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.
July 7, 2025
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Supreme Court to decide whether states can ban transgender women & girls from sports
The decision is expected by next summer.
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July 3, 2025
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.
July 1, 2025
Trans teen’s chess win in Germany prompts backlash
Chess "is diverse and inclusive," the German Chess Federation said in rejecting calls for a ban on trans competitors.
June 30, 2025
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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June 25, 2025
Simone Biles deactivates X account after comments about transgender athletes
Biles advocated for a transgender category in all sports. Anti-trans activist Riley Gaines said the gymnast was "rightly ridiculed" and celebrated the departure from X.
June 23, 2025
Sarah McBride on why support for trans rights ebbed — and how to build it back up
It includes meeting people where they are and not expecting perfection, says the first out trans member of Congress,
June 18, 2025
Brian Cashman and the Yankees turned my childhood dream into something even better
Opinion: On Pride Night at Yankee Stadium, I stepped onto the field as a gay man and finally felt like I’d made it to the big leagues, writes John Casey.
June 18, 2025
Yankees and Stonewall Scholarship Initiative celebrate Pride by honoring LGBTQ+ student leaders
Five students, one from each New York City borough, were awarded scholarships during the Yankees' annual Legacy of Pride Night.
June 17, 2025
California sues Trump admin over threats to trans athletes
The administration wants the state to discriminate against trans student athletes, which California refuses to do.
June 13, 2025
Southern Baptists urge Supreme Court to overturn marriage equality
A resolution adopted by the denomination also includes anti-transgender language.
June 11, 2025
Why lesbian Rep. Angie Craig says she's ‘ready for the fight’ in her run to be Minnesota’s next U.S. senator
“We’re in the fight of our lives,” Craig said in an interview with The Advocate. “But I’m holding up pretty well, and I’m up for the fight.”
June 11, 2025
Soccer and podcast star Alex Cooper claims sexual harassment by college coach
Cooper makes the allegation in the documentary Call Her Alex.
June 10, 2025
Dismantling the top 5 myths about trans athletes
In this book excerpt, Harrison Browne reflects on giving up on his hockey career to live as his true self – and now calling out the lies that say gender-diverse kids don't belong in sports.
June 7, 2025
Lesbian Rep. Becca Balint & ally Sen. Jeff Merkley file bill to nullify Trump's anti-LGBTQ+ executive orders
The No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act targets the trans military ban, the "two sexes" order, and more.
June 7, 2025
GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis rejects conservative guests’ anti-trans disinformation on live CNN panel
“It is so important that LGBTQ voices are represented in mainstream media to debunk these gross fear tactics," Sarah Kate Ellis told The Advocate.
June 3, 2025
Imane Khelif must undergo 'mandatory sex testing' to compete in Olympics
World Boxing's new policy mandates that all participants in women's events — but not men's — must undergo a chromosome test.
June 2, 2025
Arizona Democrat Ruben Gallego adopts anti-trans, far-right talking points
He is the latest Democratic lawmaker to turn his back on the trans community.
May 30, 2025
Trump pressured Gavin Newsom over trans teen athlete. Then California changed its track championship rules
After facing threats from the president over a trans student’s inclusion in sports, the state quietly changed high school championship rules — but a transgender teen will still compete.
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May 27, 2025
Trump threatens to yank California’s federal funding over one transgender student’s sports participation
"I am ordering local authorities...to not allow the transitioned person to compete in the State Finals," Trump wrote. He doesn't have that power.
May 27, 2025
Supreme Court restores voting privileges of censured anti-trans Maine Republican lawmaker
Rep. Laurel Libby can speak and vote in the Maine House while her lawsuit proceeds.
May 20, 2025