Transgender

In this week's Arizona Edition, we preview annual Dia Del Campesino event, Yuma farm leaders tell us how tariffs are impacting work and last week was Trans Awareness Week

Nov. 13-19 marked transgender awareness week in the U.S. KAWC spoke with transgender and nonbinary students at Arizona Western College's Yuma campus to learn from their experiences.

Top Republican lawmakers want to appeal a federal court ruling that voided a state law which says transgender individuals can get an amended birth certificate only if they first undergo surgery.

State lawmakers gave final approval Monday to erase the possibility that transgender Arizonans can ever have their birth certificates amended, a move that one advocate said is tantamount to "genocide at its worst.'

Hosted and produced by the KAWC News team, Arizona Edition is focused on the issues facing Arizona, with an emphasis on stories and news impacting the people of Yuma and La Paz counties.

This week on the Intern Show, we speak with Arizona Western College students about their experience as a transgender or gender-nonconforming youth in Yuma. And, LGBTQ organization One-n-Ten offers resources for young people across the state.

Arizona has not shown a legitimate reason to categorically ban transgender girls from participating in girls' sports, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday.

Top two Republican lawmakers in Arizona are asking a federal appeals court to protect them from having to explain their motives in promoting and voting to ban transgender girls from participating in girls' sports.

The decision Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the question of whether states can ban transgender medical care for minors could have an impact on Arizona.

Top legislative Republicans have hired an out-of-state attorney -- at taxpayer expense -- to defend a 2022 law that forbids transgender girls from participating in girls' sports.