Bozeman
A Missoula District Court judge on Thursday heard oral arguments in a case challenging a 2025 state law that could change how some Montanans use public bathrooms and other spaces.
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Virginia
A leading civil rights defense firm has lodged a lawsuit against King George County School Board for allegedly blocking middle school students from creating a student organization supporting LGBTQ+ students. According to the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court by the ACLU of Virginia and the Potomac Law Group, two students proposed the Gay-Straight Alliance […]
Missoula
Montana prides itself on independence.
Pennsylvania
(Legal Newsline) - Penn State University has been sued for canceling gender-affirming surgery for a non-binary individual because it would have violated one of its hospital’s Catholic principles.
Colorado
One of the first Black state legislators in Colorado passed a civil rights law in 1895 that said public accommodations could not ban people of color. Joseph Stuart, the second Black lawyer to practice in Colorado and the second Black member of the Colorado Legislature, led a bill the same year voters first elected him […]
Montana
MISSOULA, Mont. — A Montana court has ordered the state to pay more than $1.3 million in attorneys' fees after plaintiffs prevailed in their challenge to the state's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
(The Center Square) – Following criticism, the YMCA removed its online diversity, equity and inclusion statement that made reference to gender identity, with a parents advocacy group warning the move may not reflect a real policy change.
North Carolina
(The Center Square) – Protection of women’s spaces, including sports, through North Carolina laws has been backed by a U.S. Supreme Court decision involving cases in West Virginia and Idaho.
(The Center Square) – The American Parents Coalition released a “Lookout” notification to parents over the YMCA’s transgender-inclusive camp and programming policies that include allowing males into female cabins and restrooms.
