Parents with children in Eau Claire public schools argued in a lawsuit that the school district’s policy violates constitutional protections for parental rights and religious freedom.
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Has Tammy Baldwin supported ‘sex change surgeries’ for children?
No. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., has not stated support for gender-affirming surgeries for minors.
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Did Tammy Baldwin fund a transgender clinic for youths?
No. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin directed $400,000 in 2024 federal spending to Briarpatch, a nonprofit that provides counseling, shelter, job assistance and other services to runaway and homeless youth. It’s not a transgender clinic.
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Did organizers choose Easter Sunday for Transgender Day of Visibility?
No. International Transgender Day of Visibility has been observed annually since 2009 on March 31, which happened to be Easter Sunday this year.
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Did the Biden administration change Title IX to allow transgender women to play women’s sports?
No. The Biden administration’s April 19, 2024, changes to Title IX do not address participation of transgender people in sports.
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Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers promises to veto transgender athlete ban passed by Republican Legislature
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers renewed his promise Tuesday to veto a bill passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature that would ban high school transgender athletes competing on girls teams, saying he will be “damn proud to do it.”
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Did a survey ask UW-Madison students if trans women are ‘real women’?
Yes. “Transgender women are not ‘real women’ ” was one of the statements 3,200 University of Wisconsin-Madison students were asked to rate their agreement with in a survey.
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Wisconsin’s transgender bill hearings were full of misinformation. Here are the facts.
Republicans have proposed banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth and regulating transgender participation in high school and college sports.
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What gender-affirming care means to these Wisconsin families
As Republicans weigh limiting their options, three families share their experience receiving medical care for transgender children at three stages of development.
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Gender-affirming care: What it means in Wisconsin
Researchers have found benefits of providing transgender youth with supervised care that includes new pronouns, puberty blockers and, in rare cases, surgery.
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Have four major medical associations stated that gender-affirming care saves lives?
Yes. Four major medical groups support gender-affirming care for transgender youths, each citing research indicating the treatment can reduce the risk of suicide.
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Did a national poll find that 70% of adults favor laws requiring transgender athletes to compete on teams matching their biological sex as assigned at birth?
Yes. A Marquette Law School Poll found that 71% of U.S. adults favor requiring that transgender athletes compete on teams that match the sex they were assigned at birth, not the gender with which they identify, and 28% were opposed.