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California - Alameda County officials approve $1.5M for gender-affirming care. The Board of Supervisors greenlighted the funding amid federal threats to transgender care.The funding will go toward the LGBTQ Community Center, a nonprofit based in Oakland, to provide a slew of services including gender-affirming healthcare, mental health support, crisis response and prevention services. Book bans and LGBTQ+ outing policy under scrutiny in Chino Valley district. Chino Valley Unified’s book-removal and LGBTQ+ outing policies are under renewed scrutiny. A complaint filed with state officials says the district’s book policy unlawfully targets LGBTQ+-themed titles and bypasses public hearings. Colorado - Local officials, community rally behind Jeffco schools in federal transgender policies fight. Nearly 600 organizations, state and local officials, and community members have signed a letter of support for Jeffco Public Schools and its school board amid the district’s fight with the Trump administration over transgender policies. Kansas - Judge temporarily reinstates transgender Lawrence woman’s driver’s license. A Douglas County judge has temporarily reinstated the driver’s license of a Lawrence transgender woman and Army veteran after the license was invalidated under a new state law barring people from changing the gender markers on their state-issued documents. The judge found that the Kansas Department of Revenue likely violated her due process rights. Ohio - Ohio BMV scraps gender change form for transgender Ohioans. The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles no longer accepts a form allowing transgender Ohioans to change the gender listed on their driver's license or state ID. A BMV spokesperson said the agency will change gender markers only with an updated birth certificate or passport. South Carolina - Families in Dorchester School District Four brought concerns about a transgender teacher to the school board. While parents raised questions about classroom policies and discussions of gender identity, LGBTQ+ advocates emphasized that a teacher’s gender identity does not affect their ability to educate students and that educators should be evaluated on their work in the classroom. The Board said it would consider the concerns while following district policy and applicable law. Virginia - Emails reveal Virginia school officials approved an LGBTQ+ club until conservative backlash hit. A King George Middle School eighth-grader is asking a federal judge to intervene immediately after records show the district rewrote its policy to deny the GSA's existence.
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