Gender dysphoria is “irrelevant” to claims of transgender youth and the Biden administration that a Tennessee law blocking gender-affirming medical care for minors is unconstitutional, according to the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. Fighting transgender medical treatment…
Republicans seek votes with ad campaign warning of ‘radical trans agenda’
Three decades after Christian conservatives sought to rouse voters’ fears of a “radical gay agenda,” Republicans are spending $65 million on election advertising about a “radical trans agenda,” according to The New York Times and other outlets. “Kamala is for…
LDS Church puts strict bans on transgender participation
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known as the Mormon church, has taken one of the harshest formal positions against transgender identity of any faith group in America. Last month, LDS leaders rolled out new policies that bar…
‘Pro-family’ legislative groups add state-based legal centers to their culture war arsenals
Conservative Christian “pro-family” groups affiliated with Focus on the Family are adding state legal groups to their arsenal so they can combat old legislation they say violates their values and freedoms. Focus on the Family began creating a network of…
Trump warns of kids getting gender surgery at school and returns to anti-abortion stance
Donald Trump may be confused about what school nurses do, but he’s back on script opposing abortion. The Republican presidential nominee made waves within his own party last week when he appeared to support some level of abortion access and…
It’s harder to be trans in America today than it was eight years ago, Wingfield says
The United States is a much more hostile place for transgender people since 2016 when conservatives promoted bathroom bans to stoke fear against one of the most vulnerable populations in society, Baptist News Global Executive Director Mark Wingfield said. “It…
These Olympic boxers are not transgender but their experience illustrates transphobia
Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting went to Paris to box. Instead, the Olympic fighters unwittingly became punching bags in a fresh round of controversy over transgender athletes in sports. The fact that neither athlete is transgender — or, in fact,…
Texas school district gets its injunction against Title IX changes, for now
District Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas has issued a preliminary injunction against the U.S. Department of Education’s changes to Title IX in a lawsuit filed by Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, Texas. Carroll ISD, represented…
Purity culture is alive and well in the Christian nationalist agenda for public schools
Last week, I attended a school board meeting for the Southlake-Carroll Independent School District in North Texas which has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education over its changes to Title IX. This is the school district in…