Indiana judge blocks law denying gender-affirming care to prisoners, ruling it’s likely unconstitutional
It’s a big victory for trans rights.
September 20, 2024
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Fed. Court Rules Dept. of Corrections Can Deny Care to Trans Prisoners
In overturning a decision that medically necessary gender-confirmation surgery should be provided to a transgender inmate, advocates worry the court has created a harmful precedent.
December 16, 2014
BL Shirelle Amplifies the Voices of Those in Prison Through Music
Philadelphia-based rapper and songwriter BL Shirelle is recording and producing the work of currently incarcerated musicians.
October 8, 2020
Federal judge blocks Trump’s transfer of transgender women to men’s prisons
He ruled that the Trump administration’s policy likely violated the Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
February 25, 2025
Op-ed: The LGBT Movement After Marriage
Reaching full marriage equality in the United States will indeed be pivotal, but it's not the end-all, when it comes to LGBT rights.
June 12, 2014
Alabama can enforce law criminalizing gender-affirming care, court rules
Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill into law in 2022, and it was the subject of a lawsuit almost immediately.
January 11, 2024
Biden Champions LGBTQ+ Rights Amidst Global Challenges in Keynote Speech
The president and first lady address discrimination in global human rights and urge unity against hate at the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner.
October 16, 2023
Activism Changed Elton John. Then Elton John Changed the World
At 25, the Elton John AIDS Foundation is the nation's largest funder of LGBT health programs. The rock star who started it all, his husband (and chairman of the board) David Furnish, and executive director Scott P. Campbell talk to The Advocate about the joys of giving back.
November 10, 2017
Drag queen featured in anti-trans attack ad against Kamala Harris considers suing Trump campaign
Pattie Gonia says that the Republican former president’s campaign used her likeness without permission.
October 4, 2024
Fed. Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Trans Inmate
A federal appeals court today upheld a judge's 2012 ruling that transgender inmates should have access to transition-related care while they are incarcerated.
January 17, 2014
Trans Inmates Often Led to Slaughter, Even in Blue States
Massachusetts -- viewed as a bastion of tolerance -- only recently began recognizing the humanity of trans prisoners.
February 1, 2019
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
Federal officials force transgender women into men’s prisons despite judge’s ruling against Trump’s order
It’s cruel and unusual punishment, advocates and at least one federal judge have said.
March 10, 2025
Meet the Gen Z trans woman running for Congress in Louisiana
Rivule Sykes's campaign in the Fifth Congressional District of Louisiana is one that aims to bring "people’s attention to the issues we all face together."
February 1, 2024
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton Introduces Anti-Trans Prison Bill
The proposed legislation would make it illegal for prisons to house inmates according to their gender identity.
January 20, 2022
Incarcerated Delaware Trans Man Gets Help in Fight for Name Change
Kai Short, already joined by the ACLU, got support this week from Delaware's governor in his ongoing pursuit of a legal name change.
May 5, 2015
Anti-trans CNN segment targets Harris’s support for providing gender-affirming care to those incarcerated
Erin Burnett and Andrew Kaczynski are being criticized for the transphobic segment.
September 10, 2024
As Calif. Trans Inmate Granted Parole, Gender-Affirming Surgery Postponed
Michelle-Lael Norsworthy's lawyers deny claims that she's previously avoided parole in order to receive surgery, pointing out that California requires health insurers to cover transition-related care.
May 26, 2015
WATCH: Incarcerated Trans Woman Sues Prisons Over Repeated Rapes
Ashley Diamond and the Southern Poverty Law Center are fighting the trans woman of color's treatment in several Georgia state men's prisons, arguing it is 'cruel and unusual.'
February 23, 2015
Fed. Judge: Calif. Must Provide Trans Inmate with Access to Surgery
A federal judge has ruled that a transgender inmate in California must be granted access to gender-affirming surgery that her prison doctors have deemed medically necessary.
April 6, 2015
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