About a dozen bills introduced this year in North Carolina would impact transgender people including some that would restrict health care available to transgender kids.

The often-heated debate puts transgender athletes at the center of an issue without a clear middle ground.

Advocates say the policy could harm transgender students who are not out to their parents.

New state legislation would prevent transgender women and girls from competing on sports teams that match their gender identity.

State Treasurer Dale Folwell and the State Health Plan Board of Trustees announced Wednesday that they have to reinstate coverage of 鈥渕edically necessary services鈥� 鈥� including hormone replacement therapy and surgeries 鈥� which the health plan had provided for a single year in 2017.

Earlier this month, the Lambda Legal Defense Fund announced a lawsuit seeking to reverse a requirement that transgender citizens undergo surgery in order to obtain a birth certificate that reflects their gender identity.

A lawsuit filed on behalf of an adult and two minors in federal court says North Carolina鈥檚 requirement that transgender people undergo sex reassignment surgery is discriminatory, and not in line with a majority of states and medical organizations.

North Carolina's House speaker says the legislature won鈥檛 advance legislation preventing transgender girls and women from competing in school sports labeled for biologically female athletes.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police have arrested and charged two suspects in the shooting deaths of two transgender women found in Charlotte hotel rooms this month.

Republican sponsors have named it the "Save Women鈥檚 Sports Act鈥� and the point is fair play, but critics say it violates transgender girls' rights.