Virginia Beach Students Push Back Against Glenn Youngkin's Anti-Trans Policies
The students have been attending every school board meeting for the past year to speak out.
September 20, 2023
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Ted Cruz Introduces Bill Limiting Pronouns and Names Despite Going by His Own Chosen Name
Advocates criticized the breathtaking hypocrisy of Cruz’s Safeguarding Honest Speech Act for its potential harm to the LGBTQ+ community and pointed out the irony in his own name choice.
November 29, 2023
Court: Teacher's Religious Rights Not Infringed by Trans Students' Names, Pronouns
A federal appeals court ruled that a school district didn’t violate the teacher’s rights by forcing him out over his refusal to acknowledge trans students’ names and pronouns.
April 10, 2023
North Dakota Goes on Anti-Trans Legislative Spree, Including Health Care Ban
The other bills deal with sports, name changes, and pronouns.
February 21, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs 9 Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills Into Law
The bills deal with issues such as foster care, name and pronoun recognition, and restroom access.
September 25, 2023
'Transparent' Creator Joey Soloway Corrects Interviewer on Pronouns
The nonbinary creator, who identifies with a new name, had an enlightening conversation about pronouns.
June 26, 2020
Transgender Students Could Be Outed by Florida School District's Plan
Students in Lee County who want to be identified by their preferred name and pronouns will have to have a form signed by their parents.
July 29, 2022
Alabama House passes 'Don't Say Gay,' drag ban, and Ten Commandments bills all at once
Alabama Republicans also passed legislation banning Pride flags in schools, and prohibiting staff from using students' chosen names and pronouns.
April 18, 2025
Missouri Republicans want to force teachers to register as sex offenders for supporting trans students
Missouri's House Bill 2885 would send teachers who use students' chosen names and pronouns to prison for up to five years.
March 4, 2024
Teacher Who Sued School District After Deadnaming Student Gets $95K
A Kansas court ruled that a school must pay a teacher $95,000 after she was suspended for refusing to call a student by their preferred pronouns and name.
September 1, 2022
Sponsor of Arkansas Anti-Trans Bill Says Kids Might Identify as Cats
Rep. Mary Bentley's bill would let teachers ignore students' preferred names and pronouns, and she says the state should do more in case a youth identifies "as a cat, as a furry."
April 9, 2021
Americans Divided on Use of Chosen Pronouns in Schools, Survey Finds
Legislation and public opinion clash over student pronoun recognition.
September 21, 2023
Florida high school teacher loses job for using student's preferred name
Melissa Calhoun is believed to be the first teacher to be fired for using a student's preferred name.
April 10, 2025
GOP proposes bill that would punish supporting trans youth through new names and haircuts
A bill in Arkansas would allow lawsuits against people who use trans kids' preferred names or give them gender nonconforming haircuts.
March 19, 2025
North Carolina Lawmakers Override Governor's Veto of 3 Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills
The bills, restricting trans health care, trans sports participation, and LGBTQ+ content in schools, now become law immediately.
August 16, 2023
LGBTQ+ Rights Groups Celebrate International Pronouns Day
"Referring to people by the pronouns they determine for themselves is basic to human dignity," says a co-creator of the observance.
October 19, 2022
Tennessee schools at risk after governor signs misgendering bill
Critics said the new law should have been named the Bullying LGBTQ+ Students Act.
May 13, 2025
Transgender teens sue Kansas over 'harmful' gender-affirming care ban
Kansas' gender-affirming care ban "impermissibly infringes" on parents' "fundamental right to the care, custody, and control of their children," a new lawsuit asserts.
May 29, 2025
Transgender Teen Reported Missing in Honolulu
Police are searching for 15-year-old Christian Kukahiko, who may be in a state of emotional distress.
December 2, 2013
Supreme Court Ruling on Trans Immigrant Celebrated for Correct Pronoun Use
The court has apparently set a kind of precedent.
May 13, 2023
Teacher Free to Misgender & Out Students Following Trump Judge Ruling
Kansas math teacher Pamela Ricard sued the school district, claiming that the policy of using students' preferred pronouns violated her "religious freedom."
May 19, 2022