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Australia’s press council: News Corp broke rules for headlining a school shooter as transgender

Nov 6, 2026

On Nov. 6, 2026, the Australian Press Council found six News Corp titles breached fairness and prejudice rules for a Feb. 13 article headed “Canada school shooter a transgender dropout.” The Council said prominent references to Jesse Van Rootselaar’s transgender status, including in the headline, were unfair without a clear link to the shootings.

Nursing Times

Police arrest York man over death threat to Darlington nurses

Nov 6, 2026

North Yorkshire Police arrested a 29-year-old York man on Nov. 5, 2026, over a threatening email and Facebook messages targeting the Darlington nurses. The email included a knife image and a murder threat. Seven of the eight nurses have been unable to return to work since the threat came to light.

The People Win in Four States: Voters Secure Protections for Women and Children

Nov 5, 2026

Voters in Arizona, Nebraska, Washington, and Colorado used the ballot to secure girls’ sports rules, a ban on sex-change surgeries on minors, and stronger child-trafficking penalties—including where lawmakers had blocked or bypassed those fights.

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B.C. Ruling: Lab Can't Just Go by the Sex on Your Health Card

Nov 5, 2026

Bloodwork depends on biological sex, yet a B.C. tribunal ordered LifeLabs to pay more than $46,000 for going by the sex recorded on patients' ID.

Gothamist

New York Appeals Court Strikes Down Nassau County's Women's Sports Law

Nov 5, 2026

A New York appeals court struck down Nassau County's law that kept males out of women's and girls' sports at county facilities. The county says it intends to keep appealing.

The Telegraph

UK Draft Conversion Bill Could Put Company Bosses at Risk of Jail, Report Says

Nov 5, 2026

Labour's draft Conversion Practices Bill sets prison terms of up to five years and makes company directors liable if they fail to take 'all reasonable steps' to prevent an offence.

Colorado Governor-Elect Says Voter-Backed Props 134 and 135 Need "a Long, Hard Look"

Nov 5, 2026

Gov.-elect Phil Weiser said Colorado lawmakers may change Propositions 134 and 135, after voters passed both measures.

U.S. District Court D.N.H. / Institute for Free Speech

Parents win: Bow, N.H. can’t ban ‘XX’ wristbands at girls’ games

Nov 5, 2026

A federal judge ruled that Bow School District violated parents’ First Amendment rights when it barred pink “XX” wristbands at a girls’ soccer game. The settlement pays $275,000 in attorneys’ fees.

City Journal

Undercover Reporter Finds Network Helping Families Get Around State Bans on Puberty Blockers and Cross-Sex Hormones for Children

Nov 2, 2026 · United States

Posing as the mother of an 11-year-old Tennessee girl, City Journal's Christina Buttons was told puberty blockers are a "pause button" and was referred to providers who discussed other diagnosis codes, mailed drugs, and virtual visits.

HHS.gov

HHS: Gender dysphoria is not a disability under Section 504

Oct 30, 2026

A final rule from the HHS Office for Civil Rights says gender dysphoria not resulting from a physical impairment is excluded from the definition of disability under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Justice Department sues Anne Arundel County school board over parents' access to student records

Oct 28, 2026

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division sued the Board of Education of Anne Arundel County, Maryland on Oct. 27, 2026, alleging district policies violate two federal parental-rights laws, FERPA and PPRA. The district disputes the claims. No court has ruled.

Sex Discrimination Commissioner tells Australian Senate committee that breastfeeding protections apply to men

Oct 28, 2026

At Senate estimates on 26 October 2026, Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Anna Cody, said the Commission reads the Sex Discrimination Act's breastfeeding protection as covering a male who identifies as a woman and claims breastfeeding rights. She also said the Commission did not seek medical advice for its Balancing Act report.

