WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against a transgender healthcare nonprofit Wednesday, accusing it of misleading and coercing parents over gender-affirming treatment for their children. The FTC’s complaint against the World Professional Association of Transgender Health is the latest in a series of legal actions from the Trump administration against organizations that…
The Trump administration opened a new legal front against transgender healthcare on Wednesday, suing the world’s leading transgender health organization and accusing it of misleading families, doctors, and insurers about gender-affirming care for minors.
The Federal Trade Commission, joined by the attorneys general of Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas, filed the lawsuit against the World…
A lawsuit has been filed against the Nebo School District in Utah for failing to protect an LGBTQ+ student from harassment and violence, according to local ABC affiliate KTVX.
The student’s family alleges that Payson Junior High administrators did not provide the proper measures to ensure the child’s safety on campus. After enduring years of bullying, she was also recently physically…
Washington, D.C., has the highest concentration of LGBTQ+ adults in the United States. But a new survey suggests many of the city’s young queer and transgender residents are struggling to afford housing, access mental healthcare, and envision a stable future in the nation’s capital.
A report published Wednesday by the Wanda Alston Foundation and Loyola Marymount University’s LGBTQ+ Politics…
Children’s Hospital Colorado was forced to resume gender-affirming care through a court order, but the doctors who work there won’t do it
For most of her career, Nina West watched drag move steadily toward the center of American culture.
The Columbus entertainer spent decades helping build Ohio's drag community, long before a run on __RuPaul's Drag Race__ turned her into one of the state's most recognizable LGBTQ+ figures. Drag brunches became commonplace. Television audiences numbered in the millions. Performers raised money…
Former Vice President Kamala Harris spent part of Pride Month visiting a place that has long served as both a sanctuary and stage for LGBTQ+ Americans.
On Saturday evening, Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, made an unannounced visit to The Abbey, the landmark West Hollywood gay bar that has occupied a singular place in American LGBTQ+ life for decades. Harris moved through the crowd,…
The Department of Veterans Affairs has ordered health facilities nationwide to eliminate gender identity-based initiatives and strip the LGBTQ+ designation from a network of medical coordinators created to help LGBTQ+ veterans navigate care, according to an internal memorandum obtained by __The Advocate.__
The June 12 directive, signed by Veterans Health Administration Under Secretary for…
Melissa Hortman often told me things she probably shouldn’t have. One time when I was a Capitol reporter with the Star Tribune, she expressed displeasure with a profile I’d written about a Republican operative. “The journalistic equivalent of a bl*wjob,” she told me with that grin of hers, which shone through her eyes. The late […]
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Hundreds of trans youth impacted by the Queensland Government’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone treatments are eligible to join […]
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The legal battle over President Donald Trump's transgender military ban is entering a new phase that could determine whether the challenge proceeds on behalf of a handful of plaintiffs or thousands of transgender service members nationwide.
Attorneys representing transgender troops asked a federal judge on Friday to certify a nationwide class in __Talbott v. United States__ , a challenge to…
A Superior Court judge on Tuesday upheld the secretary of state’s decision to invalidate the anti-transgender referendum that had been slated for the November ballot. After months of back and forth, that means the citizen-led initiative seeking to limit what school sports teams, bathrooms, and locker rooms trans students can access ultimately fell about 500 […]
As the Trump administration continues its unprecedented assault on LGBTQ+ rights, some of the nation's most prominent queer leaders and allies gathered Tuesday night in Washington, D.C., with a message that was equal parts warning, celebration, and call to action: don't give up.
Bob the Drag Queen hosted Equality PAC’s annual National Pride Gala, attended by members of Congress, activists,…
Maryland U.S. District Judge Julie Rubin, a Biden-era appointee, rejected a first-of-its-kind bid from transgender advocates that would establish a national order preventing Trump’s Justice Department from strong-arming hospital systems and service providers into giving away sensitive patient information about trans minors who receive gender-affirming care, per Reuters.
