RFK Jr.'s HHS investigates Seattle Children's Hospital over youth gender-affirming care
If the department concludes the hospital violated RFK Jr.'s illegal policy, it could lose its Medicaid and Medicare funding.
December 29, 2025
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Health policy expert to RFK Jr.: You can't ban trans youth care this way
“They are trying to do something that CMS simply isn’t empowered to do,” a former senior Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official from the Biden administration told The Advocate.
December 18, 2025
Is Texas using driver's license data to track transgender residents?
The state is collecting data on who's tried to change the gender market on their driver's license.
December 15, 2025
Texas expands lawsuits against doctors accused of providing gender-affirming care to youth
Ken Paxton is expanding two lawsuits against doctors in Texas after being forced to drop a third.
December 11, 2025
Texas's anti-LGBTQ+ attorney general sues Tylenol company over autism claims
This lawsuit comes a month after RFK Jr.'s updated guidance discouraging pregnant women from taking acetaminophen, citing it as a possible cause of autism.
October 28, 2025
Texas doctor accused of providing gender-affirming care to youth committed 'no legal violations'
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton haw quietly withdrawn the lawsuit against doctor accused of providing gender-affirming care.
September 16, 2025
Texas passes bill banning abortion pills from being mailed to the state
Texas now allows private citizens the right to sue health providers for mailing abortion medication.
September 5, 2025
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
Texas AG Ken Paxton's wife files for divorce, citing God and ‘recent discoveries’
The Republican state senator says she can no longer honor God or herself by staying married to the embattled Texas attorney general known for crusading against LGBTQ+ rights.
July 10, 2025
Texas to require sex assigned at birth on state documents
The controversial bill is one of several transphobic actions taken by Republicans in Texas.
May 29, 2025
Texas House moves toward repealing anti-sodomy law
The law has been unenforceable since 2003, but it remains on the books. More votes are needed to repeal it.
May 15, 2025
Federal government to remove gender dysphoria from protected disabilities list
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will remove gender dysphoria from disabilities protected under federal law.
April 16, 2025
Texas investigating USA Fencing Association after it disqualified cis player for refusing to play trans woman
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton — who has an extensive history targeting LGBTQ+ people — said the state is looking for evidence USA Fencing engaged in "false, deceptive, and misleading acts and practices.”
April 10, 2025
Anti-LGBTQ+ Texas AG Ken Paxton announces U.S. Senate bid
The very MAGA Paxton will challenge incumbent John Cornyn in the Republican primary next year.
April 9, 2025
Texas is quietly collecting data on trans people who legally updated their gender
Texas has been documenting every request from trans people seeking to update their gender.
March 19, 2025
Texas attorney general tells state agencies to ignore court orders on gender marker changes
Brad Pritchett, interim CEO of Equality Texas, said the move would “jeopardize the safety of the nearly 100 thousand trans people” who live in Texas.
March 18, 2025
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues second doctor over gender-affirming care
The suit comes two weeks after Paxton, known for his anti-LGBTQ+ views, filed the first case in the nation.
October 31, 2024
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues doctor for providing transition care to youth; first such suit in nation
May C. Lau, a doctor in Dallas, is being sued for violating Texas's law against gender-affirming care to trans minors.
October 17, 2024
Texas sues Biden admin over requirement for LGBTQ-affirming foster care placements
The suit comes from notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
September 26, 2024
Texas quietly blocks trans people from changing their gender on driver's licenses
The rule applies even if a person has updated their birth certificates, or even potentially if they have a court order.
August 22, 2024
Texas doctor charged for leaking health records of transgender kids to far-right extremist
Eithan Haim allegedly stole private health records of transgender kids who weren’t his patients and gave their medical information to an anti-trans activist.
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June 19, 2024