Texas Children's Hospital opens detransition clinic required by settlement with Texas Attorney General

Oct 27, 2026 · Texas

Texas Children's Hospital in Houston opened a detransition clinic on Oct. 26, 2026, as required by a $10 million settlement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over billing Texas Medicaid for 'gender-transition' interventions. The hospital must fully fund the clinic's services for its first five years.

Canada funds $1.4M in gender surgery research; grant states expected outcome

Oct 22, 2026 · Canada

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research has approved nearly $1.4 million for two Toronto gender surgery studies. The summary of one, a study of double mastectomies for gender, states the result the researchers expect.

Judge scraps New Zealand's puberty blocker ban

Oct 21, 2026 · New Zealand

In [2026] NZHC 3248, the High Court of New Zealand declared the 2025 regulations prohibiting new puberty blocker prescriptions for children and adolescents with gender dysphoria or gender incongruence unlawful and invalid, and set them aside. The court found inadequate consultation and unjustified discrimination on the ground of disability under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.

Supreme Court denies Trump administration request to enforce federal prison policy on cross-sex hormones

Oct 21, 2026 · United States

The Supreme Court on Oct. 21 denied the government's application to stay a district court order blocking a Bureau of Prisons policy that would end cross-sex hormones and items such as wigs and padding for trans-identified inmates. Justices Thomas and Alito would have granted the stay. The Court gave no reasons.

Melbourne studies: share of patients who call themselves "nonbinary" rose to 39%; most children's "social transition" goals changed over two years

Oct 20, 2026 · Australia

Two studies led by Murdoch Children's Research Institute report that the proportion of patients who call themselves "nonbinary" at a specialist pediatric gender service rose from 14.2% in 2017 to 39% in 2023, and that 60.7% of 234 children and adolescents followed for up to two years changed their "social transition" goals.

FDA requires suicidal ideation and suicide attempt risk on labels of GnRH agonists, the drug class used as puberty blockers

Oct 18, 2026 · FDA

In a March 10, 2026 safety labeling change notice, the FDA told makers of GnRH agonist drugs to add information on "the serious risks of suicidal ideation and suicidal attempt." Revised labels for Lupron, Zoladex, Vantas and Trelstar were approved in May and June 2026.

Finnish register: specialist psychiatric care rose from 19% to 49% after cross-sex hormones or surgery; authors stand by findings

Oct 18, 2026 · Finland

In a new analysis published in Acta Paediatrica, Finnish researchers report that among young people who received cross-sex hormones or surgery, 19.2% had needed specialist psychiatric care before their first gender-clinic visit and 48.9% after their last procedure. Matched peers went from 14.4% to 13.2%. The authors published two replies to critics and stood by their findings.

Jeffco parents say male player made Dakota Ridge girls' JV volleyball team; school board opposes Prop 134

Oct 18, 2026 · Colorado

Parents at Dakota Ridge High School in Jeffco Public Schools say a male player was placed on the girls' junior varsity volleyball team while eight junior girls were cut. The district says it does not record whether students identify as transgender, and its board has voted to oppose Proposition 134, a Nov. 3 ballot measure that would require school teams to be designated by biological sex.

Massachusetts Department of Correction declines to say how many male inmates are housed at MCI-Framingham women's prison

Oct 18, 2026 · Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Department of Correction declined repeated Boston Herald requests for the number of male inmates at MCI-Framingham, the state's only state-run prison for women. A 2018 state law allows inmates to be housed according to gender identity, with exceptions.

Nebraska Initiative 442 would put sex-separated school sports in the state constitution; Supreme Court keeps it on Nov. 3 ballot

Oct 18, 2026 · Nebraska

Initiative Measure 442, "Fairness for Girls," would amend Nebraska's constitution to require schools to designate teams by biological sex and close girls' teams to male students. The Nebraska Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the measure on Oct. 16.

NHS England issues guidance: single-sex hospital accommodation and staff facilities by biological sex

Oct 16, 2026 · United Kingdom

On 15 October 2026, NHS England published guidance telling trusts and ICBs that hospital accommodation should remain single-sex and that patients should be accommodated according to biological sex, including males who identify as women and females who identify as men. Separate staff-facilities guidance covers toilets, changing rooms and showers.

