#transgender-policy

#transgender-policy

What happened: After years of lawsuits, the state supreme court adjusted its code of conduct for local judges that previously banned them from performing opposite-sex marriages but refused to perform same-sex marriages because it creates the appearance of bias. Bias is OK now if a judge cites a "sincerely held religious belief." Why it matters: In rural parts of the state, there could be as few as one judge in the county who performs marriages at all, adding to the burden LGBTQ+ people have to carry in order to access their rights.

At Monday's meeting of the Religious Liberty Commission, Trump told attendees, "As President, I will always defend our nation's glorious heritage, and we will protect the Judeo, Christian principles of our founding. "We have to bring back religion in America," he continued. "Bring it back stronger than ever before. "Under the Trump administration, we're defending our rights and restoring our identity as a nation under God," he went on. "We are one nation under God, and we always will be."

The Biden Administration has spent tens of millions of taxpayer dollars on federally funded tr*nsgender research on mice,

The NWSL established a policy in 2021, stating: athletes who transition from male to female are eligible to compete if they declare their gender identity is female subject to testosterone levels being within typical limits of women athletes.