Trump admin. settles with Maine over trans-athlete-dispute funding freeze
The Trump administration agreed to settle a legal battle over its efforts to punish Maine Governor Janet Mills for upholding Maine state law by refusing to ban female transgender athletes from school...
History Project rescues LGBTQ+ Boston Tour removed by National Park Service
This just in from The History Project:
Earlier this year, the National Park Service removed “Their Dreams, Their Rights, and Their Love,” an LGBTQ+ audio tour of Beacon Hill and Downtown Boston, from...
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...
Massachusetts House passes bill with language aimed at barring students from playing on teams...
The Massachusetts House of Representatives last week passed a bill that contained language which "would ban public schools from allowing athletes to play on a team of the opposite sex, but only...
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...
‘I’m in’: Congressman Pappas (NH) announces run for US Senate seat
US Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire — the openly gay Congressman, co-chair of the LGBTQ+ Congressional Equality Caucus and strong supporter of LGBTQ+ rights — has officially announced his run for a...
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...
