For many transgender Iowans, the consequences feel existential. “Anytime someone has to check your ID and they see that the gender marker doesn’t match the appearance, then that opens up hostility, ...

More than a dozen Iowa cities and counties shield trans people from discrimination. Will Iowa Republican lawmakers pass legislation to stop them?

Sean McRoberts of Iowa City first came to terms with their gender identity almost six years ago while in their upper 30s and has felt freer and more like themselves since. McRoberts, a transgender ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Thursday that prevents transgender girls from competing in female sports. The Republican went into detail about the law during a signing event on Thursday ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa became the first state to remove gender identity from its civil rights code under a law that took effect Tuesday, meaning transgender and nonbinary residents are no longer ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed a bill this week that bans the state’s Medicaid program from covering gender-affirming care. According to The Gazette, House File 1049 includes a provision preventing ...

WASHINGTON — An ideologically divided Supreme Court on June 18 upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a major setback for transgender Americans who have increasingly become ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Those on Iowa Medicaid will not receive coverage from the program for gender-affirming care ...

"To take away the rights of one group creates unprecedented, large-scale problems for everyone," writes Lennon Janes.