Swedish man serving life for murdering his two children moved to women's prison after changing legal sex; inmates allege indecent exposure

Oct 16, 2026 · Sweden

Paulus Abdelshahed, sentenced to life for murdering his two children in 2024, changed his legal sex in prison and was moved to the women's prison in Ystad. Inmates and staff have made allegations of indecent exposure and other misconduct; a police investigation was closed for lack of evidence.

Palatine 19-year-old charged in alleged mass-shooting plot targeting Hindu place of worship in Aurora

Oct 15, 2026

Alexandros Paporakis, 19, of Palatine, Illinois, is charged with making a terrorist threat and weapons offences after police say he planned a mass shooting, at a Hindu temple in Aurora. Police say surveillance video shows his car at a large Hindu temple there on Sunday. A court record says his rifle jammed. A coworker's report led to his arrest.

New York to fund puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries for minors on Medicaid with state money after federal cutoff

Oct 15, 2026 · New York

After a federal rule ended Medicaid and CHIP funding for puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and related surgeries for minors on October 13, the New York State Department of Health told providers to continue the services and bill as usual, with costs covered by state-only funds.

HHS gives WPATH, the AMA and the AAP 10 business days to explain the evidence for sex-rejecting procedures on minors and disclose planned changes

Oct 14, 2026 · United States

On October 14, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent letters to WPATH, the AMA, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the Endocrine Society, the AAP and others, asking each to state in writing its current position on sex-rejecting procedures for minors, account for the evidence behind its guidance, and identify any planned revisions with a timeline. Responses are due within 10 business days.

Former Loudoun County substitute teacher convicted of threats against John Champe High School

Oct 14, 2026 · Virginia

A Loudoun County, Virginia, jury convicted Hadyn James Dollery, 19, a trans-identified male and former substitute teacher, on four of five counts over Discord messages threatening to kill several people and go on a 'murder spree' at a high school. Sentencing is set for January 28, 2027.

Camas High girls forfeit cross-country race over male teammate's eligibility

Oct 13, 2026 · Washington

Members of the Camas High School girls' cross-country team in Washington forfeited a race on October 13 rather than compete against a male teammate who moved from the boys' team to the girls' team midseason under WIAA rules.

Federal Medicaid funding for minors' puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries ends: which states stopped coverage and which continue

Oct 13, 2026 · United States

A federal rule effective October 13, 2026 ends federal Medicaid and CHIP funding for puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and related surgeries for minors. Virginia, Arizona, Montana and Colorado have ended or suspended coverage, joining about 27 states with restrictions whose Medicaid programs did not cover these services. Twelve states will continue coverage with state funds.

Oregon will fund youth Medicaid coverage with state money after the federal cutoff, and delays HB 2002 insurer exams

Oct 12, 2026 · Oregon

After a federal rule ends Medicaid and CHIP funding for puberty blockers, opposite-sex hormones and related surgeries for minors on October 13, Oregon will cover about 600 Oregon Health Plan members under 18 with state-only funds. Separately, regulators have delayed insurer compliance exams under HB 2002, citing concerns about federal use of patient data.

Shoot-out after lovers' quarrel: Tennessee appeals court orders new trial after jury was lied to about victim's sex

Oct 12, 2026 · Tennessee

In State v. Ward, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals held that a trial court erred by barring evidence that the person who was shot, Paris Lee, was male. The court said the exclusion misled the jury, vacated Samuel Ward Jr.'s voluntary manslaughter conviction, and ordered a new trial. Here is what happened and what the court decided.

Virginia Medicaid ends coverage of puberty blockers, opposite-sex hormones and related surgeries for minors on October 13

Oct 12, 2026 · Virginia

Following a new federal Medicaid and CHIP funding rule, Virginia's Department of Medical Assistance Services will stop covering these procedures for Medicaid members under 18 and CHIP members under 19 starting October 13, 2026. Here is what changes, what stays the same, and the legal background.

