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EEOC instructs staff to sideline all new transgender discrimination cases, employees say • Apr. 18, 2025, 6:43 PM ET (AP)
Trump administration sues Maine over participation of transgender athletes in girls sports • Apr. 16, 2025, 4:42 PM ET (AP)
UK's top court says definition of a woman is based on biological sex and excludes transgender people • Apr. 16, 2025, 12:55 PM ET (AP)
Under the new Trump administration, this year’s Transgender Day of Visibility has a different tenor • Mar. 31, 2025, 3:51 PM ET (AP)

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