• Federal judge blocks Trump's passport policy affecting transgender Americans

    Federal judge blocks Trump's passport policy affecting transgender Americans

    Apr 18, 2025 10:37 PM EST

    ... related to an important governmental interest. The government has failed to meet this standard.” The ACLU, which sued the Trump administration on behalf of five transgender Americans and two nonbinary plaintiffs, said the new policy would effectively mean transgender, nonbinary and intersex Americans could not get an accurate passport. “We ...

  • News Wrap: DOJ sues Maine over transgender athletes

    News Wrap: DOJ sues Maine over transgender athletes

    Apr 16, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    In our news wrap Wednesday, the Trump administration sued Maine for allowing transgender athletes to play in women's sports, California is suing the Trump administration over the president's sweeping tariff policy, a military base in Georgia returned to its old name of Fort Benning and a new CDC study says depression has become more common...

  • Top UK court says definition of woman based on biological sex, excludes transgender people

    Top UK court says definition of woman based on biological sex, excludes transgender people

    Apr 16, 2025 06:19 PM EST

    ... wrote on X that “in winning, they’ve protected the rights of women and girls across the U.K.”Opponents, including Amnesty International, said excluding transgender people from sex discrimination protections conflicted with human rights laws. Amnesty submitted a brief in court saying it was concerned about the deterioration of ...

  • WATCH: Bondi announces lawsuit against Maine over transgender athletes playing in girls sports

    WATCH: Bondi announces lawsuit against Maine over transgender athletes playing in girls sports

    Apr 16, 2025 02:03 PM EST

    ... in the law "prohibits schools from allowing transgender girls and women to participate on girls' and women's sports teams." Questions over the rights of transgender people have become a major political issue in the past five years. Twenty-six states have laws or policies barring transgender girls from girls ...

  • WATCH: First Transgender Day of Visibility rally in Washington, D.C. amid new Trump administration

    WATCH: First Transgender Day of Visibility rally in Washington, D.C. amid new Trump administration

    Mar 31, 2025 04:44 PM EST

    ... transgender women and girls competing in women’s and girls sports. And several other Democratic officials have said the party spends too much effort supporting transgender rights. Others, including U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, have said they oppose transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports. Jay Jones, the ...

  • Federal judge blocks Trump ban on transgender people serving in military

    Federal judge blocks Trump ban on transgender people serving in military

    Mar 19, 2025 01:34 AM EST

    ... of discriminating against transgender people. Federal judges in Seattle and Baltimore separately paused Trump's executive order halting federal support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 19. Last month, a judge blocked prison officials from transferring three incarcerated transgender women to men's facilities and terminating their access ...

  • What science tells us about transgender athletes

    What science tells us about transgender athletes

    Mar 07, 2025 11:35 PM EST

    ... Bradley Anawalt: None of these genetic variations or mutations have created the uproar that we're facing with the current controversy that we have around transgender athletes and participation in sports.Laura Barron-Lopez: You have said we're never going to be able to answer the fundamental question about ...

  • Judge extends block on Trump's plan to pull funding over health care for transgender youth

    Judge extends block on Trump's plan to pull funding over health care for transgender youth

    Mar 01, 2025 10:18 PM EST

    ... addition to the orders on health care access and defining the sexes as unchangeable, Trump has also signed orders that open the door to banning transgender people from military service; set up new rules about how schools can teach about gender; and would ban transgender athletes from participating in girls ...

  • WATCH: 'See you in court,' Maine's governor tells Trump on transgender athlete ban

    WATCH: 'See you in court,' Maine's governor tells Trump on transgender athlete ban

    Feb 22, 2025 12:28 AM EST

    “So we’re not going to give them any federal funding. None whatsoever, until they clean that up,” Trump said. The Maine Principals’ Association, which governs high school sports in the state, said earlier this month that it would continue to allow transgender female athletes to compete. The association ...

  • EEOC moves to drop transgender discrimination cases to comply with Trump's order

    EEOC moves to drop transgender discrimination cases to comply with Trump's order

    Feb 15, 2025 07:52 PM EST

    ... into Trump's term. The administration also fired Karla Gilbride as the EEOC's general counsel, replacing her with Andrew Rogers as acting counsel. WATCH: Transgender lawmaker Leigh Finke on the political backlash surrounding trans rights Shortly after their dismissals, acting EEOC chair Andrea Lucas, a Republican, signaled her intent ...