Chicago murder charge: what prosecutors allege in the death of Larry Young

Oct 11, 2026 · Illinois

Kelly Day, a 32-year-old trans-identified male from Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood, is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Larry Young, 50, on October 7, 2026. Here is what prosecutors told the court, what Day told investigators, what the medical examiner found, and what happens next.

How York University’s AI research chair limits eligibility by self-identification

Oct 9, 2026 · Canada

York University is recruiting a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence and the Arts, and the posting says the job is open only to applicants who self-identify as women or gender non-conforming, including trans-identified males and females. Here is what a Canada Research Chair is, what the posting says, how eligibility is determined, and the Ontario law York cites.

What the Washington girls’ wrestling case at the Supreme Court asks

Oct 8, 2026 · Washington

A Washington high school wrestler and her mother have filed an emergency application at the U.S. Supreme Court (No. 26A458) challenging state rules that let males compete in girls’ sports. Court filings say she was sexually assaulted by a male opponent during a girls’ match. Here is what the case is about, how the lower courts ruled, and what happens next.

What Colorado’s Propositions 133, 134, and 135 would do

Oct 8, 2026 · Colorado

Three citizen initiatives are on Colorado’s November 3, 2026 ballot: life without parole for child sex trafficking (133), school sports teams designated by sex (134), and a ban on surgery to alter the sex characteristics of minors (135). Here is what each measure says.

What the U.S. conspiracy charge in the Tumbler Ridge school shooting alleges

Oct 8, 2026 · Canada

A 30-year-old Bellingham, Washington, resident is charged in U.S. federal court with conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country, in connection with the February 10, 2026 shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Here is what the criminal complaint alleges, how the case came to light, and what happens next.

New York Post

Arizona man who identifies as trans pleads guilty to murdering hiker he said was ‘what I would want to look like’

Oct 6, 2026 · Arizona

Zion Teasley, a 25-year-old trans-identified male, pleaded guilty to murdering Lauren Heike, 29, on a Phoenix hiking trail in 2023. He told police she was “what I would want to look like.” He will spend the rest of his life in prison.

New York Post

NYC signs $8.9 million in contracts to give minors puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones

Oct 6, 2026 · New York

The New York Post reported that New York City is entering two Department of Health contracts, totaling $8.9 million, for puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors. The vendors are Callen-Lorde and the Nonprofit Organization for Philanthropic Initiatives, for 2027 through 2029.

U.S. Departments of Education and Justice

Education and Justice Departments act against LAUSD over keeping students' gender identities from parents

Oct 5, 2026 · Federal Action

Federal officials say Los Angeles Unified's policies on keeping a student's 'gender identity' confidential from parents violate FERPA and PPRA, and remind every state that school mental-health screenings require prior written parental consent.

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

EEOC: pediatric hospital to pay $650,000 over religious objection to sex-rejecting procedures on minors

Sep 30, 2026 · Federal Action

The EEOC announced that a large unnamed pediatric healthcare provider will pay $650,000 to resolve a Title VII charge alleging it fired an employee who sought a religious accommodation from work related to sex-rejecting procedures on minors, including hormones.

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Education Department removes vacated 2024 Title IX gender-identity rewrite from the CFR

Sep 29, 2026 · Federal Action

Effective September 29, 2026, a Department of Education final rule clears the vacated 2024 Title IX gender-identity rewrite from the Code of Federal Regulations and restores the pre-2024 regulatory text.

Let’s Go Washington

Fairness in Girls’ Athletics would keep K–12 girls’ sports for females

Sep 28, 2026 · Washington

Fairness in Girls’ Athletics would require Washington school districts and nonprofit sports organizations to prohibit biologically male students from competing with and against female students in sex-separated K–12 sports.

