US Supreme Court upholds law banning gender-affirming care for trans youth
The United States Supreme Court, on June 18, affirmed the Sixth Circuit’s ruling upholding Tennessee’s Senate Bill 1 (SB1) that prohibited healthcare providers, within the state, from administering puberty blockers or hormones to minors for the purpose of treating gender dysphoria, gender identity disorder, or gender incongruence, while allowing such treatments for other medical conditions. […]
WIAA stands with trans athlete participation in recent policy amendments
RENTON—The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) Representative Assembly announced Monday, April 21, that two transgender related advisory amendments—one restricting participation in girls’ sports to be limited to “biological females” and the other that would have offered separate athletic programs for boys, girls, and an open division for all students—did not meet the 60% threshold to […]
Trump EO banning gender affirming care for minors blocked by federal judge in Seattle
SEATTLE—A federal judge Friday evening granted Washington state’s request for a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald J Trump’s Executive Orders banning gender-affirming care (including irreversible surgeries) to youth who identify as transgender. “This [Executive] Order denies the very existence of transgender people and instead seeks to erase them from the federal vocabulary altogether and eliminate […]
HHS releases new guidance on federally recognized sex-based definitions
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on February 20 guidance on “sex-based definitions” and policies related to “protecting children from chemical and surgical mutilation.” As part of the initiative, HHS released guidance to the U.S. government, external partners, and the public to expand on the clear sex-based definitions in Executive Order 14168 […]
OSPI and WIAA respond to Trump restrictions on trans athletes from participating in women’s sports
OLYMPIA—President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday, January 5, which would prohibit transgender women and girls from participating in women’s sports. This order could also block transgender athletes from entering the country for the 2028 Olympics. The order directs the Department of Education, of which Trump seeks to eliminate, from carrying out “enforcement actions” […]
AG sues Trump admin over new Executive Order defunding gender-affirming care
SEATTLE—Attorney General Nick Brown filed a multi-state federal lawsuit today to halt a presidential order that threatens to end federal funding to medical institutions providing gender-affirming care. President Trump’s executive order – which Brown called clearly illegal and unusually cruel – also directs criminal enforcement against medical professionals and patients involved in such care. The […]
