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Democrats, major medical groups denounce Supreme Court's gender-affirming care ruling

Democratic leaders and professional medical organizations on Wednesday denounced the Supreme Court’s ruling that upheld a 2023 Tennessee law banning...

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Trump administration to shutter LGBTQ youth suicide hotline next month

President Trump’s administration has ordered a crisis service for LGBTQ youth to close within 30 days in a move that opponents have said will have...

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Judge extends block on Trump passport policy to all trans, nonbinary Americans

A federal judge on Tuesday extended an order blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a policy requiring identity documents to reflect an...

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Trump's Energy Department proposes dismantling parts of Title IX allowing girls on boys' teams

The Trump administration has leaned heavily on Title IX in its effort to purge sports of transgender women and girls, but attorneys and experts on the...

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DeSantis omits references to LGBTQ, Hispanic communities in latest Pulse remembrance

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) didn't directly reference LGBTQ or Hispanic people in an annual order issued Thursday to honor the victims of the 2016...

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Bishop Budde hopes Pride Month can be 'antidote' to 'unnecessarily hurtful' rhetoric

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, who asked that President Trump “have mercy” on LGBTQ children and immigrants during a prayer service he attended in...

10.06.2025 10

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White House dismisses Pride Month as WorldPride gathers in Washington

President Trump’s administration has not formally recognized Pride Month this year, but has doubled down on LGBTQ-related actions some advocates...

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DC park will close after all for WorldPride weekend

The National Park Service said Friday it would temporarily close the park at the center of Washington’s historic LGBTQ neighborhood ahead of the...

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House Democrats' bill would combat LGBTQ elder abuse

Legislation introduced Friday, during Pride Month, by more than a dozen House Democrats would help combat abuse against elderly LGBTQ Americans. The...

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White House: 'No plans' for Trump to issue Pride Month proclamation

President Trump has “no plans” to issue a proclamation recognizing June as Pride Month or dedicate it to any other group or cause, White House...

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Judge orders federal prisons to continue gender-affirming care for transgender inmates

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) may not enforce parts of a sweeping executive order President Trump signed on his first day back in office...

03.06.2025 4

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Republicans suggest PBS 'grooming' children with Pride post 

A group of congressional Republicans accused PBS on Monday of “grooming” children after "Sesame Street," one of the nonprofit TV network’s...

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More than 900 anti-LGBTQ incidents recorded over last year: GLAAD 

The LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD on Monday said it tracked nearly 1,000 incidents over the last year specifically targeting LGBTQ people in the U.S., a...

02.06.2025 10

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'Drag is everywhere': Artist network Qommittee is sashaying to stay

A year after launching, Qommittee, a national network of drag artists, says it’s just getting started. The group’s latest project, issued ahead...

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Nebraska lawmakers approve transgender athlete ban

Nebraska lawmakers gave final approval late Wednesday to legislation barring transgender student-athletes from competing on sports teams that match...

29.05.2025 3

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Transgender teens challenge Kansas law banning gender-affirming care for minors

Two transgender teenagers and their parents are challenging a Kansas law banning gender-affirming care for minors, arguing the measure violates the...

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DOJ investigating California over transgender athletes law

The Justice Department on Wednesday said it is investigating whether a near-decade-old law in California violates federal laws against sex...

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Trump threatens California funding over transgender high school athlete 

President Trump threatened Tuesday to revoke federal funding from California over a transgender high school track and field athlete who qualified over...

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House Democrats look to bolster trans military protections

House Democrats plan to unveil legislation Wednesday protecting the ability of transgender people to serve openly in the military as President...

21.05.2025 2

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Texas House approves repealing ban on 'homosexual conduct'

Texas lawmakers voted Thursday to repeal the state’s longstanding ban on gay sex, sending legislation to do so to the state Senate in a historic and...

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House Republicans seek to make Trump's trans military ban permanent

A handful of House Republicans are working to make President Trump’s executive order to bar transgender troops from serving openly in the military...

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House Democrats: Funding cuts to LGBTQ suicide hotline will have ‘lethal consequences’ 

More than 100 House Democrats urged the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to spare a crisis service for LGBTQ youth from federal funding...

13.05.2025 8

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Major social media platforms failing to meet 'basic standards' of safety for LGBTQ users: GLAAD

Six of the nation’s leading social media platforms are failing to keep LGBTQ users safe from online bullying and harassment and quell the spread of...

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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to enforce trans military ban

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Trump’s administration to begin enforcing a ban on transgender troops serving openly in the...