The Wall Street Journal

WSJ: Texas lawyer Jordan Campbell now leads DOJ effort against pediatric sex-rejecting procedures

Sep 27, 2026 · Policy

The Wall Street Journal profiles Jordan Campbell, a Texas business litigator who co-founded Campbell Miller Payne in 2023 and now leads Justice Department civil and criminal probes of sex-rejecting interventions on minors.

The Federalist

Prosilio Care in Pasadena to close; pediatric clinic linked to Olson-Kennedy winds down

Sep 23, 2026 · Clinics

Prosilio Care, a private pediatric transgender facility in Pasadena linked to San Francisco’s Gender Confirmation Center, is shutting entirely by October 1, 2026. Johanna Olson-Kennedy was listed on staff until the site was scrubbed on September 23.

California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI)

California opens bid to run state funds for sex-rejecting procedures on children

Sep 22, 2026 · Policy

HCAI opened a Request for Information for a third-party administrator of $66 million in state programs, including $10 million for medical and pharmacy services for children and youth after the federal Medicaid/CHIP cut.

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Archives of Disease in Childhood: intellectual conflicts of interest in youth sex-rejecting guidelines

Sep 20, 2026 · Research

A BMJ journal, Archives of Disease in Childhood, published an article on 18 September 2026 on intellectual conflicts of interest in clinical guidelines for what the paper calls “gender-affirming care” — puberty blockers and opposite-sex hormones for children and adolescents with gender dysphoria. The author is Dr. Richard Santen of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, a past president of the Endocrine Society. The paper addresses how a weak evidence base in those guidelines is filled by conflicted “expert opinion.”

Acta Paediatrica

Finland register study: psychiatric need stayed high after sex-rejecting procedures

Sep 20, 2026 · Research

A Finnish nationwide records study of all under-23s referred to specialised gender clinics from 1996 to 2019 found far more severe psychiatric illness than in matched peers — before referral and years after. Among those who had medical gender reassignment, psychiatric morbidity rose over follow-up. Observational, not a random-assignment trial.

Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

California governor signs $9 million for sex-rejecting procedures on children

Sep 18, 2026 · Policy

Governor Newsom signed AB 113, locking in a $9 million state appropriation “to support gender-affirming care services for children and youth” after the federal Medicaid/CHIP cut.

U.S. Department of Justice

DOJ: NYU Langone and UPMC agree to end sex-rejecting procedures on children

Sep 18, 2026 · Policy

Justice Department resolutions with NYU Langone Hospitals and UPMC stop puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries for minors, with $8.5 million and $950,000 payments.

Do No Harm

Do No Harm: state bans on sex-rejecting procedures for minors did not raise teen suicide rates

Sep 17, 2026 · Research

Do No Harm analyzed CDC completed-suicide mortality against state bans and restrictions on puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries for minors that took effect. Three models found no statistically significant increase in teen suicide rates.

U.S. Department of Justice

DOJ tells Supreme Court: parents can sue when a state cuts them out of a child’s medical decisions

Sep 17, 2026 · Federal Action

The U.S. Department of Justice told the Supreme Court that parents can sue when a state cuts them out of a child’s medical decisions. In a merits-stage friend-of-the-court brief in International Partners for Ethical Care v. Ferguson (No. 25-840), DOJ backs parents challenging a Washington shelter law. That law says when a runaway minor seeks so-called “gender-affirming treatment,” the state must offer to refer the child for behavioral health services if the child asks — even without parental consent.

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Education Department opens probe of Massachusetts district over alleged secret social transition

Sep 17, 2026 · Federal Action

On September 17, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education’s Student Privacy Policy Office opened an investigation into the Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough, Massachusetts. ED says it is determining whether the district violated federal student-privacy laws after reports that school officials allegedly helped socially transition a minor — a male name and pronouns at school — without the parents’ knowledge or consent. This is an investigation, not a finding of a violation.