Rubin heard arguments…
The Trump administration says it is working to restore specialized suicide prevention services for LGBTQ+ youth through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by the end of the year, nearly a year after shutting them down. However, the implementation is being complicated byTrump administration’s exclusionary policies regarding transgender Americans. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and…
On October 5, 2022, transgender high school student Tatiana Blount was the victim of a violent attack planned by fellow students that left her with serious and permanent injuries, according to a report from Norfolk, Virginia, ABC affiliate WVEC. Now, Blount is suing Lake Taylor High School in Norfolk for damages, attorneys’ fees, and court costs, claiming school authorities ignored her…
Congressional Republicans harangued school superintendents from across the country for creating inclusive campus environments for transgender students.
The U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee subpoenaed leaders of some of America’s largest school districts and, on Wednesday, cast protections for trans youth as violations of parental rights and the civil rights of peers. In…
As conservative lawmakers across the country target transgender rights and revisit long-settled questions about LGBTQ+ equality, Delaware moved in the opposite direction.
On Tuesday, Gov. Matt Meyer, a Democrat, signed legislation modernizing the state's parentage laws, expanding legal protections for children and families formed through assisted reproduction, surrogacy, donor conception,…
WASHINGTON — Democrats in the U.S. House on Wednesday called for greater protections for transgender and diverse students, criticizing congressional Republican and Trump administration efforts to dissolve diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. “Today I tell you, rain or shine, we’re standing up for Chicago,” Rep. Delia Ramirez of Illinois said at the early-morning press conference […]
U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride didn't have much to say about Rep. Nancy Mace's humiliating defeat in South Carolina's Republican gubernatorial primary.
Three words, in fact. "Happy Pride, Nancy."
The line brought hundreds of LGBTQ+ activists, elected officials, donors, and allies to their feet Tuesday evening at Equality PAC's National Pride Gala in Washington, D.C., where McBride appeared to…
For most of his life, Jose Trujillo believed the United States was where his family would build its future.
A naturalized citizen born in Mexico, Trujillo spent years advocating for his transgender son, Daniel, now 17. He attended legislative hearings. He spoke publicly. He joined other parents fighting to preserve access to gender-affirming care and basic legal protections for transgender…
New York elected leaders slammed the Mount Sinai Health System after the medical provider said it would turn over records of transgender patients to the Trump administration.
The New York City Council’s LGBTQIA+ Caucus said such a betrayal of medical privacy would contribute to an increasingly hostile environment for trans youth.
“Let us be clear: transgender children are not political…
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from obtaining confidential medical records belonging to transgender youth and their families, intervening just one day before federal prosecutors sought to force a California children's hospital to turn over the documents.
In an emergency order issued Monday night, U.S. District Judge P. Casey Pitts directed Lucile Packard…
We don’t know her name. We don’t know her age or her pronouns. Does she a family, someone who loves her? Why didn’t anyone check on her? Did she like to dance? Favorite song? Did she suffer? We know she was found deceased in a home on May 21, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina. This […]
As the Trump administration seeks to limit access to gender-affirming care for minors and public insurance enrollees, New York City officials now plan to launch and run a transgender health clinic themselves.
On Friday, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced plans to open a gender-affirming care clinic in the Corona neighborhood of Queens,__Crain’s New York…
A federal judge has once again stopped the Trump administration from transferring transgender women in federal custody to men’s prisons, finding that 14 incarcerated women are likely to succeed in their challenge to a policy that would strip prison officials of the ability to consider their individual safety.
In a ruling issued Sunday, U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth granted a…
The Norse gods break hearts, the world, and the fourth wall in this new rock 'n roll musical. Bat Collazo reviews the show, which is playing at Chicago's Lifeline Theatre until June 27.
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South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace shifted her positions on transgender rights and rebranded herself from a moderate Republican to a MAGA culture warrior. In the end, it didn’t help her secure President Donald Trump’s endorsement in South Carolina’s race for governor. In popular terms, _a leopard ate her face_. After reshaping her political identity around Trump and the grievances that animate…
Anthony Head is being remembered not only for his iconic television roles but also for a deeply personal act of kindness towards a transgender fan that has resurfaced online following ...
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Award-winning author Li Kotomi won a small but symbolic ruling against a lawyer who had been involved in the Aum Shinrikyo trials.