The sit-in was intended to protest a recent proposal that would bar the country’s first openly transgender member of Congress from using the women’s restrooms.
The Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments Wednesday in a case focused on restrictions to transgender care. The decision could have broad impacts for years to come.
The president-elect has promised to roll out a number of policies targeting trans people on his first day in office, including a new federal definition of sex as binary and assigned at birth.
Owasso Public Schools voluntarily agreed to make changes following the federal Department of Education’s investigation, but the district didn’t admit violating federal law.
The survey, conducted in 2023 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provides the first nationally representative data about trans students.
Journalist Nico Lang spent nearly a year traveling the country to document the lives of eight trans teens as the community has been targeted by hundreds of state bills.