WCVB

Massachusetts parents say DCF took their daughter after they refused to affirm her as a boy

Sep 17, 2026 · Massachusetts

Joseph and Arlene Kutzko of Massachusetts say Algonquin Regional High School socially transitioned their daughter without telling them, and that DCF took custody after they opposed that path. Parents deny assault allegations; Deseret News, summarizing coverage, says those claims have since been disproven. Watch the WCVB video.

U.S. Department of Justice Press Release 26-1022, Sept. 4, 2026

DOJ Agreement: Mount Sinai Ends Pediatric Sex-Rejecting Procedures

Sep 4, 2026

On September 4, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced an agreement with Mount Sinai Health System resolving an investigation into potential federal-law violations arising from sex-rejecting procedures on children.

Complaint filed Sept. 2, 2026, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, No. 26-cv-14051

20 states, plus the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania's governor, challenge the CMS Medicaid rule

Sep 3, 2026

On September 2, 2026, 20 states, plus the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania's governor, filed suit against the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Civil Action No. 26-cv-14051. The complaint challenges CMS-2451-F, the August 2026 final rule ending Medicaid and CHIP payment for gender-transition procedures on minors.

AB 113 (Budget Act of 2026), enrolled Sept. 1, 2026 — Item 4140-101-0001, Provision 12

California Enrolls $9 Million for Pediatric Sex-Rejecting Procedures After CMS Medicaid Cut

Sep 1, 2026

On September 1, 2026, the California Legislature enrolled AB 113, an urgency end-of-session Budget Bill Junior amending the Budget Act of 2026.

HHS

HHS releases Wolves in White Coats report on insurance coding for sex-rejecting procedures on minors

Aug 13, 2026 · Federal Action

HHS released Wolves in White Coats, a commissioned report on insurance coding, financial incentives, and sex-rejecting procedures for minors. Claims analysis covers 2015 through 2025.

HHS

HHS ends federal Medicaid and CHIP funding for sex-rejecting procedures on children

Aug 11, 2026 · Federal Action

CMS issued a final rule ending the use of federal Medicaid and CHIP funds to pay for sex-rejecting procedures on children and youth. The rule is scheduled to take effect October 13, 2026.

Health Research Authority

High Court rejects challenge to PATHWAYS; HRA response — routine NHS ban unchanged

Jul 31, 2026

On 31 July 2026, the Health Research Authority published its response to the High Court’s decision on the PATHWAYS legal challenge. Mr Justice Chamberlain **refused permission** to apply for a judicial review and **refused the application to stop the trial**.

King's College London

PATHWAYS is England’s research trial of puberty blockers — not a return of routine NHS care

Jul 26, 2026 · NHS / research

England stopped routine puberty blockers for gender distress outside research. PATHWAYS is the NHS-funded King’s College London research trial for that indication. It is a study pathway, not a return of everyday clinic prescribing.

Infoleg / Argentina.gob.ar

Argentina Infoleg records a 16 July 2026 cautelar suspending Decreto 62/2025

Jul 16, 2026

On 16 July 2026, Argentina’s official legislative database (**Infoleg**) recorded that Chamber V of the Federal Contentious-Administrative Court ordered a **precautionary suspension** (*suspensión cautelar*) of **Decreto DNU 62/2025** until the action is decided. Infoleg records a precautionary suspension of the decree.

GOV.UK (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency)

MHRA and HRA agree a modified PATHWAYS protocol; recruitment not due until 1 August 2026 pending legal proceedings

Jun 19, 2026

On 19 June 2026, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said it had concluded scientific dialogue with the PATHWAYS sponsor and that a **modified protocol** met required regulatory standards. The Health Research Authority, in parallel, approved the trial against its ethical standards.

CDC

CDC adds codes so charts can record remission and detransition

Jun 16, 2026 · CDC / NCHS

From October 1, 2026, U.S. clinicians can record when gender-related distress has remitted, or that someone has a history of detransition. That is chart coding.

