US states sue RFK Jr over trans-inclusive sex education row

US states sue RFK Jr over trans-inclusive sex education row

Robert F Kennedy Jr is coming under fire from a number of US states for threatening to cut funding over sex-education programmes that mention trans and non-binary people. The legal complaint against the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) accused the health secretary – who has no medical degree but has said he can diagnose some childhood illnesses just by looking at a youngster – of forcing states to “rewrite sexual-health curricula…

RFK Jr Sued by 17 States Over Anti-Trans Sex-Ed Funding Threats

Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s administration is facing legal action from 17 US states and D.C. over threats to cut federal funding from sex-ed programmes that include trans and non-binary people, in a move critics say targets queer youth.