• Some Democrats recalibrating approach to transgender issues

    Some Democrats recalibrating approach to transgender issues

    Sep 14, 2026 06:59 PM EDT

    ... bans and restrictions on transgender athletes, calling them “bullying” and a “setback for equality.” Following the recent Supreme Court ruling that upheld state bans on transgender athletes, Pritzker, whose cousin is transgender, reaffirmed his position on social media. “There’s a place for you in Illinois,” he wrote. In Pennsylvania ...

  • Why Republicans are focusing on transgender issues in competitive 2026 campaigns

    Why Republicans are focusing on transgender issues in competitive 2026 campaigns

    Aug 30, 2026 10:05 PM EDT

    ... was overreach and involved “subjecting the bodies of adolescent student athletes — children — to intrusive investigation.” Tyler Hack, executive director of the Christopher Street Project, a transgender-rights political advocacy group, said candidates should explain the practical implications of policies restricting transgender youth and frame them as questions of privacy and ...

  • Breanna Stewart wants WNBA arenas to be safe space as transgender debate sparks rallies at games

    Breanna Stewart wants WNBA arenas to be safe space as transgender debate sparks rallies at games

    Aug 24, 2026 05:55 PM EDT

    ... the issue came to a head when Sophie Cunningham of the Fever said in an ESPN profile published last month that she was opposed to transgender girls and women competing in girls’ and women’s sports. There were a pair of peaceful rallies representing both sides of the transgender issue ...

  • Ousted transgender CIA officer warns White House politics undermining U.S. intelligence

    Ousted transgender CIA officer warns White House politics undermining U.S. intelligence

    Aug 20, 2026 10:40 PM EDT

    Nearly 20 years of service in the intelligence community ended for Julia Curlee last year. Curlee was the first CIA officer to transition openly and continue serving the agency until she was fired abruptly early in Trump’s second term. She writes about being targeted as a transgender woman in an essay for The Atlantic titled...

  • Judge weighs bid to block or reverse transfers of transgender inmates into a segregated prison unit

    Judge weighs bid to block or reverse transfers of transgender inmates into a segregated prison unit

    Jul 29, 2026 10:11 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has violated a court order by transferring several incarcerated transgender women to a segregated prison unit, an attorney for the inmates argued on Wednesday in urging a federal judge to enforce the order. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington, D.C., didn't ...

  • Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school sports

    Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school sports

    Jun 30, 2026 02:06 PM EDT

    ... conservative justices on the nine-member court declined to apply the same sort of analysis when they upheld state bans on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The states supporting the prohibitions on transgender athletes argued there is no reason to extend the ruling barring workplace discrimination to Title IX ...

  • Appeals court panel rules that transgender troops were illegally barred from U.S. military service

    Appeals court panel rules that transgender troops were illegally barred from U.S. military service

    Jun 01, 2026 06:09 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service, a divided panel of federal appeal court judges ruled on Monday. WATCH: Transgender military members fight to continue serving despite Trump's ban The majority opinion by a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of ...

  • A transgender teen’s case in Ecuador opens path for others seeking legal recognition

    A transgender teen’s case in Ecuador opens path for others seeking legal recognition

    Apr 17, 2026 05:38 PM EDT

    ... for families of trans children like their own. “That became the only way we could fight the state,” Bonilla said. “We were 25 families with transgender children of different ages, the oldest being 12.” Her family moved to Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. And while she treasures how welcoming ...

  • Trump administration stops enforcing protections for transgender students in several schools

    Trump administration stops enforcing protections for transgender students in several schools

    Apr 06, 2026 09:01 PM EDT

    ... schools that have made efforts to accommodate students based on their gender identity. It has filed lawsuits in California and Minnesota over state policies permitting transgender students to participate in interscholastic sports, and opened civil rights investigations into schools and universities over their policies on transgender students. But the announcement ...

  • Idaho bill aims to criminalize transgender bathroom use in private businesses

    Idaho bill aims to criminalize transgender bathroom use in private businesses

    Mar 27, 2026 12:32 AM EDT

    ... malign the transgender community. Rather it upholds a universal standard of privacy.” Bathrooms are not the only place where lawmakers have been placing restrictions on transgender people in the name of protecting women and girls. At least 25 states bar transgender women and girls from some women's and girl ...