Sarah McBride defends transgender troops on House floor as Pentagon expels ‘committed patriots’
“These are Americans who have served with honor, with distinction, and with unshakable patriotism,” the Delaware Democrat said
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July 21 2025 12:39 PM
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Transgender
All the latest news, commentary, and analysis of issues that impact the transgender community. The Advocate provides up-to-date coverage from around the web about political, medical, and social developments that matter most to transgender people.
Transgender attorney who argued before Supreme Court explains why it was ‘my nightmare’
The film, Heightened Scrutiny, follows Chase Strangio as he prepares to argue in favor of gender-affirming care access for trans youth in U.S. v. Skrmetti at the high court, and captures the quiet radicalism of showing up.
July 18 2025 5:58 PM
Trevor Project condemns end to federal LGBTQ+ youth crisis line, stresses its services will go on
"This administration has made a dangerous decision to play politics with real young people’s lives," Trevor Project CEO Jaymes Black said.
July 17 2025 9:00 AM
Detroit trans woman Karmin Wells shot and killed
Wells, a popular ballroom performer, was shot to death May 25, and her killer remains at large.
July 16 2025 5:53 PM
Donald Trump’s election triggered transgender people to contemplate DIY hormones & suicide: study
A new University of Vermont study found that 100 percent of respondents worried about their access to care after Donald Trump became president again.
July 16 2025 11:00 AM
U.N. draft report uses pseudoscience to claim gender dysphoria is 'socially contagious'
The UN's preliminary report on sex-based violence incorrectly claims trans acceptance "erase[s] the legal category of women.”
July 15 2025 4:47 PM
Heritage Foundation co-founder, Edwin Feulner, dead at 83
The Heritage Foundation announced co-founder Edwin Feulner's passing Friday, though it did not reveal the time or cause of death.
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Texas AG Ken Paxton sues swimming group over inclusion of transgender women
The lawsuit does not accuse USMS of violating trans athletic participation laws, but of violating consumer protection laws.
July 21 2025 11:49 AM
Gavin Newsom agrees with anti-trans talking points on yet another MAGA podcast
The California governor spent more than four hours on the Shawn Ryan Show talking about, among other things, trans athletes, gender-affirming care, and "the whole 'pronoun' thing."
July 18 2025 3:14 PM
As Trump faces escalating Epstein scandal, Marjorie Taylor Green targets drag queens
After a report linked Donald Trump to a lewd Jeffrey Epstein note, the Georgia Republican tried to shift focus to drag queens, Pride, and trans people.
July 18 2025 10:35 AM
5,000 users leave trans subreddit in wake of transmasculine controversy
The r/trans subreddit is supposed to be a place for trans people to share their experiences, but one user says he was met with unnecessary backlash.
July 16 2025 4:10 PM
ICE frees transgender asylum seeker from detention after Oregon court order
A federal judge ruled that the government violated her rights.
July 15 2025 5:45 PM
Boston opens new park named after murdered Black transgender woman Rita Hester
The Rita Hester Green opened on June 30 in Boston to mark the end of Pride Month.
July 15 2025 12:31 PM
Sarah McBride's first bill just passed Congress & not one Republican voted against it
While some Republicans stage political stunts to erase her, the first out trans member of Congress is quietly reshaping economic opportunity, with bipartisan backing.
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Here's how trans Americans can get accurate passports... for now.
Legal advocates suggest any trans person who may need to obtain a passport with their accurate gender marker do so now, while the State Department is being forced to comply with a court order blocking Trump's anti-trans passport policies.
July 21 2025 2:17 PM
Children’s National Hospital caves under Trump’s pressure & ends gender-affirming care for trans patients
The Justice Department "will continue enforcing the law against institutions like Children’s National that mutilate children under the guise of medical care,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said about the D.C. hospital.
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July 21 2025 9:27 AM
Federal HR office sets deadline for government-wide purge of transgender and nonbinary inclusion
The Office of Personnel Management has become the enforcement arm of Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ agenda.
July 18 2025 12:14 PM
Breaking: Puerto Rico's governor just signed one of the harshest gender-affirming care laws yet
Here's what the law does.
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July 17 2025 12:46 PM
This Republican governor vetoed anti-LGBTQ+ book ban and bathroom bills
Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire went against her party on these and other issues.
July 17 2025 5:00 AM
Florida officials claim SCOTUS ruling allows them to deny trans adults health care
Did the Skrmetti ruling give states carte blanche to discriminate against all transgender people?
July 16 2025 2:43 PM