The justices upended rulings that blocked state policies excluding coverage for gender-affirming care in state-sponsored health insurance plans.
Croxall was lauded by the likes of J.K. Rowling on X/Twitter over the weekend after she interrupted her sentence and appeared to roll her eyes after reading out a quote from a study that cited "pregnant people."
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Tennessee's Senate Bill 1, which "prohibits all medical treatments intended to allow 'a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor's sex' or to treat 'purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor's sex and asserted identity,'" does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
Carpenter has teased the release date of her new album, "Man’s Best Friend", with a revelation of its cover art. The Grammy-winning star’s new album cover immediately sparked a social media discourse as fans theorized the meaning behind it.
This was made clear last 5 June when they unanimously in favor of an Ohio woman who claimed she was discriminated against for job promotions in favor of gay candidates.
The official website of the J.K. Rowling Women’s Fund (JKRWF) says that it "offers legal funding support to individuals and organizations fighting to retain women’s sex-based rights in the workplace, in public life, and protected female spaces."
"In the past, the nuns suffered a lot and couldn't talk about it to anyone; it was like a secret," Sister Cristina Schorck told AFP, walking through St Peter's Square with her parents.
From best-selling authors such as JK Rowling, to world-class athletes like Martina Navratilova and academics like Prof Kathleen Stock, those who spoke out risked their reputations and their careers.
Angered by the the Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a woman, protesters marched through central London last 19 April. Draped in blue, pink and white, they chanted calls for trans liberation, blocked traffic and held up placards which read "No feminism without trans women" and "Biology is not binary".
Trans women can be excluded from some single-sex spaces and groups under the U.K. Equality Act, the five judges of the top court ruled. These spaces and groups include changing rooms, homeless shelters, swimming areas and medical or counseling services provided only to women.
The bill from state Rep. Susan DuBose, R-Leeds, and Sen. April Weaver, R-Alabaster, would adjust state law to explicitly define "man," "woman," "boy," "girl," "father," "mother," "male," female" and "sex."
Last 28 January, the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it will be looking into the Denver Public Schools District for allegedly discriminating against its female students after converting a female bathroom into an "all-gender" bathroom at one of its largest high schools.
"I believe I speak for all females in Los Angeles when I say we want a strong man to rescue us," Kelly said on her podcast, "The Megyn Kelly Show".
In an update to its hate speech policy last 7 January, spotted first by The Independent, the apps' parent company Meta deleted numerous clauses banning specific derogatory statements about protected groups, while adding detailed exceptions for anti-trans speech.
In December 2022, the Taliban authorities - who are not internationally recognized - issued a similar order, directing all NGOs to suspend the employment of female Afghan employees until further notice.
The National Defense Authorization Act passed both the House and Senate in recent weeks after months of negotiating between Democrats and Republicans. One issue in the bill was a measure to ban the military’s insurance Tricare from covering some gender-affirming care treatments.
Even Tennis legend Martina Navratilova chimed in together with other prominent people to blast the piece online for the characterization, stating the outlet should just be referring to biological women as women.
Plaintiffs Kaitlyn and Taylor, two athletes at Martin Luther King High School in ninth and eleventh grade, respectively, wore T-shirts bearing the messages "Save Girls’ Sports" and "It’s Common Sense. XX ≠ XY."
It was just not expected that the "Harry Potter" author was one of those who responed to the "Last Week Tonight" host’s tirade.
In a scathing news last 28 October, the country’s minister for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice announced the bizarre new restriction on women’s behaviour.