South Dakota Forced to Apologize to Transgender Activists, Pay $300,000

Published on February 7, 2024

South Dakota has issued an apology to a transgender advocacy group and must pay $300,000 under an agreement that settles a lawsuit against Gov. Kristi Noem and the state health secretary over a terminated contract. The Transformation Project, a nonprofit that provides suicide prevention and other services to transgender people in South Dakota, sued Ms. Noem and Secretary of Health Melissa Magstadt last year after the state canceled a contract to hire and train a community health worker to connect members of the LGBT community to health services. The contract included a $136,000 state-administered federal grant, of which the transgender group received roughly $39,000, according to its attorneys....

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