Transgender

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.'

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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.

Order expands list to include sexual preference, but lawsuits may loom - Capitol Media Services reports

By Howard FischerCapitol Media ServicesPHOENIX -- Arguing that it's a matter of fairness, a House panel voted Thursday to ban transgender girls and women…

By Howard Fischer - Capitol Media ServicesPHOENIX -- Arizona state lawmakers are being asked to keep -- or at least those who are genetically identified…