School Assault Case - While they sought to pass a controversial transgender policy, Loudoun County, VA schools may have concealed a sexual assault of a 9th grader by a boy wearing a skirt in a Stone Bridge High School girls bathroom. The same suspect later allegedly committed a second sexual assault in another school’s empty classroom. In response, over 100 parents and demonstrators, many claiming to be feminists and Democrats, protested at a Loudoun County Public Schools board meeting, demanding the resignations of the superintendent and school board members. Email records revealed the superintendent knew of the assault a month before denying he knew of it.

Administration - The White House unveiled a "National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality", which includes safeguarding abortion and "ensuring equity in education" for "LGBTQI+ youth". The State Department issued its first passport with an option for a nonbinary gender designation, expected to be widely available in early 2022. In another first, the HHS approved a state requirement for "gender-affirming care" to be covered by private individual and small-group health insurance plans. The change would take effect in Colorado at the beginning of 2023. 

Congress - Four bishop chairmen issued a letter to the House on its bill to reauthorize the Family Violence and Prevention Services Act, commending the good elements but warning that problems must be fixed, such as forcing even religious women’s shelters that partner with the programs to place male “transgender women” with females.

Courts - Christian Employers Alliance filed suit to challenge Biden mandates to cover gender transition procedures. The Minnesota Dept. of Human Rights settled a lawsuit against CSL Plasma, which had refused a trans-identifying male blood donor after he requested the company record him as female. Two women sued the state of Nebraska for legal recognition as equal mothers of both their children (each gave birth to one child), even though they split up before Obergefell legally recognized same-sex "marriage" nationwide.

States - Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed into law a bill prohibiting school athletes from playing in events of the opposite sex. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill preventing public colleges from "deadnaming" (using birth names instead of preferred names) trans/nonbinary-identifying students on their records and diplomas. A 78-year-old trans-identifying man filed a complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission against an assisted living facility because it rejected his request to share a room with a female resident.

Schools & Localities - The diocese of Brooklyn dismissed a Catholic school teacher for violating his contract by entering into a same-sex "marriage" and the diocese is now receiving significant criticism, which could result in legal action.

International - Italy has received strong opposition from the Holy See for the former’s "anti-homophobia” bill, particularly on religious liberty grounds with respect to nebulously defined SOGI discrimination. A letter from the CDF to a pro-family association echoed Pope Francis’s warnings of the dangers of gender ideology before the bill was suprisingly blocked in the senate. India's National Medical Commission ordered publishers and medical schools to change their materials to exhibit greater sensitivity on LGBT-related issues. The lower house of France's parliament advanced a bill that would introduce prison sentences and fines for people who "attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBT citizens." 

Health - Two of the most prominent providers in the field of "transgender medicine" have expressed second thoughts about some of the field's most common practices.