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![Florida Governor Ron DeSantis arrives for a news conference at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on August 8, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0821-ron-desantis-400x300.jpg)
Anti-Trans School Board Candidates Backed by DeSantis Get Crushed in Florida
Many candidates who lost their races were associated with Moms For Liberty and campaigned on anti-LGBTQ platforms.
![Students, parents, educators and advocates gather in front of the White House to press the Biden administration to release the long-awaited final Title IX Rule on December 5, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-1833522729-400x300.jpg)
SCOTUS Rejects Biden Admin’s Request to Reinstate Expanded Title IX Rule
LGBTQ rights advocates condemned the 5-4 ruling, but the issue could be revisited by the Supreme Court in the future.
![Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks at the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0716-mtg-400x300.jpg)
GOP Speakers at First Night of RNC Attack Transgender Youth
“The language of hate has an emotional cost,” said Fair Wisconsin Executive Director Abigail Swetz.
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Hundreds March Against GOP in Milwaukee During First Day of RNC
“We want to stand with Palestine, and we want peace and justice,” one participant in the march said.
![A protester holds a sign reading "hate does not make America great" during an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-trans-protest-400x300.jpg)
Transgender Floridians Are Being Denied Updated Birth Certificates
Without public notice or a new law, residents face an opaque process that seems designed to reject all applicants.
![People in bleachers raise a banner reading "PROTECT TRANS RIGHTS" during a sporting event](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-trans-rights-400x300.jpg)
Even When Trans Women Win Transfers to Women’s Prisons, They Still Aren’t Safe
Many states are rolling back policies allowing trans people to be placed in prisons aligned with their gender identity.
![Thousands of New Yorkers take to the streets to protest a ban on transgender people serving in the military on July 26, 2017, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0712-trans-rights-400x300.jpg)
Anti-Trans Policy Pushed by Project 2025 Passes Dem-Controlled Senate Committee
Transgender care for members of the military and their dependents is under threat more than ever before.
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Idaho Law Criminalizes Librarians Who Allow LGBTQ Books to Stay on Their Shelves
An informal survey suggests that more than half of the librarians in Idaho are considering leaving their jobs.
![President Joe Biden speaks to the media at the White House on July 1, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0709-biden-400x300.jpg)
Confusing White House Statement on Trans Youth Care Leads to Backlash
The original statement by a White House spokesperson suggested that some types of care “should be limited to adults.”
![Student protest against Katy ISD's transgender policy outside the school districts educational support complex on August 30, 2023 in Katy, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0629-Trans-Rights-texas-400x300.jpg)
Texas Supreme Court Says Parental Rights Don’t Extend to Gender-Affirming Care
The court ruled that parents only have the right to seek medical care for their children that is “legally available.”