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Ohio Blocks Funding For Trans-Affirming Mental Health Care For Youth And Adults
Governor Mike DeWine vetoed some anti-trans measures of the state budget bill, but signed off on others. The fight still isn’t over.
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11th Circuit Rules Trans Teacher Must Misgender Herself In Classroom In Accordance With FL Law
The ruling by Trump-appointed judges contradicts other classroom speech cases and is a clear case of the state barring disfavored speech, according to…
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Trump Admin Begins Processing Some Trans Passport Updates, Though It Will Maintain Data On Requests
On Wednesday, at least some transgender people applying for passports in person at passport offices for urgent travel have received updated passports…
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GOP Drops Federal Medicaid Ban On Trans Care From “Big Beautiful Bill”
In a sudden and much-needed victory for LGBT rights, Senate Republicans abandoned their efforts to ban federal Medicaid funding of gender-affirming care…
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Transgender Rights Cases Reopened After Supreme Court Ruling—Even Ones It Didn’t Touch
The Supreme Court ordered several cases to be reexamined after the Skrmetti ruling, despite the decision ostensibly being a limited ruling.
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June 2025

“We Don’t Answer To Courts”: Trump Admin Refuses Compliance With Trans Passport Court Order
A government source indicates that they believe the administration is intentionally delaying compliance with a ruling allowing trans people to change…
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Reported FBI Probe Targets Trans-Affirming Care Providers—For Procedure They Don’t Do
Unconfirmed reports of an FBI probe in pediatric hospitals serving trans youth leaves parents, doctors and transgender youth in a suspended state of…
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200,000 March In Budapest Pride, Refusing To Capitulate To Anti-LGBTQ+ Law
The march can teach the world the power of organized solidarity in the wake of a global, anti-LGBTQ+ reactionary movement.
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Zohran Mamdani Beats Andrew Cuomo for NY Mayoral Bid—Without Abandoning Trans People
Trump wants to strip kids of life-saving care. Mamdani says he won’t let it happen.
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Why You Need to Hear the Speech That Sylvia Rivera Wasn’t Allowed To Give
Sylvia Rivera was met with jeers and boos at one of the very first Pride Parades on this day in 1973. Here’s why that matters now.
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Trump Took Stonewall’s Trans Flags. New Yorkers Brought Their Own.
It is impossible to separate the transgender community from the history of Stonewall, no matter how hard the government may try.
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What Sarah McBride Gets Wrong
Congresswoman Sarah McBride recently interviewed with Ezra Klein at the New York Times, where she advocated for a politics of appeasement when it comes…
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