Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signs executive order to protect transgender students:
The order also directs the State Board of Education to take the lead on LGBTQ issues, USA Today reports, including making resources widely available on the legal rights of transgender and gender-nonconforming students.
Pritzker said on TwitterThe move comes at a time when federal protections for transgender and nonbinary people have been gradually removed under the Trump administration.under the Affordable Care Act, USA Today reports, with the Department of Health and Human Services saying it plans to remove gender identity from the class of people protected from discrimination in health care.
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