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States Ramp Up Anti-Trans Laws, Lawsuits Spark Protests

5/21/2026

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New anti-transgender measures and lawsuits are emerging in multiple states, prompting civil-rights groups to mobilize.
D'Iberville High School in Biloxi posted a deadnamed, altered portrait of salutatorian Jonas Hole, sparking criticism, a protest, and ACLU of South Carolina condemnation of the state’s bathroom law.
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach said the bathroom law does not apply to areas, while Judge Reed O’Connor ordered Rhode Island Hospital to release youths’ records.

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Story summary

New anti-transgender measures and lawsuits are emerging in multiple states, prompting civil-rights groups to mobilize.
D'Iberville High School in Biloxi posted a deadnamed, altered portrait of salutatorian Jonas Hole, sparking criticism, a protest, and ACLU of South Carolina condemnation of the state’s bathroom law.
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach said the bathroom law does not apply to areas, while Judge Reed O’Connor ordered Rhode Island Hospital to release youths’ records.