2 d. ago Trans youth fight for care as California clinics cave to Trump: ‘How can this happen here?’

These teens say gender-affirming care saved their lives – now they’re protesting as two leading US hospitals halt their treatmentsEli, a 16-year-old Los Angeles student, is spending his summer juggling an internship at a natural history museum, a research project, a physics class and cheer practice – and getting ready to apply for college.But in recent weeks, he has been forced to handle a more urgent matter: figuring out how he is going to access vital medical treatments targeted by the Trump administration. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Transgender people notch rare win in fight over Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’

‘I think there are a lot of people who are rightfully relieved,’ Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of congress, tells The Independent

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1 week ago Massachusetts advocates fear Trump's bill will unravel health safety net in Obamacare's model state

In the state that served as the model for Obamacare, advocates and health care workers fear the Trump administration is trying to dismantle the program piece-by-piece

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1 week ago UPenn to ban transgender athletes, ending civil rights case focused on swimmer Lia Thomas

Penn settles Title IX case over Lia Thomas’ winsSchool will ban trans women from female sportsFeds call it a victory for women and girls’ rightsThe University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from its women’s sports teams to resolve a federal civil rights case that found the school violated the rights of female athletes.The US Education Department announced the voluntary agreement Tuesday. The case focused on Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer who last competed for the Ivy League school in Philadelphia in 2022, when she became the first openly transgender athlete to win a Division I title. Continue reading...

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1 week ago UPenn to ban transgender athletes, feds say, ending civil rights case focused on swimmer Lia Thomas

The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from its women’s sports teams to resolve a federal civil rights case that found the school violated the rights of female athletes

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1 week ago Trump celebrates harsh conditions for detainees on visit to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

President says immigration jail in Florida Everglades is a ‘little controversial, but I couldn’t care less’Donald Trump on Tuesday toured Alligator Alcatraz, a controversial new migrant detention jail in the remote Florida Everglades, and celebrated the harsh conditions that people sent there would experience.The president was chaperoned by Florida’s hard-right governor, Ron DeSantis, who hailed the tented camp on mosquito-infested land 50 miles west of Miami as an example for other states that supported Trump’s mass deportation agenda. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Supreme Court throws out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in 4 states

The Supreme Court has thrown out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in four states following the justices’ recent decision upholding a Tennessee ban on certain medical treatment for transgender youths

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2 w. ago She was set on a career of service after growing up in a military family. Trump’s trans ban is ruining her life

Transgender troops and their families face an uncertain future after spending their careers in service, they tell Alex Woodward

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2 w. ago Trump banned them from the military. Now they’re fighting a different war: ‘We belong and we deserve to be here’

Transgender troops and their families face an uncertain future after spending their careers in service, they tell Alex Woodward

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3 w. ago Democrats wrestle over chance to kill the ban on transgender care in Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

Democrats have an opportunity to protect transgender people’s health care. It also comes at a time when Republicans see anti-trans policies as a winning issue, Eric Garcia writes

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3 w. ago Labour government reveals talks with SNP ministers over 'trans

Ministers at Holyrood and Westminster have held talks over plans to ban conversion therapy.

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3 w. ago Families of trans kids worry about what's next after Supreme Court rules on gender

A U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is leaving transgender children and their parents uncertain and anxious about its impact

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