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Trump's DOE sued (twice) for disqualifying LGBTQ+ nonprofit workers from loan forgiveness

Two lawsuits have been filed over a new DOE policy disqualifying LGBTQ+ nonprofit workers from student loan forgiveness.

Trump's DOE will make LGBTQ+ nonprofit workers ineligible for student loan forgiveness

Trump's Department of Education is making workers of LGBTQ+ nonprofits ineligible for student loan forgiveness.

NYC schools sue Trump administration for nixing almost $50M in grants over trans protections

The Department of Education killed funding over policies allowing students to use restrooms and participate in sports aligned with their gender identity.

Ryan Walters wants Turning Point chapters in Oklahoma high schools — or will he resign before it happens?

Some news outlets are reporting that the far-right superintendent of public instruction may resign as early as this week.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon snubs Oklahoma’s extremist superintendent of schools

The Trump cabinet official's representatives asked state officials to keep Ryan Walters, the firebrand schools chief, off her schedule.

Trump poised to make LGBTQ+ nonprofit workers ineligible for student loan forgiveness

Trump's plan to gut the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program is expected to disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ people.

California defies Trump, won't ban trans athletes from school sports

California "respectfully disagrees" with the Trump administration's position, an attorney for the state said.

UPenn caves to Trump and bans trans women athletes, stripping Lia Thomas of titles

This came in a settlement with Donald Trump's Department of Education.

Gavin Newsom’s office says Linda McMahon’s ‘fake’ threats over trans kids in sports ‘divorced from reality’

“Secretary McMahon is confusing government with her WrestleMania days — dramatic, fake, and completely divorced from reality. This won’t stick,” the California governor's office told The Advocate.

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Donald Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ cabinet: An in-depth look

Trump's 2.0 cabinet is a cast of characters from right-wing television and MAGA politics. Here are their LGBTQ+ rights records.

Trump orders closure of Department of Education 'once and for all'. He can’t do that without Congress

The president once famously said that he loves "the poorly educated."

Trump’s anti-trans agenda takes center stage at planned 'Detrans Awareness Day' events

Republicans rally in D.C. to amplify anti-trans voices and push gender-affirming care bans.

LGBTQ+ youth group sounds alarm over Linda McMahon nomination, foresees education rollbacks under Trump

“They’ve purged the ‘immune system’ within the government that held back their worst impulses,” GLSEN executive director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers told The Advocate.