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On January 30, 2017, the [[Boy Scouts of America]] announced that transgender boys would be allowed to enroll in boys-only programs, effective immediately. Previously, the sex listed on an applicant's birth certificate determined eligibility for these programs; going forward, the decision would be based on the gender listed on the application.<ref name="guardian-30jan2017">{{cite news|title=Boy Scouts of America allows transgender children who identify as boys to enroll|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jan/31/boy-scouts-of-america-transgender-children-identify-boys-enrol|access-date=January 30, 2017|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Guardian|date=January 30, 2017}}</ref> In February 2017, Joe Maldonado became the first openly transgender member of the Boy Scouts of America;<ref name="mercurynews1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/08/boy-scouts-welcome-first-transgender-member/ |title=Boy Scouts get first transgender member |work=San Jose Mercury News |date= February 8, 2017|access-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref> the Boy Scouts' policy on transgender boys had been changed after Joe's rejection from them in 2016 for being transgender became nationally known.<ref name="mercurynews1"/>
 
Also in 2017, the [[Trump administration]], through the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]], reversed the Obama-era policy which used [[Title VII of the Civil Rights Act]] to protect transgender employees from discrimination.<ref name="cbsnews.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sessions-doj-reverses-obama-era-transgender-work-protections/|title=Sessions' DOJ reverses transgender workplace protections|date=October 5, 2017 |publisher=CBS News}}</ref> The Supreme Court ruled in June 2020 that [[Title VII of the Civil Rights Act|Title VII]] includes protections for gay and transgender employees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bostock v. Clayton County|date=2020-06-15|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf}}</ref>
 
Also in 2017 under the Trump administration and with the support of two Trump attorney generals Jeff Sessions and William Barr, Kate Lynn Blatt, won the right to be the first transgender individual to sue under the (ADA) Americans with Disabilities Act, for transgender job discrimination, extending (ADA) protections to all Transgender individuals with in the United States who are diagnosed and suffer from Gender Dysphoria in the Historic ruling of (Blatt vs Cabela’s Retail inc).
</ref> The Supreme Court ruled in June 2020 that [[Title VII of the Civil Rights Act|Title VII]] includes protections for gay and transgender employees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bostock v. Clayton County|date=2020-06-15|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/17-1618_hfci.pdf}}</ref>
 
In 2017, [[Trystan Reese]] case, another story of a transgender man who gave birth to a child, attracted media attention.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Archives |first1=L. A. Times |title=Dow Jones and NBC to Merge Foreign Business TV Units |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-dec-10-fi-62457-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=30 May 2024 |date=10 December 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=He Became Known as the 'Pregnant Man.' Now Trystan Reese Tells His Story About Trans Pregnancy. |url=https://pridesource.com/article/he-became-known-as-the-pregnant-man-now-trystan-reese-tells-his-story-about-trans-pregnancy |website=Pride Source |access-date=30 May 2024 |language=en |date=7 September 2021}}</ref> In 2021, he published a book about it.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reese |first1=Trystan |title=How We Do Family: From Adoption to Trans Pregnancy, What We Learned about Love and LGBTQ Parenthood |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SI_4DwAAQBAJ |publisher=The Experiment, LLC |access-date=30 May 2024 |language=en |date=29 June 2021}}</ref>