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HHS reportedly considering a limited definition of gender. Is it legal?
According to the New York Times, the Trump administration is considering a proposal that would establish the definition of gender as a “biological,” fixed quality based on the sex the person was assigned at birth. Critics say that such a…
Reported Trump plan targeting transgender people sparks fury
On Sunday, The New York Times reported that the Department of Health and Human Services was circulating a memo proposing that gender be defined as an immutable biological condition determined by a person's sex organs at birth. LGBT-rights leaders viewed…
5 important stories that were lost in last week’s news dump
The lack of pain diagnoses attached to opioid prescriptions, the alarming new numbers on suicide attempts among trans youth, and other stories we're reading this week.
The 3 transgender cases in courts this last week
On May 22, a federal judge in Virginia ruled in favor of Gavin Grimm, an 18-year-old transgender man who, while in school, sued his district for the right to use the boys’ bathroom.
The Trump administration is coming under fire for rewriting a federal rule that bars discrimination in health care due to gender identity.
As of Monday, openly transgender people are allowed to serve in the U.S. military, despite President Donald Trump tweeting last July that he would “not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity.” We take a second look…
President Donald Trump says he will bar transgender individuals from serving "in any capacity" in the U.S. armed forces.
Transgender student Gavin Grimm said he remains optimistic in spite of Supreme’s Court refusal to budge in the case.
In North Carolina, lawmakers met in a special session to debate repealing HB2, the so-called “Bathroom Bill” they passed in March. The controversial law says transgender people must abide by the sex listed on their birth certificate, not their gender…
