04/16/25

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Happy Wednesday!

🏛️ Donald Trump’s administration has announced that it is suing Maine's Department of Education for allowing transgender girls to participate in girls' sports, but Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills isn't backing down. "This matter has never been about school sports or the protection of women and girls, as has been claimed, it is about states' rights and defending the rule of law against a federal government bent on imposing its will, instead of upholding the law," she said. 👏🏽

🚨 U.S. activists are joining their counterparts in the United Kingdom in denouncing the U.K. Supreme Court’s ruling that transgender women aren’t considered women under the nation’s Equality Act. For everyone on the U.K. Supreme Court in the back: Trans women are women.

📣 Rep. Sarah McBride, the first-year Democrat from Delaware and the first out transgender member of Congress, forced the Trump administration into a high-profile reversal this week after it tried to slash funding for a critical manufacturing support program in her home state.

Find these stories and more below. ⬇️

Onwards and upwards,

Alex Cooper

Editor-in-chief, The Advocate

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'Kelly Clarkson Show' producer steps into live theater as your 'friendly neighborhood trans lady'

Andrew Einhorn for Caragh Donley

U.S. activists call U.K. anti-trans ruling 'a serious blow' to human rights

Loredana Sangiuliano/Shutterstock

U.K. trans groups respond to high court ruling that trans women aren’t considered women under equalities law

JessicaGirvan/Shutterstock; William Barton/Shutterstock

Out former California lawmaker  pays $106k fine for hiding payment to Alec Baldwin for campaign appearence

Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock; Tinseltown/Shutterstock

Maine Gov. Janet Mills hits back after Trump sues state for transgender sports policies

Courtesy National Governors Association; Joshua Sukoff/Shutterstock

Marriage equality or same-sex marriage? Why the language matters

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

New Hampshire men can't wear anti-trans gear at their kids' school while their lawsuit proceeds

Federal court records via Boston Globe

'Kiss your kids goodbye:' Indiana mom tells teacher who flew a Pride flag in class, police say

Courtesy MSD of Decatur Township; shutterstock creative

How the SAVE Act would make it harder for trans people, married women, and some men to vote

DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Trans Congresswoman Sarah McBride just got Trump to reverse himself in victory for Delaware

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; noamgalai/Shutterstock

ACLU and LGBTQ+ groups defend Maryland schools' LGBTQ+ curriculum in Supreme Court filing

Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

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