menu_open Columnists
Brooke Migdon

Brooke Migdon

The Hill

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

New Hampshire becomes first Northeastern state to ban gender-affirming care for minors 

New Hampshire is the first Northeastern state to ban gender-affirming health care for minors after its Republican governor gave final approval to...

latest 0

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

College at center of USA Fencing fight agrees to deal with Trump administration on trans athletes

Wagner College, a small, private liberal arts college on Staten Island in New York has agreed to comply with the Trump administration’s restrictions...

saturday 20

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

FTC eyes trans youth care providers, seeking input on alleged deceptive practices investigation

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday launched a public inquiry into whether providers of gender-affirming health care are violating federal...

29.07.2025 2

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

Buttigieg: Approach to transgender rights 'starts with compassion' 

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Democrats should approach transgender rights, including eligibility requirements for trans...

29.07.2025 30

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis asks Supreme Court to reverse same-sex marriage decision 

Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who was briefly jailed in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, asked the...

25.07.2025 10

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

McBride: Trump transgender ban 'weakens our military' 

Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.) on Monday called a Trump administration policy barring transgender people from serving openly in the military...

22.07.2025 9

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

Paxton sues adult swimming organization that allowed trans women to compete in Texas race

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued an adult swimming organization Thursday after it allowed two transgender women to compete alongside...

18.07.2025 2

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

LGBTQ advocates brace for Thursday closure of 988 lifeline service

States and mental health organizations are bracing for the closure of a specialized service within 988, the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, for...

16.07.2025 2

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

California rejects Trump demand to ban trans athletes

California education officials have formally rejected the Trump administration’s demand to bar transgender girls from girls school sports teams,...

09.07.2025 20

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

Wisconsin Supreme Court clears way for conversion therapy ban

A Wisconsin legislative committee controlled by Republicans violated the state constitution when it rejected a state agency rule to ban conversion...

08.07.2025 3

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

Trans athletes face uncertain future after Penn strikes deal with Trump administration

The University of Pennsylvania’s decision this week to sign an agreement with the Trump administration committing to barring transgender athletes...

05.07.2025 30

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

Penn to ban trans women from sports, remove trans swimmer's records in deal with Trump administration

The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from participating on its women’s sports teams and remove the records of Lia...

02.07.2025 30

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

Authors in LGBTQ books case: SCOTUS ruling 'discriminatory and harmful'

More than a dozen children’s book authors and illustrators whose work was named in a Supreme Court case said Friday's ruling, which sided with a...

27.06.2025 2

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

10 years after Obergefell, gay marriage faces growing threats

Same-sex marriage equality has been the law of the land for 10 years as of Thursday. But after a string of crushing losses for LGBTQ rights at the...

26.06.2025 40

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

West Virginia asks Supreme Court to hear trans athlete case after ruling on gender-affirming care

West Virginia on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to hear a case against a state law barring transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s school...

24.06.2025 2

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

Supreme Court ruling scrambles battle for transgender care

The Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered a substantial blow to transgender-rights advocates in upholding a 2023 Tennessee law banning gender-affirming...

21.06.2025 40

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

19.06.2025 20

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

18.06.2025 100

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

18.06.2025 70

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

14.06.2025 30

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

13.06.2025 10

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

08.06.2025 70

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

06.06.2025 3

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

06.06.2025 2

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

04.06.2025 50

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

03.06.2025 30

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

'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...

31.05.2025 9

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

29.05.2025 3

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

28.05.2025 4

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

27.05.2025 10

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

17.05.2025 40

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

15.05.2025 2

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

13.05.2025 10

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

06.05.2025 2

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

01.05.2025 5

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

26.04.2025 30

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

25.04.2025 10

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

19.04.2025 3

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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...

11.04.2025 4

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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

The Hill

Brooke Migdon

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

The Hill

Brooke Migdon