Trans sports ban blocked, leaving decision to commission
Utah state Judge Keith Kelly has reversed a state ban on Trans girls in girls' sports, leaving behind a fallback system created by Republican lawmakers in case the ban was contested. Under the system, Trans girls will be evaluated by a commission panel to determine, in each case, whether their participation would cause unfairness.

The commission, being made up of politically appointed experts in the fields of athletics and medicine, will ask for and assess the child's height and weight – a requirement advocates for Trans students argue could make children feel targeted for having their bodies measured.

It's unclear when, if ever, the commission will actually call a student forward. Of the over 80,000 students playing high school sports last year, a state sports association said, only one Trans girl competed. In addition, school sports have already started for the year.

Judge Kelly said during the ruling that the attorneys representing the Trans students' families have showed that the families have suffered significant distress "by singling them out for unfavorable treatment as Transgender girls."

Far-right media launches online attacks against children's hospitals
Doctors and other staff at Boston Children's Hospital have been receiving violent threats over its surgical program for Trans youth, an administrator said – an experience apparently shared by other children's hospitals in the country.

As the home of the country's first pediatric and adolescent Trans health program, Boston Children's has been targeted by far-right social media, news outlets, and bloggers who had found the hospital's informational YouTube videos about gender-affirming surgeries for Trans patients.

The hospital responded by removing the videos, and said in a statement that it is working with law enforcement to protect staff and patients alike, and to "hold the offenders accountable."

The ire of these large, right-wing social media accounts have since shifted to similar programs, like that of hospitals in Pittsburgh and Phoenix.

Some might think this is nothing new, but C.P. Hoffman, senior policy counsel at the National Center for Transgender Equality, would say otherwise. Hoffman said it was the first time the center had heard of such vicious and sustained online attacks against children's hospitals specifically.

"It really makes one worry about the safety of Trans youth and their families and the individuals who provide services to them," they said.