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Trump's HHS casts doubt on evidence supporting gender-affirming care for youth 

The Trump administration questioned the evidence supporting gender-affirming health care for youth in a lengthy review published Thursday by the...

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Democrats reintroduce landmark LGBTQ nondiscrimination bill

House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday reintroduced the Equality Act, a landmark civil rights bill that would make sexual orientation and gender...

29.04.2025 2

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Trump administration finds University of Pennsylvania violated Title IX with trans athletes

The Education Department said Monday it has found the University of Pennsylvania in violation of Title IX, the federal law against sex...

29.04.2025 10

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WorldPride moving events from Kennedy Center 

WorldPride organizers said celebrations initially set to take place at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., would be held elsewhere, suggesting...

28.04.2025 2

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Authors in Supreme Court LGBTQ books case detail 'surreal' fight

Sarah S. Brannen, a children’s author and illustrator, published her first book, about a young girl’s anxiety surrounding her favorite uncle’s...

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Demonstrators stage ‘die-in’ at HHS to protest cuts to HIV programs

Demonstrators gathered Thursday on the steps of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building for a “die-in” over proposed funding...

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Maine takes center stage in Trump trans athletes fight

Maine has found itself the surprising center of the nation’s debate over — and the Trump administration’s crusade against — transgender...

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WorldPride organizers consider cautioning transgender visitors from abroad 

Organizers of WorldPride, a global LGBTQ Pride event series to be held this year in Washington, say they are considering issuing an advisory for...

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Transgender pilot falsely linked to DC plane crash sues conservative influencer, alleging defamation

A transgender military helicopter pilot sued a conservative social media influencer for alleged defamation on Wednesday, two months after she was...

10.04.2025 2

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Maine sues USDA over funding freeze

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey (D) sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Monday over the agency’s recent decision to withhold federal...

08.04.2025 4

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USDA freezes funding for Maine schools over transgender athletes

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Wednesday it had frozen federal funds for some Maine education programs over the state’s refusal to...

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Georgia legislature approves transgender athlete ban

Georgia lawmakers on Monday sent legislation to bar transgender student-athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports to Republican...

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House Dems look to expand access to gender-affirming care amid Trump crackdown

More than two dozen House Democrats are looking to protect and expand availability to gender-affirming care for transgender youths and adults as the...

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Trans leaders seek hope, action this Trans Day of Visibility 

The International Transgender Day of Visibility, recognized globally for more than a decade, is, for many trans Americans, taking on a new weight this...

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Trump administration investigating Portland schools over transgender athlete

The Education Department is investigating Oregon’s largest school district and the state’s governing body for high school sports for allowing a...

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5 transgender service members ask judge to shield them from military ban

Five transgender service members are requesting a judge block the Trump administration from enforcing a policy that bars trans people from serving...

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Federal court blocks Trump administration from separating 2 transgender airmen

A federal court on Monday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from separating two transgender service members from the military under a pair...

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Tennessee lawmakers send anti-transgender bathroom bill to governor's desk

Tennessee’s Republican-dominated Legislature voted Thursday to send legislation to limit access to facilities at residential education programs...

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Advocates to rally in DC for Trans Day of Visibility amid Trump administration rollbacks

Transgender rights advocates from across the nation will gather on the National Mall this month in celebration of Transgender Day of Visibility, an...

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Trump administration finds Maine in violation of Title IX over trans athletes

The Trump administration is giving Maine until March 27 to reverse its policy allowing transgender student-athletes to participate in girls’ and...

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Appeals court partially overturns Ohio ban on transgender care for minors

An Ohio appeals court declared Tuesday that a portion of a 2023 law banning gender-affirming medical care for minors is unconstitutional, ruling that...

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Third challenge filed to Trump’s order on transgender troops

Two transgender service members are suing the Trump administration over a pair of executive orders targeting transgender Americans and their...

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VA halts gender-affirming care for transgender veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will no longer offer gender-affirming medical treatment to transgender former service members, the department...

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Texas bill would charge transgender people with 'fraud'

Transgender Texans could be charged with fraud under state legislation filed this month that seeks to make publicly identifying as trans illegal. ...

12.03.2025 10

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Republican adjourns hearing after blow-up over McBride introduction

A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing ended abruptly Tuesday after Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas) referred to Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.), the first...

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Transgender inmates sue Trump, Bureau of Prisons over policies restricting gender-affirming care

Three transgender people incarcerated in federal custody sued the Trump administration and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Friday in a class...

08.03.2025 4

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