New York and more than a dozen other states are accusing the federal Department of Health and Human Services of illegally pressuring them to censor references to gender identity in federally funded sexual education programs.

In a lawsuit filed in federal court on Friday, New York Attorney General Letitia James and 15 other attorneys general across the country argue that new HHS rules violate constitutional discrimination protections and undermine public health. New Jersey and Connecticut are taking part in the lawsuit as well.

In August, the HHS, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said schools had 60 days to remove any mention of so-called “gender ideology" from their federally funded education materials or they would lose funding. The two major programs set to lose tens of millions in fu

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