Transgender

Two Wisconsin LGBTQ+ advocacy groups filed a federal civil rights complaint against the School District of Waukesha, alleging officials there are fostering a hostile environment by violating Title IX.

The Watertown Unified School District approved a “Gender Support Plan,” Monday, shifting to more restrictive policies for transgender students.

In the months leading up to the November election, campaign ads for the presidential and senate races have dominated Wisconsin’s airwaves. In recent weeks, ads for Republican candidates have shifted towards targeting the rights of transgender people.

This lawsuit filed by a teacher who’s been fired for refusing to use transgender student’s pronouns is the first in Wisconsin, but schools in the state have faced a series of legal challenges over transgender rights issues.

The Universities of Wisconsin is suspending work on required changes to campus Title IX sex discrimination rules after a federal judge in Kansas blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from expanding the definition of sex discrimination to include gender identity. 

For LGBTQ Wisconsinites outside of large urban centers, Pride is an opportunity to find community and support in an environment where they might normally feel isolated.

The family-owned bakery Batter & Mac in Menomonee Falls is hosting five fundraisers for queer youth in Milwaukee during Pride Month. Despite some criticism, the business has raised nearly $7,000 for Courage MKE, an organization that provides housing to queer youth. 

A group of parents protesting a gender support policy at Eau Claire schools is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule two lower courts who dismissed their lawsuit because their children weren’t impacted.

Gov. Tony Evers made good on a promise to veto a Republican bill aimed at banning students born biologically male from playing on K-12 female sports teams.

A transgender middle school student has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Elkhorn Area School District for denying her access to girls’ restrooms for the last two years.