U.S. Department of Justice

DOJ and Ohio AG resolve with Cleveland Clinic: end pediatric sex-rejecting procedures; $308,000 and $2 million for detransition care

Jun 5, 2026

On 5 June 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a resolution with the **Cleveland Clinic Foundation**, together with the Ohio Attorney General. DOJ describes a decades-long commitment not to perform or offer **sex-rejecting procedures** on minors, including puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.

Supreme Court of Colorado

Colorado Supreme Court orders Children’s Hospital Colorado to restore youth blockers and hormones pending trial

May 18, 2026

On 18 May 2026 the Supreme Court of Colorado decided *In re Bella Boe et al. v. Children’s Hospital Colorado*, 2026 CO 32, Case No. **26SA66**.

U.S. Department of Justice

DOJ and Texas AG resolve with Texas Children’s Hospital: end pediatric sex-rejecting procedures, $10 million, detransition clinic

May 15, 2026

On 15 May 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a resolution with **Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH)** together with the Texas Attorney General. DOJ describes it as the first resolution under its national investigation into **sex-rejecting procedures on minors**.

GOV.UK (Department of Health and Social Care)

UK PATHWAYS trial paused after MHRA advice

Feb 20, 2026

On 20 February 2026, the Department of Health and Social Care said **preliminary work** to establish the **PATHWAYS** clinical trial had been **paused** after new concerns from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). DHSC said the trial would **not start to recruit** until those issues were resolved between the regulator and trial clinicians.

American Society of Plastic Surgeons

U.S. plastic surgeons advise delaying gender surgery until age 19

Feb 3, 2026 · Professional guidance

On February 3, 2026, ASPS published a position statement recommending delay of breast/chest, genital, and facial gender-related surgery until age 19, saying evidence is insufficient that benefits outweigh risks for minors. This is guidance for plastic surgeons.

Government of Alberta

Alberta opposite-sex hormone rules for minors take effect (Ministerial Order 31/2025)

Jan 7, 2026

Alberta’s rules on opposite-sex hormones for minors under **Ministerial Order 31/2025** took effect on **7 January 2026**. This is **Alberta only**, not a Canada-wide ban.

Federal Register / U.S. Government Publishing Office

CMS proposes ending federal Medicaid and CHIP funding for sex-rejecting procedures on children (CMS-2451-P)

Dec 19, 2025

On 19 December 2025 the Federal Register published **CMS-2451-P**, a **proposed** rule. It is not the later August 2026 final rule (CMS-2451-F), and a proposal is **not** an enacted funding cutoff.

New Zealand Legislation

New Zealand GnRH analogue regulations restrict new puberty-suppression scripts — enforcement paused by the courts

Dec 19, 2025

On 19 December 2025 the **Medicines (Restriction on Prescribing Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone Analogues) Amendment Regulations 2025** (LI 2025/256) came into force. A same-day-period **No 2** instrument (LI 2025/302, made 1 December 2025) confined the new limit to children and adolescents after an adult restriction in the first instrument was treated as inadvertent.

Queensland Government ministerial statement

Queensland Cabinet continues the public Stage 1/2 pause pending UK PATHWAYS results in 2031

Dec 19, 2025

On 19 December 2025, Queensland’s Minister for Health and Ambulance Services published the Independent Review Advice Report (Professor Ruth Vine) on Stage 1 and Stage 2 hormones for children and adolescents with gender dysphoria in **Queensland public hospitals**, and announced Cabinet’s decision.

NHS England

Levy review: NHS adult gender clinics have very long waits and weak outcome records

Dec 18, 2025 · NHS England

An independent NHS review of adult gender dysphoria clinics found very long waits and that outcomes are not recorded well enough to judge safety or effectiveness. NHS England published an initial response committing to improve. This is about adult services — not Cass youth policy.

