Whittney Evans

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Virginia High School League bans trans students from girls’ sports

Feb 11, 2025 | vpm.org | Whittney Evans

The organization initially said it would maintain its existing policy.
LGBTQ+ groups sue Trump over trans health care ban

Feb 5, 2025 | vpm.org | Whittney Evans

The American Civil Liberties Union and LGBTQ+ advocacy groups are suing President Donald Trump and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over an order to halt gender-affirming medical care for people under age 19. One of seven plaintiffs is Willow, a 17-year-old transgender girl whose recent appointment for hormone treatment with Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU was canceled. In a Jan.
Federal judge strikes down Biden’s Title IX rules protecting LGBTQ+ students

Jan 13, 2025 | whro.org | Whittney Evans

This story was reported and written by VPM News. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on Thursday, rolled back the federal Department of Education’s new rules expanding the list of those protected from sex discrimination in public education to include gay and transgender people.
Federal judge strikes down Biden’s Title IX rules protecting LGBTQ+ students

Jan 13, 2025 | vpm.org | Whittney Evans

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on Thursday, rolled back the federal Department of Education’s new rules expanding the list of those protected from sex discrimination in public education to include gay and transgender people.
Richmond mayoral candidates share common strategy for reducing gun violence

Nov 4, 2024 | vpm.org | Whittney Evans

All five candidates for Richmond mayor have said they’d implement a gun violence prevention measure called Group Violence Intervention — a strategy that's been used for decades to reduce homicides and gun violence in cities like Boston, Detroit and New Orleans. But Richmond leaders have previously declined to adopt the strategy.
Federal judge removes Hanover schools staff from trans tennis lawsuit

Oct 9, 2024 | vpm.org | Whittney Evans

Two Hanover County school officials have been dismissed from a federal lawsuit filed in July by the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia alleging that the county’s school board violated an 11-year-old transgender student’s rights by banning her from playing on the girls’ tennis team at her middle school. Judge M.
Curious Commonwealth asks: How was my spouse allowed to give away our retirement to a stranger?

Sep 29, 2024 | vpm.org | Whittney Evans

Imagine being married for more than three decades — and the day your spouse dies, you learn they’d given your entire retirement savings to someone you don’t know. That’s what happened to Chesterfield resident Patti McFarland,“I guess I have to discuss it in order to explain why it needs to be fixed,” she says. “It’s just an archaic rule that nobody’s corrected.”Patti reached out to VPM News to find out how this is legal in Virginia and how others can protect themselves.
Hanover court dismisses transgender model policies suit

Sep 18, 2024 | vpm.org | Whittney Evans

The ACLU of Virginia’s lawsuits challenging Virginia’s model policies for transgender public school students have now been tossed out by two state judges — for procedural reasons. Attorneys for the Virginia Department of Education successfully argued state law shields the agency from being sued under the sovereign immunity doctrine. Circuit courts in Hanover and York counties also agreed with VDOE’s attorneys that the ACLU missed an administrative deadline when it filed the lawsuits in February.
Voters discuss their 2024 options for Richmond mayor

Sep 9, 2024 | vpm.org | Whittney Evans

Richmond’s five mayoral candidates are getting plenty of facetime with voters ahead of the November election: There are roughly 10 mayoral forums planned in the community over the next two months. One held late in August at the Second Baptist Church Southside drew several hundred voters. It was organized by Richmonders Involved to Strengthen our Communities — a network of religious-based community organizations focused on social justice issues, specifically housing and gun violence.
Hanover school board to decide whether trans athlete can play girls tennis

Aug 6, 2024 | vpm.org | Whittney Evans

The Hanover County School Board will vote next week on whether a transgender student can play on the girls’ tennis team. The decision will be made the night before a federal judge is scheduled to hear a lawsuit alleging school administrators violated the law by previously denying the 11-year-old a spot on the team. Janie Doe tried out for, and made, the girls’ tennis team at a Hanover middle school in 2023.