VOL. I · OCT. 30, 2026 ● NO. 07 ● LGBTQ+ RIGHTS & THE STATES
Milk
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After Harvey Milk, 1977
The LGBTQ+ rights desk — gender-affirming care, marriage and family law, school policy, and public accommodations, followed across every statehouse and circuit.
Sports
Supreme Court Upholds State Bans on Transgender Athletes in Girls' Sports
In consolidated rulings, the justices held that states may set eligibility for women's and girls' athletics based on biological sex.
Transgender Sports
Washington and Colorado Voters Will Decide Trans Sports Bans
Two states whose legislatures declined to restrict transgender athletes will put the question directly to voters on Nov. 3.
Gender-Affirming Care
Supreme Court Leaves Gender-Affirming Care in Federal Prisons Intact
The justices turned away the administration's emergency bid to enforce a Bureau of Prisons policy cutting off hormone therapy and social accommodations for transgender people in federal custody.
Schools and Pronouns
A New Jersey District Gives Up Its Notification Policy for Good
A settlement filed October 15 bars the board from reinstating its 2024 counseling policy or adopting anything substantially similar.
Identity Documents
Wyoming Justices Weigh Whether Trans Residents Can Amend Birth Certificates
Two appeals ask whether the state's 2025 What is a Woman Act forbids changing the sex listed on a Wyoming birth certificate.
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On the Docket
WA
Washington and Colorado Voters Will Decide Trans Sports Bans
US
Supreme Court Leaves Gender-Affirming Care in Federal Prisons Intact
NJ
A New Jersey District Gives Up Its Notification Policy for Good
WY
Wyoming Justices Weigh Whether Trans Residents Can Amend Birth Certificates
NY
A Fired Clerk Says the Retaliation Ran Through His Orientation
From the Wire
11/6
Supreme Court Lets Trump Enforce 'Sex at Birth' Passport Policy
7/15
New York Wedding Photographer Wins Right to Decline Same-Sex Ceremonies
6/18
Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee's Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
5/15
Texas Court Guts EEOC Guidance on Gender-Identity Harassment
Beats we track
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Title IX
Transgender Rights
Colorado
Gender-Affirming Care
LGBTQ
Schools
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Employment Discrimination
A Fired Clerk Says the Retaliation Ran Through His Orientation
Family Law
Ohio's Top Court Denies Parental Rights to Unmarried Same-Sex Mother
Conversion Therapy
Supreme Court Casts Doubt on Colorado's Conversion-Therapy Ban
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