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The International Olympic Committee has prohibited transgender women from competing in all women's sports. #IOC #TransgenderPolicy

In the middle of the night, the Texas Senate approved a bill strictly defining man and woman based on reproductive organs on a 20-11 party line vote. The bill has already passed the House and will go now to the governor's desk.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2025/05/28/522362/texas-will-require-state-documents-to-reflect-sex-assigned-at-birth/

#HealthScience #News #Texas #89thTexasLegislature #Lgbt #TexasLaw #TransgenderPolicy

Last month, Texas became the largest state to block transgender people from updating the sex listed on their driver’s licenses and birth certificates.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/lgbtq/2024/09/24/500809/voting-privacy-safety-how-will-the-states-new-id-rules-affect-transgender-texans/

#LGBTQ #News #Lgbt #TexasDepartmentOfPublicSafety #TexasDepartmentOfStateHealthServices #TexasNews #Transgender #TransgenderPolicy

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating whether Katy ISD’s gender fluidity policy discriminates against students on the bases of sex and disability.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/civil-rights/2024/05/07/486851/katy-isd-facing-federal-title-ix-investigation-over-gender-fluidity-policy/

#CivilRights #Education #EducationNews #FortBend #Houston #LGBTQ #Local #News #Politics #KatyIsd #KatyISDAntiLgbtqPolicies #OfficeForCivilRights #TitleIXComplaint #TransgenderPolicy #USDepartmentOfEducation

Catching up on my back issues of Nature. Editorial by @PaisleyCurrah caught my eye.
#transgenderpolicy
#bathrooms
#sports #evidencebased

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03036-5