trans exclusionary law

The state is violating the U.S. Constitution and federal statutes, says the suit filed by Luc Esquivel and his parents.

The state's trans-exclusionary sports law applies only to transgender girls, not trans boys.

The federal judge blocked the state from enforcing its trans-exclusionary school sports law against 11-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson.

The measure signed by Republican Gov. Bill Lee lets the state withhold a portion of funding from schools that don't comply.

The House Thursday approved the bill overwhelmingly, and it now goes back to the Senate for concurrence.

The NCAA issued a warning on the matter Monday.

The legislation "is nothing more than a politically motivated bill designed to discriminate against an already vulnerable population," says the Human Rights Campaign's Alphonso David.

Gov. Kristi Noem's action makes the state the first to enact an anti-trans law this year.

The state's Senate approved a bill with such a ban Thursday, after the House of Delegates OK'd a slightly different version; they must be reconciled before going to Gov. Jim Justice.

"We don't want to go down that road," Democrat Laura Kelly says as an anti-trans bill awaits her action and similar measures advance in other states.

Legislators debate a bill making it "child abuse" to let kids have transition procedures, while advancing a trans-exclusionary sports bill.

Kansas and Alabama follow the lead of states like South Dakota and Mississippi.

The two Indiana boys were not allowed to use the male restrooms by school district employees and have repeatedly been referred to by their birth names, according to the lawsuit.

Girls' volleyball teams in Cherokee County, N.C., will not play again this season against a school that has a trans girl on its team.

It's not certain whether the bills will be signed into law, but both governors are anti-trans Republicans.