Ohio court temporarily blocks ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth
The temporary restraining order is short-lived, but advocates are pushing to have the ban struck down permanently.
April 16 2024 5:33 PM
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Supreme Court lets Idaho enforce law criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors
The state can enforce it against all state residents except those who sued to challenge it, the high court ruled Monday.
April 15 2024 8:47 PM
Missouri Attorney General can obtain information on Planned Parenthood's trans health care, court rules
Ruling in Bailey’s favor, Stelzer said the AG’s office has “broad investigative powers” and that Bailey has the right to obtain any documents that aren’t protected by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
April 15 2024 4:26 PM
The 10 most challenged books of last year
Book-banning efforts have been aimed primarily at books with LGBTQ+ content and those by or about people of color. Here are the top 10 books that were targeted.
April 13 2024 10:06 AM
Small-college association bans all transgender women from women's sports
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics' new policy will go into effect with the 2024-2025 school year.
April 08 2024 8:52 PM
U.S. Rep. Sara Jacobs and her trans brother on visibility and authenticity
Out and proud trans people provide hope and inspiration in these difficult times, Dylan Jacobs tells his sister in a conversation for Transgender Day of Visibility.
April 01 2024 6:45 PM
New York Times fails to include trans voices in coverage, say GLAAD, Media Matters
The paper didn't quote an out trans person in two-thirds of its stories about anti-trans legislation in the past year, says a new report from the watchdog groups, which comes a year after the Times received strong criticism for amplifying anti-trans viewpoints.
March 26 2024 6:31 PM
New Hampshire advances trans-exclusionary sports bill
If the bill becomes law, New Hampshire would be the first northeastern state with such a statute.
March 26 2024 3:24 PM
Texas court further blocks AG Ken Paxton's demand for info on organization's transgender youth support
A restraining order against the anti-LGBTQ+ attorney general's demand is set to expire Friday, so a temporary injunction granted Monday provides additional protection.
March 25 2024 8:23 PM
District attorney won't bring charges in Nex Benedict's death, calls fight 'mutual combat'
The Tulsa County DA pointed to the state medical examiner's finding of suicide and said the fight the day before the trans student's death "was an instance of mutual combat."
March 21 2024 8:50 PM
Cable news coverage of 2023 anti-trans bills lacked trans voices: Media Matters
Coverage of 2023's onslaught of transphobic legislation also varied widely in terms of tone and time spent, according to the watchdog group, with (surprise!) Fox News often amplifying anti-trans viewpoints.
March 21 2024 12:45 PM
Trump ally Bernie Moreno wins Republican primary for U.S. Senate from Ohio
He will face LGBTQ-supportive Democrat Sherrod Brown in November. Meanwhile, trans woman Arienne Childrey won her primary for Ohio House.
March 19 2024 6:06 PM
Owasso schools failed to protect Nex Benedict, say speakers at board meeting
The school board came in for a torrent of criticism at its first meeting since the trans student's death.
March 12 2024 11:24 AM
Texas AG Ken Paxton can't get PFLAG's data on trans members and care: court
The anti-LGBTQ+ attorney general's demand threatens PFLAG members' constitutional rights, a Texas judge says.
March 01 2024 7:15 PM
After Nex Benedict's death, 350 LGBTQ+ groups, activists, and celebs urge Oklahoma superintendent's removal
Ryan Walters has allowed a climate of hate to thrive in Oklahoma schools, an open letter says in light of trans student Nex Benedict's death.
February 28 2024 7:09 PM
Kentucky bill threatens to take custody of trans kids using ‘wrong’ school bathroom
The proposed bill would amend current law challenged in federal court.
February 28 2024 2:24 PM
Appeals court lets Indiana's gender-affirming care ban go into effect
The Seventh Circuit lifted an injunction, letting the ban be enforced while a lawsuit against it proceeds.
February 27 2024 10:46 PM
After Nex Benedict's death, Oklahoma's Ryan Walters: Just two genders, as God intended
Walters, the state's superintendent of public instruction, is denying the existence of trans and nonbinary people after nonbinary teen Nex Benedict's death.
February 23 2024 11:56 PM
Nex Benedict's family questions police statement that trauma didn't cause teen's death
Meanwhile, a police spokesman says murder charges are still a possibility.
February 23 2024 6:40 PM
In Oklahoma, a bathroom law and other policies endanger transgender residents
The death of a nonbinary teen who was beaten in a restroom has brought the state's policies into sharp focus.
February 22 2024 1:52 PM