Despite long anti-LGBTQ voting record as state senator, McCaffrey appointed RI district court judge
The former Senate majority leader, who has opposed every bill to protect LGBT Rights since 1995—including the anti-sodomy laws, marriage equality along with hate crime and reproductive rights legislation—has been given a...
US Senator Markey (MA) reintroduces Transgender Bill of Rights resolution
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), with Representatives Mark Takano (CA-49), and Sara Jacobs (CA-51) reintroduced theTransgender Bill of Rights, a landmark resolution that reaffirms the federal...
Advocates applaud NH Governor Kelly Ayotte’s veto of anti-LGBTQ+ bill
Earlier this month, New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte vetoed SB 268, a bill that would have rolled back critical nondiscrimination protections for transgender and gender nonconforming Granite Staters and imposed unpopular policies...
ME anti-trans student referendum may have enough signatures for ballot vote
The group behind an effort to ban transgender students from sports teams and private spaces in Maine claims they've gathered more than the 82K signatures required to get a statewide ballot question...
Feds now investigating transgender cheerleader on co-ed team in Maine
The US Department of Education is investigating the Newport School District in Maine because a transgender athlete is competing on a "girls" cheerleading team. Reports the Portland Press Herald, "the superintendent of...
Rhode Island AG leads AG coalition suing HHS over anti-trans funding cuts
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is leading up a coalition of a dozen US state attorney generals in a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services, arguing...
Vermont lawmakers introduce bill that would fund federally cut gender-affirming health care
Newly introduced legislation in the Vermont state house would provide funds to offset federal cuts aimed at health care providers of gender-affirming services. Reports Edge Media Network:
Vermont lawmakers...
Trump admin. investigates New England schools over trans athletes
Eighteen New England schools across four school districts are under investigation for their inclusion of transgender athletes in school sports by the US Dept. of Education.
Reports the...
Federal funding threats paused against providers of trans youth health care
Late last week, 22 states filed a Motion for Summary Judgment in their legal challenge to the Declaration issued by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kennedy, which claims that well-established medical...
New Hampshire GOP lawmakers reprise anti-LGBTQ-inclusive education efforts
Despite a gubernatorial veto and rejections from federal courts in 2025, New Hampshire Republican legislators are trying again this year to restrict LGBTQ-inclusion in education through legislation.
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