• Supreme Court rejects challenge from Wisconsin parents on school guidance for transgender students

    Supreme Court rejects challenge from Wisconsin parents on school guidance for transgender students

    Dec 09, 2024 10:53 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Wisconsin parents who wanted to challenge a school district's guidance for supporting transgender students. The justices, acting in a case from Eau Claire, left in place an appellate ruling dismissing the parents' lawsuit. Three justices, Samuel Alito, Brett ...

  • Transgender lawmaker Leigh Finke on the political backlash surrounding trans rights

    Transgender lawmaker Leigh Finke on the political backlash surrounding trans rights

    Dec 06, 2024 11:35 PM EST

    Two years ago, Leigh Finke became the first trans person elected to the Minnesota state legislature. Even though she endured numerous threats, she leveraged her position, and a Democratic majority, to help pass legislation protecting other trans people in her state. Finke joined William Brangham to discuss the triumphs and the vitriol surrounding transgender rights...

  • LISTEN: Supreme Court considers Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

    LISTEN: Supreme Court considers Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

    Dec 04, 2024 03:01 PM EST

    The state acknowledges that the same treatments that are banned for transgender minors can be prescribed for other reasons. But it rejects the claim that it is discriminating on the basis of sex. Instead, it says lawmakers acted to protect minors from the risks of “life-altering gender-transition procedures ...

  • Medical care for transgender minors at stake in Supreme Court case

    Medical care for transgender minors at stake in Supreme Court case

    Dec 02, 2024 07:22 PM EST

    Gender-affirming surgery in transgender teens is far less common than hormone treatment. When it is done among transgender youth, it’s almost always breast reduction surgery in older transgender males. Even so, that type of surgery is extremely rare. Perhaps surprisingly, breast reduction among minors is most frequently performed ...

  • Ohio Gov. DeWine signs bill restricting transgender students' use of bathrooms

    Ohio Gov. DeWine signs bill restricting transgender students' use of bathrooms

    Nov 27, 2024 05:18 PM EST

    ... LGBTQ+ Ohioans that will make them less safe. Equality Ohio, the state's LGBTQ+ advocacy and legal aid organization, said the law poses risks to transgender youth “or anyone perceived as transgender by authorities.” “We are deeply disappointed that Governor DeWine has allowed this dangerous bill to become law that ...

  • Transgender Americans share concerns about Trump's threats to rollback rights

    Transgender Americans share concerns about Trump's threats to rollback rights

    Nov 20, 2024 11:30 PM EST

    ... of Congress, Sarah McBride of Delaware, targeted by representative Nancy Mace, who introduced a bill basically to ban Sarah McBride, or, I should say, any transgender woman from using women's bathrooms on Capitol Hill. When you talk to people, are they watching what's unfolding on Capitol Hill here ...

  • What's at stake politically on this Transgender Day of Remembrance

    What's at stake politically on this Transgender Day of Remembrance

    Nov 20, 2024 03:21 PM EST

    How many transgender people have lost their lives to violence? At least 36 transgender people have died from violence in the 12 months since the last Day of Remembrance, the Human Rights Campaign said in its annual report. Since 2013, the organization has recorded the deaths from violence of 372 ...

  • Democrats were hammered with misleading attacks on transgender issues. The party is grappling with how to move forward

    Democrats were hammered with misleading attacks on transgender issues. The party is grappling with how to move forward

    Nov 14, 2024 08:55 PM EST

    ... Trump and Republicans were relentless in trying to capitalize on the issue. They piled on transgender athletes, with Trump falsely labeling two Olympic boxers as transgender women. They used Harris' comments as a presidential candidate in 2019 — before she became vice president — effectively to blame her for laws granting transgender ...

  • Sarah McBride reflects on becoming first openly transgender person elected to Congress

    Sarah McBride reflects on becoming first openly transgender person elected to Congress

    Nov 12, 2024 11:40 PM EST

    The 119th Congress will have several members whose elections made history. One of them is Representative-elect Sarah McBride, a state senator who won Delaware’s at-large seat in the House. She will become the first openly transgender member of the United States Congress. McBride joined Amna Nawaz to discuss more.

  • Democrat Sarah McBride to become first openly transgender member in Congress after winning Delaware race

    Democrat Sarah McBride to become first openly transgender member in Congress after winning Delaware race

    Nov 06, 2024 02:59 AM EST

    Democrat Sarah McBride won election to a U.S. House seat representing Delaware on Tuesday. With her victory over Republican John Whalen III, McBride is poised to become the first openly transgender person to serve in Congress. She was elected to the Delaware state Senate in 2020. McBride has built ...