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A new dispute has erupted over Kentucky’s sweeping transgender law FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A new dispute has erupted over Kentucky's sweeping trans gender law, revolving around one word in a section banning sex Education topics — including sexual orientation — from discussion in classrooms. The measure's top Republican sponsor pushed back this week over how the Kentucky Department of Education has interpreted the provisions in offering guidance to school districts statewide. It's part of a far-reaching measure passed this year to regulate some of the most personal aspects of life for transgender youth in Kentucky — from banning access to gender-affirming health care to restricting the bathrooms they can use at school. The ban on gender-affirming care has drawn a court challenge. The latest dispute boils down to a single word choice by lawmakers. They used “or” rather than “and” in the sex education section — leading to big implications over how it's interpreted. As a re...

Queer and trans youth are marching on International Transgender Visibility Day in 49 states amid anti-LGBTQ attacks. Several months after Samira, a 16-year-old Florida transgender girl, began taking gender-affirming hormones, the Florida medical board’s ban on transgender youth healthcare stopped her in her tracks. “The day before the policy passed for real, I was dropped from my provider suddenly, without notice, and had to scramble to get a meeting to get that cleared up,” Samira told ABC News in an interview. She says the nationwide wave of policy and legislative efforts to restrict gender-affirming care for trans people has not only taken a toll on her access to care, but also on her mental Health . “It's been rough, but having a purpose, having the ability to fight back against that, having the drive to do that, has been great,” Samira said. She is one of hundreds of protesters expected in 49 states across the country to march in honor of the International Transgender Day of ...

Amber McLaughlin is set to be the first trans person to be executed in the U.S. and the first person executed in 2023, according to Death Penalty Information Center. Amber McLaughlin is set to be the first openly trans gender person executed in the U.S and the first person executed in 2023, according to non-profit execution tracker Death Penalty Information Center. McLaughlin, 49, is scheduled to die by injection in Missouri on Tuesday. Her execution has been highlighted by activists, politicians and legal experts, including former judges for what they call failures in the sentencing phase of the trial. McLaughlin was sentenced to death in the killing of a former girlfriend Beverly Guenther in 2003. McLaughlin was found guilty of first degree murder, armed criminal action and forcible rape. This photo provided by the Federal Public Defender Office shows death row inmate Amber McLaughlin. Jeremy S. Weis/Federal Public Defender Office via AP, File According to McLaughlin's counse...