law in its entirety.
Apr 19, 2024

Courts and lawmakers act on transgender kids’ rights

Three court rulings across the U.S. this week delved into laws restricting the rights of transgender kids, including the first time the U.S. Supreme Court has gotten involved in a ban on gender-affirming care. 

Mar 31, 2024

GOP lawmakers pushing bad-faith, anti-transgender bill

Politicians have no place in our doctors’ offices. And continued attempts to roll back freedoms for transgender people, fueled by misinformation about the community and fear-mongering about our basic health care needs, are wildly out of step with the values of our state. If the Legislature is interested in the well-being of Arizonans, they should be working to expand access to health care and r[...]

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Mar 28, 2024

GOP lawmakers seek to regulate student showers in public schools

State lawmakers are moving to forbid public schools from letting students shower with anyone other than those who have the same sex organs.

Feb 7, 2024

GOP bill would strike ‘gender’ from state law, limit sex to male, female

GOP senators want to rewrite state law to define sex as only male and female and not “a person’s subjective sense of self,” a move they said will protect women and girls from “unwanted intrusions” by transgender women.

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