Three bills aiming to restrict gender affirming care and gender self-identification for minors are moving swiftly through the state legislature. In emotional testimony before a committee last week, parents of transgender kids called gender affirming care ‘lifesaving.’ These Utah bills reflect a nationwide increase in anti-transgender legislation. Plus, as one of his last decisions in office, former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez vetoed a bill for helium extraction. And later, Wyoming researchers are taking to the air to look after bighorn sheep at risk of catching pneumonia.

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// Photo: Utahn Drew Armstrong, co-founder of Dragon Dads, an online community for fathers of LGBTQ+ kids, speaks before the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Jan. 18th. Armstrong opposes a bill that would restrict gender affirming care for youth in Utah.

// UPR: Three bills related to transgender minors are brought to the Senate

https://www.upr.org/utah-news/2023-01-19/three-bills-related-to-transgender-minors-are-brought-to-the-senate

// SB 16: Transgender Medical Treatments and Procedures Amendments

https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0016.html

// SB 93: Vital Records Modifications

https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0093.html

// SB 100: School District Gender Identity Policies

https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0100.html

// KHOL: Facing a ‘die off,’ bighorn sheep get airlifted for a health checkup

https://891khol.org/facing-a-die-off-bighorn-sheep-get-airlifted-for-a-health-checkup/