(Salt Lake City, UT) — Transgender bathroom rights will be voted on in the Utah house. The bill is sponsored by GOP representative Kera Birkeland and prohibits anyone from using the opposite sex restroom in government owned buildings unless they have legally amended their sex on their birth certificate. This […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The ACLU of Utah is planning a court challenge to the recently passed ban on gender-affirming surgery and hormone therapy for transgender youth. The group announced yesterday that it plans to work with the National Center for Lesbian Rights to fight the new law. In […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox is moving quickly to sign two bills recently passed by the Utah Legislature into law. Cox signed House Bill 215 and Senate Bill 16 on Saturday. HB215 gives Utah teachers a raise, but also creates a scholarship program for parents who choose to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Members of the Utah House are signaling their support for a permanent ban on gender-affirming surgery and hormone treatment for minors. The House passed a substitute bill yesterday banning both procedures. The substitute passed yesterday alters the original Senate bill by removing a four-year pause […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would block gender-affirming surgeries for minors in Utah is on its way to the House floor. The House Health and Human Services Committee voted 11-3 yesterday in favor of a bill that would ban those surgeries and stop puberty blockers for transgender […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Legislature is beginning hearings on bills targeting several controversial transgender youth-related issues. The Senate’s Health and Human Services Committee is set to discuss a bill that would block gender-affirming youth surgeries and deny hormone treatment to those under 18. Another bill coming before […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Republican Party wants the state to ban gender-affirming surgery and the use of hormones for transgender youth. The resolution adopted by the party’s central committee last weekend calls the procedures harmful and irreversible. The resolution was co-sponsored by Utah Senate President Stuart Adams […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Hundreds of students at Salt Lake City’s West High School were marked absent from second hour yesterday as they held a walkout and rally with transgender students. The exit from class follows the legislative override of Governor Cox’s veto of a bill preventing transgender girls […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A panel of Utah lawmakers advanced new proposed rules for transgender girls to play on high school sports teams Wednesday. KUER-FM reports students would have to complete one year of hormone therapy and change the sex designation on their birth certificate before they could compete […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A lawmaker in Utah who proposed legislation that would ban transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports has announced plans to reintroduce the proposal in 2022. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the bill, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Kera Birkeland, died in a Senate […]
