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McBride: Trump administration using transgender people 'as a pawn'

Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.), the first openly transgender person elected to Congress, on Friday condemned recent executive orders issued by President...

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Federal workers told to remove pronouns from email signatures

Employees at federal agencies were instructed to remove pronouns from their email signatures by the end of the workday Friday, according to internal...

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Judge blocks transfer of transgender woman to men's facility

A Massachusetts judge has temporarily blocked federal prison officials from transferring an incarcerated transgender woman to a men’s facility and...

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Trump issues executive order to ban gender-affirming care for minors 

President Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive order meant to broadly restrict access to gender-affirming care for transgender children and...

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Five Takeaways on Trump’s order on transgender military service 

President Trump on Monday signed an executive order effectively barring transgender people from serving openly in the military, renewing a policy he...

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Bessent makes history at Treasury as highest-ranking LGBTQ official

The Senate on Monday confirmed billionaire hedge fund manager and investor Scott Bessent as President Trump’s Treasury secretary, making him the...

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Trump to sign executive order banning transgender people from military service

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Monday barring transgender people from serving openly in the military, part of a broader effort...

27.01.2025 30

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Trump World descends on bishop who pleaded for 'mercy'

President Trump and Republicans this week slammed a plea for "mercy" by Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde during a Tuesday morning prayer service, calling it...

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Bishop says she doesn't 'hate' Trump, refuses to apologize

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, who made waves this week for asking President Trump to “have mercy” on LGBTQ children and immigrants during a prayer...

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Calls to LGBTQ youth crisis hotline rose 33 percent on Inauguration Day: Trevor Project

The Trevor Project, a leading LGBTQ youth suicide prevention organization, said calls and text messages to its crisis intervention hotline had risen...

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Five takeaways on Trump's executive actions on gender

President Trump signed a sweeping executive order late Monday during his first hours in office recognizing only two sexes and preventing government...

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Trump signs executive order recognizing only two sexes

President Trump signed a sweeping executive order Monday during his first hours in office recognizing only two sexes, male and female, and directing...

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Justices agree to hear Maryland case on parents' rights and LGBTQ books

The Supreme Court said Friday it would review a case involving a group of Maryland parents who sued their children’s school district over its...

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Crockett to Mace on anti-trans push: 'Maybe start serving your constituents' 

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) during a Wednesday evening appearance on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” denounced Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) frequent...

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Christopher Street Project wants to hold Democrats accountable for anti-trans votes 

The Christopher Street Project, a hybrid PAC and nonprofit named for the New York street that’s home to the Stonewall Inn, is aiming to be...

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Flags ordered to fly at full-staff on Inauguration Day in multiple states

GOP governors of at least eight states ordered flags to be flown at full-staff on President-elect Trump's Inauguration Day, bucking tradition by...

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These two Democrats voted for House Republicans' bill to bar transgender athletes from girls' sports 

Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar, both of Texas, were the only Democrats to side with Republicans Tuesday to pass legislation meant to bar...

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House Republicans pass bill to ban transgender athletes from girls’ sports 

House Republicans on Tuesday passed a bill to bar transgender student-athletes from competing in girls’ sports from kindergarten through twelfth...

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More than 400 civil rights groups call on Congress to reject transgender athlete ban

More than 400 LGBTQ and civil rights groups on Monday urged lawmakers to reject legislation that would bar transgender athletes from competing in...

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Federal judge strikes down Biden Title IX rules

A federal judge in Kentucky struck down changes made to Title IX by the Biden administration Thursday, ruling that the new regulations, which had...

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Ohio governor signs bill requiring schools to notify parents of ‘sexuality content’

Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation Wednesday requiring educators to reveal a student’s gender identity to their families and...

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Texas AG Paxton sues NCAA for allowing transgender women to compete

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued the NCAA on Sunday, accusing the organization of engaging in “false, deceptive, and misleading...

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Biden administration withdraws proposed regulations on transgender athletes, student debt

The Biden administration on Friday withdrew a pending regulation governing transgender athletes, abandoning an effort to provide some protections...

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Michigan man pleads guilty to plotting mass shooting against gay community

A Michigan man pleaded guilty to plotting a mass shooting targeting gay people, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Mack Davis, 22, of Owosso,...

