Transgender

In this legislative session, lawmakers have passed laws restricting which bathrooms trans kids can use in school and banning gender-affirming care for minors. For families with kids who are affected by these laws, they’re worried about further restrictions in the future and weighing whether Iowa is a safe place for them.

An Iowa judge has ruled the state can no longer ban Medicaid coverage of transgender Iowans' medically necessary gender-affirming surgeries.In a ruling…

A lawsuit filed Thursday by the ACLU of Iowa is the next step in an ongoing legal battle over the state's policy to not pay for gender-affirming surgeries…

A group of transgender women has asked for an independent monitor of the Illinois Department of Corrections because the agency has not improved those...

Illinois lawmakers are moving to make it easier for transgender individuals to change the gender marker on a fundamental document: their birth...

Transgender students are an increasing population at Western Illinois University. To help the community understand the challenges and issues these people…