Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died
The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.
October 13, 2025
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Trans people in Georgia prisons are being forced to detransition. Now they're suing.
A class action lawsuit representing nearly 300 incarcerated people says the state's refusal to allow gender-affirming care constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
August 13, 2025
22 states that have passed anti-LGBTQ+ laws in 2025 so far
Here are all the anti-LGBTQ+ laws that have been passed so far in 2025, and which states they come from.
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July 28, 2025
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein vetoes anti-trans, anti-DEI bills
The Democratic governor called the bills "mean-spirited."
July 8, 2025
Federal prison inmates can get gender-affirming care as court blocks Trump order
In March, two trans men and one trans woman serving sentences in facilities in New Jersey, Minnesota, and Florida filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration and the Bureau of Prisons.
June 3, 2025
Gov. Kemp signs bill banning gender-affirming care for trans inmates
The state's abysmal treatment of incarcerated trans people was the subject of a scathing Department of Justice report last year that was withdrawn last month by the Trump administration.
May 12, 2025
Justice Dept. pulls 'nonessential' funds from Maine prison system over trans inmate housed with women
Attorney General Pam Bondi made the announcement on Fox & Friends.
April 8, 2025
Deported gay makeup artist cried for mother in prison, photojournalist says
Andry Hernandez Romero was deported to El Salvador despite having no criminal record.
April 7, 2025
Wyoming governor signs anti-transgender bathroom bill allowing for lawsuits
People can sue if they encounter a trans person in a public restroom or other facility, or if they are imprisoned with one.
March 8, 2025
Trans inmate sues over Trump's 'two sexes' order
The order will mean the inmate, identified under the pseudonym Maria Moe, will be transferred to a men's prison, putting her in immediate danger, the lawsuit says.
January 27, 2025
Trump will ban trans women from women's prisons by removing trans inmates from rape protections
Provisions in one of the first orders signed by Trump mandate that transgender women be housed in men's prisons by stripping protections for trans prisoners in the Prison Rape Elimination Act.
January 24, 2025
Judge rules against gender-affirming care for transgender prisoners
Judge Allen Winsor, a Trump appointee, said the inmate who filed the suit hasn't shown she's been harmed.
December 30, 2024
Wisconsin man who killed girlfriend for having sex with another woman will now be tried for attacking guard
Richard Wendell Sotka of Wisconsin is serving two consecutive life sentences for the murders of his girlfriend and her best woman friend.
December 12, 2024
Lincoln Project cofounder Rick Wilson on the org's new trans ad and its strategy for the next 13 days
"We’ve got a lot of work left to do in these final days, but we’re feeling good about where we stand," he tells John Casey.
October 22, 2024
Why do inmates have access to gender-affirming care? Those Trump ads you keep seeing debunked
Republicans have spent $65 million on attack ads that target 0.6 percent of the population. Here's all the context they're missing.
October 22, 2024
Judge partially halts Idaho’s anti-trans care law
The narrow ruling applies only to the denial of gender-affirming care behind bars and also grants class action status to transgender inmates.
September 5, 2024
Stonewall veteran Miss Major endorses Kamala Harris for president
The Stonewall veteran and activist announced that she is supporting Harris' campaign in light of her long pro-LGBTQ+ record.
July 29, 2024
Transgender inmate killed in prison fight in Louisiana
Yella Clark was serving a life sentence — which they had recently appealed — at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola.
June 18, 2024
DOJ sues Utah for discriminating against incarcerated trans woman who self-castrated
People with gender dysphoria are protected by the Americans With Disabilities Act, said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, and their rights "are not given up at the jailhouse door."
April 3, 2024
Washington Improves Conditions for Transgender Inmates in State Prisons
A legal settlement propels significant enhancements in transgender inmate care and rights.
October 13, 2023
Trans Woman Wins Landmark Settlement in Suit Over Mistreatment in Jail
Makyyla Holland's lawsuit said she was housed with men, beaten, and denied medication while jailed in Broome County, N.Y.
August 28, 2023