Federal judge in Massachusetts blocks Trump admin. policy denying gender marker changes on passports,...
Massachusetts' US District Judge Julia Kobick granted a preliminary injunction to stop the Trump administration from banning US citizens from changing their gender markers, or choosing an X gender marker, on US...
Maine Governor Janet Mills pushes back against Trump administration lawsuit over transgender athletes
In response to the Trump administration's filing of a lawsuit last week to punish the state of Maine for refusing to ban female transgender athletes from school sports, Maine Governor Janet Mills...
Maine AG sues Trump admin to restore funds frozen over trans athlete dispute
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking "to restore federal agriculture funding caught up in the state's weeks-long fight with the White House over...
RI federal judge holds off blocking Trump ‘gender ideology’ arts grants ban, but calls...
A federal district court judge in Providence, RI, last week at least temporarily denied blocking a Trump administration order "requiring arts organizations to certify they will not promote 'gender ideology' to obtain...
US Rep. Balint (VT) introduces federal Transgender Health Care Access Act
Marking Transgender Day of Visibility earlier this week, Congresswoman Becca Balint of Vermont introduced the Transgender Health Care Access Act, "a federal bill designed to expand access to lifesaving, evidence-based gender-affirming care across...
CT house bill would expand protections for gender-affirming care providers
Connecticut legislators are considering House Bill 7135, currently under public testimony hearing in committee, which would "expand the state’s existing 'shield law' provides statutory protections for providers of abortion and gender-affirming...
Despite more pressure from Trump admin., Maine school officials will not ban trans athletes...
School officials in Maine are sticking by their position that banning transgender girls from playing on school sports would violate the state's antidiscrimination laws and policies, despite increasing pressure from the Trump...
Federal judge blocks trans military ban in GLAD Law, NCLR case against Trump
U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes today issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in Talbott v. Trump, the legal challenge to President Trump’s transgender military ban executive order brought by LGBTQ+ legal groups GLAD Law and . Judge Reyes...
Two Harvard Medical School doctors sue Trump for removal of LGBTQ+ health-related research from...
After their research that addressed LGBTQ+ health concerns was removed from a US government-run website, two Harvard Medical School doctors have filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration for "unlawful and...
MA Congressmen Keating refuses to accept GOP lawmaker’s misgendering of US Rep. McBride
Congressman William Keating of Massachusetts refused to accept US Rep. Keith Self of Texas's misgendering of Delaware Congresswoman Sarah McBride at a House Congressional panel hearing last week. The result? National news...