Courts of New Zealand

New Zealand High Court: Crown must take no steps to enforce GnRH regulations pending review

Dec 17, 2025

On 17 December 2025 the High Court of New Zealand delivered *Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc v Minister of Health* [2025] NZHC 4045.

Government of Alberta

Alberta Bill 9 receives Royal Assent — notwithstanding clause shields youth surgery, under-16 hormones, and related statutes

Dec 11, 2025

On 11 December 2025, Alberta’s **Protecting Alberta’s Children Statutes Amendment Act** (Bill 9) received Royal Assent and took effect that day. This is **Alberta only**, not a Canada-wide ban.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

HHS publishes Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria evidence review

Nov 19, 2025

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published *Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices* on 19 November 2025. This is an **evidence review**.

NHS England

England starts building NHS care for people who want to detransition

Oct 30, 2025 · NHS England

NHS England is developing a clinical pathway for adults who medically transitioned and later want to detransition. After a lived-experience hearing in April 2025, it ran a clinician call for evidence from 30 October to 28 December 2025. This follows Cass Review recommendations about support for people considering detransition. It is not a youth medical ban.

Queensland Health

Queensland Ministerial Direction QH-MD-002 pauses Stage 1 and Stage 2 for new public patients under 18

Oct 28, 2025

On 28 October 2025, Queensland’s Minister for Health and Ambulance Services issued **Ministerial Direction QH-MD-002** under section 44(1) of the *Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011*. The official page states that it operates on and from that date, with immediate effect. It applies to **public Hospital and Health Services only**. It is **not** a national Australian ban, and it does not, by its terms, close private clinics.

Supremo Tribunal Federal

STF restores CFM Resolution 2.427/2025 after the Acre pause — professional rule, not a criminal statute

Oct 2, 2025

On 2 October 2025, Justice Flávio Dino of Brazil’s Supremo Tribunal Federal issued a **provisional** decision in Reclamação (Rcl) 84653 suspending a Federal Court of Acre injunction that had paused **CFM Resolution 2.427/2025**. STF’s official news item reporting the decision was published on 7 October 2025. This restores a **professional ethics / medical-board rule**, not a criminal statute, and it is **not** a final merits judgment on the resolution’s constitutionality.

Rebel News

Billboard Chris launches nonprofit to combat child medical transitioning

Aug 12, 2025 · Organization News

After years of child protection activism and more than 30 assaults, Chris Elston takes his fight against child gender ideology to the next level with the launch of the We Speak Truth Foundation.

The Daily Wire

‘Billboard Chris’ Launches Global Nonprofit To Fight Child Gender Exploitation

Aug 6, 2025 · Organization News

We’re formalizing a grassroots movement to educate, activate, and equip people to protect children.

Fox News

Elon Musk’s X and Billboard Chris celebrate ‘decisive victory’ against censorship in Australia

Jul 5, 2025 · Legal Victory

Billboard Chris forces Australia to back down after a tribunal threatened X with an $800,000 fine for his post critical of a transgender WHO official.

Catholic Herald

UN report calls on governments to prohibit ‘gender transition’ for children

Jun 26, 2025 · Legal Victory

A new report from the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls warns that countries are failing to address both persistent and newly emerging forms of sex-based violence, including those that relate to gender ideology.

Politico

Supreme Court upholds Tennessee’s ban on sex-rejecting procedures for minors

Jun 18, 2025 · Legal Victory

The ruling was 6-3 along ideological lines. The Supreme Court has upheld a Tennessee law that bans sex-rejecting procedures for transgender minors.

Conselho Federal de Medicina (CFM)

Brazil CFM Resolution 2.427/2025: professional ethics rule on blockers and hormones under 18 — STF later restored full force

Apr 16, 2025

**Conselho Federal de Medicina (CFM) Resolution 2.427/2025** is a **professional ethics / medical-board rule**, not a criminal statute. It was signed 8 April 2025 and **published in the Diário Oficial da União on 16 April 2025**.