Schools across the country roll back pro-trans policies...

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Schools across the country roll back pro-trans policies as GOP policies get implemented

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Story by Greg Owen (15 April 2025)

In February, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law in Iowa that removes gender identity as a protected class from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. That prompted the Linn-Mar School District outside Cedar Rapids to rescind policies adopted in 2022 to shield students from forced outings and allow them to use preferred pronouns.

In Bellevue, Nebraska, the school board faced a stark choice: repeal protections for trans students adopted in 2015 or lose up to $10 million in federal funding.

District policy was changed to allow teachers to disclose a student's transgender status to others, including parents; bar transgender students from talking about their gender identity; and ban transgender students from using restrooms that don't align with their sex assigned at birth.

The same forces were at work this week in Mesa, Arizona, where a proposed "Gender Dysphoria Policy" was hotly debated at an overflow school board meeting.

Current district guidelines regarding trans students allow them to be addressed by their preferred name and pronouns, participate in school sports, and use restrooms, locker rooms, and shower facilities in accordance with their gender identity. The guidelines also prohibit the disclosure of a student's transgender or gender-nonconforming status to other employees, students, and parents.

All of those guidelines would be rolled back with the adoption of the new "Gender Dysphoria Policy."