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NCAA president says there are 'less than 10' transgender athletes in college sports 

NCAA President Charlie Baker told a Senate panel there are fewer than 10 transgender athletes he is aware of who currently compete in college...

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Equality Caucus chair tells 'idiots' who claimed Wisconsin shooter was trans to 'f--- off'

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, which works to advance LGBTQ equality in the House, on Tuesday slammed...

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House bill would ban genital surgeries for intersex foster youth

States receiving federal funding for foster care and adoption assistance programs would be required to prohibit certain surgeries for foster...

16.12.2024 4

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Beshear says he does not support taxpayer-funded surgeries for transgender inmates

Kentucky's Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Thursday said he does not support using taxpayer dollars for gender-affirming surgery for transgender...

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Military with transgender connections see NDAA provision as ‘slap in the face’

Military veterans, families and active-duty service members with transgender children say a provision added to Congress’s annual defense policy...

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Rep. Adam Smith calls on Johnson to strike transgender care ban from final NDAA

Rep. Adam Smith (Wash.), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, is requesting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) strike a provision from...

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Supreme Court declines to intervene in challenge to Wisconsin school district’s transgender policy

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in a case involving a group of Wisconsin parents who sued their children’s school district over a...

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Republican senators launch inquiry into unpublished NIH study on puberty blockers for trans youth

Six Republican senators in a letter to National Institutes of Health Director Monica Bertagnolli said they are “concerned about the transparency”...

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Trans rights activists protest Capitol bathroom ban

Transgender rights activists including Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. army intelligence analyst and whistleblower, took to Capitol Hill on Thursday...

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Montana lawmakers vote down transgender bathroom rule

Montana state lawmakers rejected a proposal to bar Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the state’s first transgender legislator, from using the women’s...

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Supreme Court will weigh Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors, a landmark...

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DeWine signs bill restricting bathroom access for transgender Ohio students

Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed legislation Wednesday barring transgender students from using school restrooms and locker rooms that match...

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Transgender San José State volleyball player can compete, judge rules

A federal judge ruled Monday that a transgender volleyball player at San José State University can continue to compete on the women’s team. The...

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Court upholds Missouri ban on gender-affirming care for minors

A Missouri court on Monday upheld a state law banning gender-affirming health care for minors and prohibiting Medicaid from covering transition-...

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What RFK Jr. could mean for LGBTQ health care

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has expressed opposition to gender-affirming health care for transgender minors and questioned evidence linking HIV to AIDS,...

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Ocasio-Cortez: Mace, Johnson 'endangering all women and girls' with bathroom ban

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday denounced efforts by House Republicans to bar transgender people from restrooms in the Capitol...

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McBride says she will ‘follow the rules’ of House bathroom ban

Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.), set to be the nation’s first openly transgender member of Congress when she takes office in January, said she...

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Mace eyes legislation banning trans women from restrooms in federal buildings

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) plans to file legislation that would prohibit trans women from using women’s restrooms and changing rooms in all federal...

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Mace introduces bill to bar trans women from Capitol restrooms

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Monday introduced a bill to bar transgender women from facilities on Capitol Hill that match their gender identity. The...

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Democrats wrestle over role of transgender rights in election

Democrats are wrestling with the role the party’s broad support for transgender rights played in its failure to capture the presidency and either...

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Appeals court allows Indiana gender-affirming care ban to remain in effect

An Indiana law banning gender-affirming care for minors will remain in effect, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. A three-judge panel on the...

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Ohio lawmakers send transgender ‘bathroom ban’ to DeWine’s desk

Ohio’s Republican-controlled Senate approved legislation Wednesday to bar transgender students from using school restrooms and locker rooms that...

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Texas Democrats revive effort to repeal state’s ban on gay sex

Texas lawmakers, during the state’s upcoming legislative session, will have the opportunity to formally decriminalize gay sex, still technically a...

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Top Moulton aide quits after transgender athlete remarks

A top aide to Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.) resigned after comments Moulton made about transgender athletes were panned by state Democrats...

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Two Democrats speak out against transgender athletes after Trump win 

Two House Democrats said they oppose transgender athletes competing in women’s sports in the immediate aftermath of former President Trump’s...

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Trump loses ground with LGBTQ voters

LGBTQ voters shifted away from President-elect Trump at the polls, casting their ballots overwhelmingly for Vice President Harris and in higher...

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