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Similar restrictions are being enacted across U.S. states, particularly in the South and Midwest. States like Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, and Tennessee have implemented bans on gender-affirming surgeries for minors and restrictions on trans athletes competing in women’s sports. The international landscape also reflects this trend, with sports governing bodies such as FINA explicitly barring biological males from women’s swimming competitions and governments like Italy and Poland imposing limitations on adoption rights for LGBT couples.