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  Feds launch investigations into four WA school districts over trans athletes

  The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced they are investigating four school districts in Washington state for permitting transgender students to compete in school sports.

  • Noel Gasca
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  Interfering with signature-gathering for WA initiatives is on the rise. It's also illegal

  Incidents involving signature-gatherers have become increasingly frequent as the group Let’s Go Washington, backed by hedge fund manager Brian Heywood, gears up its second effort to get conservative policies passed in majority-Democratic Washington state.

  • Scott Greenstone
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  Seattle sues Trump to protect DEI and LGBTQ+ policies from executive order threats

  The City of Seattle is taking President Donald Trump and his administration to court over two executive orders that threaten diversity and inclusive gender identity policies.

  • KUOW Staff
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  Lawsuit targeting trans youth protections in WA dismissed on appeal

  Parents trying to overturn a Washington law protecting runaway transgender youth have hit another roadblock in federal court.

  • Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard
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  Small town on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula shows its pride following school trans ban

  The small town of Quilcene, tucked away on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, is known for logging, plentiful oysters, and scenic views on Highway 101. But recently the otherwise tight-knit community has been shaken up by some national politics. Quilcene is the first school district in Washington state to ban trans athletes — even though there are no trans athletes there.

  • Casey Martin
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  Ex-Washington state worker claims OSPI fired her over school board vote on trans athletes

  A former director at Washington state’s schools agency alleges the state superintendent fired her after she voted as a local school board member in support of barring trans girls from competing in girls’ sports.

  • Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
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  Gender-inclusive policies spark federal investigation of Washington schools agency

  The U.S. Department of Education has opened a broad investigation of the Washington state superintendent’s office over its gender-inclusive schools policies.

  • Sami West
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  Proposal to keep trans athletes out of girls' sports fails in Washington state

  Washington state’s governing body for middle and high school athletics has rejected a proposal to limit participation in girls’ sports to students assigned female at birth.

  • Sami West
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  Washington schools grapple with conflicting policy on trans sports

  Transgender student athletes, and the schools they play for in Washington, are facing some new uncertainty, as they face conflicting guidance from state and federal officials.

  • Sami West
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  Victim of alleged transgender hate crime ‘distraught’ at news of second attack

  A Seattle man already awaiting trial for one hate crime charge has now been charged in a second case stemming from a University District encounter last Thursday. Prosecutors described both incidents as unprovoked attacks on transgender women.

  • Amy Radil

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