• 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 ...

  • Track's proposed eligibility, transgender rules would completely ban Semenya and others

    Track's proposed eligibility, transgender rules would completely ban Semenya and others

    Feb 10, 2025 06:04 PM EST

    ... Caster Semenya, under the same set of rules as transgender athletes who were born male and transitioned to female. World Athletics, which in 2023 banned transgender athletes who had transitioned male to female and gone through male puberty, announced recommendations Monday that would apply strict transgender rules to people like ...

  • Trump administration plans to pressure the IOC to come up with a uniform transgender athlete ban

    Trump administration plans to pressure the IOC to come up with a uniform transgender athlete ban

    Feb 06, 2025 06:00 PM EST

    LA28 organizing committee chairman Casey Wasserman reportedly met with Trump in Florida last month before Trump's second term began, with Wasserman saying afterward both were looking forward to delivering a successful Games. The IOC has largely stayed out of the discussion around transgender athletes, letting the international governing bodies ...

  • WATCH: Trump signs order aimed at banning transgender athletes from competing in women's sports

    WATCH: Trump signs order aimed at banning transgender athletes from competing in women's sports

    Feb 05, 2025 10:51 PM EST

    ... gender other than the one assigned at birth. That has implications for areas including passports and prisons. He’s also opened the door to barring transgender service members from the military; called to end federal health insurance and other funding for gender-affirming care for transgender people under age 19 ...

  • 6 ways Trump's executive orders are targeting transgender people

    6 ways Trump's executive orders are targeting transgender people

    Feb 01, 2025 09:01 PM EST

    Trump called for halting the use of federal money to support gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth under 19 years old. The care in question includes puberty blocking drugs, hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery, which is rare for minors. WATCH: Study finds gender-affirming medical care for minors ...

  • Health info wiped from federal websites following Trump order targeting transgender rights

    Health info wiped from federal websites following Trump order targeting transgender rights

    Jan 31, 2025 11:38 PM EST

    A Bureau of Prisons web page originally titled “Inmate Gender” was relabeled “Inmate Sex” on Friday. A breakdown of transgender inmates in federal prisons was no longer included. The State Department on Friday removed the option to select “X” as a gender on passport applications for nonbinary applicants. It also ...

  • Trump aims to push transgender troops out of the military. Identifying people will be complicated

    Trump aims to push transgender troops out of the military. Identifying people will be complicated

    Jan 31, 2025 04:02 PM EST

    ... discipline problems. His only concern, he told a Senate committee, was that some commanders were saying they had to spend “a lot of time” with transgender people as they worked through medical requirements involving their transition to their preferred gender. Sarah Klimm, a transgender Marine who served for 23 years ...

  • 6 active duty service members file first lawsuit challenging Trump's ban on transgender troops

    6 active duty service members file first lawsuit challenging Trump's ban on transgender troops

    Jan 28, 2025 06:43 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Six transgender active duty service members and two former service members who seek re-enlistment on Tuesday filed the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order that calls for revising policy on transgender troops and probably sets the stage for banning them in the armed forces ...