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Artist Cancels Smithsonian Show, Sees Censorship

Amy Sherald says museum objected to her painting of a trans woman

(Newser) - Amy Sherald—an artist perhaps best known to the public for her portrait of Michelle Obama —has called off a planned solo exhibition at the Smithsonian over censorship concerns, reports NBC News . Sherald says the museum's National Portrait Gallery raised concerns about one of her paintings, called...

US Olympics, Paralympics Ban Trans Women From Women's Sports

Move follows NCAA's similar step in line with Trump order

(Newser) - The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee has effectively barred transgender women from competing in women's sports, telling the federations overseeing swimming, athletics and other sports it has an "obligation to comply" with an executive order issued by President Trump, the AP reports. The new policy, announced Monday with...

SCOTUS Takes on 2 Transgender Athlete Cases

Cases challenge Idaho, West Virginia state laws

(Newser) - Two weeks after it upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases involving transgender athletes. The cases —one from Idaho and one from West Virginia—challenge the constitutionality of state laws barring transgender women and girls from women'...

White House Moves Against Another Ivy League School
UPenn to Erase
Lia Thomas' Records, Titles
UPDATED
Jul 1, 2025 5:59 PM CDT

UPenn to Erase Lia Thomas' Records, Titles

University of Pennsylvania makes deal to end federal civil rights case

(Newser) - The University of Pennsylvania will no longer allow transgender women to compete on its women's sports teams, in an agreement announced by the Department of Education Tuesday that ends a federal civil rights case against the school. As part of the deal, UPenn will "erase" all Division I...

Mother at Center of Trans Case Is Worried About What's Next

Samantha Williams says the court has stripped her right to care for her child in NYT op-ed

(Newser) - Wednesday's landmark Supreme Court decision banning transgender-related health care for minors struck unusually close to home for Samantha Williams. In a New York Times essay, Williams explains the "incredibly surreal" twist that her family is at the center of the case: Her child came out as a transgender...

Elon Musk's Trans Daughter Performs in LA Drag Show

Audience went wild for Vivian Wilson

(Newser) - Vivian Wilson, the transgender daughter of former First Buddy Elon Musk, made her "drag debut" Friday night in Los Angeles, per TMZ . Wilson, who ditched her dad's last name when she turned 18 and has spoken out against his anti-trans views on multiple occasions , was the headliner at...

SCOTUS Sides With Maine Lawmaker After Post About Trans Kid

High court restores state legislator's voting power

(Newser) - Republican Maine state lawmaker Laurel Libby will have her voting power back in the state's next legislative session, thanks to the highest court in the land. Libby had been censured by the Democrat-controlled Maine House after social media comments she made earlier this year regarding the Maine high school...

US Military Commanders' New Task: Purging Trans Troops

DOD says supervisors Supervisors must now use health checks to find transgender soldiers, those with gender dysphoria

(Newser) - Military commanders will soon be tasked with identifying and removing transgender service members or those with gender dysphoria, according to Pentagon officials, a directive that's part of President Trump's order to ban openly transgender individuals from serving in the US military. Commanders will use the annual health...

Pentagon Starts Enforcing Trans Ban

Troops with gender dysphoria diagnoses will be forced out if they don't leave voluntarily

(Newser) - The Pentagon is moving quickly to force out transgender service members after the Supreme Court's Tuesday ruling allowing the Trump administration to enforce the ban while legal challenges are underway. "After a SCOTUS victory for @POTUS, TRANS is out at the DOD," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared...

SCOTUS Says Transgender Military Ban Can Proceed

Court's 3 liberal justices dissent

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Trump's administration to enforce a ban on transgender people in the military while legal challenges proceed. The court's three liberal justices said they would have kept the policy on hold, the AP reports. The court acted in the dispute over a...

Robert De Niro on Trans Daughter: It's No Biggie

'I loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter'

(Newser) - One of Robert De Niro's seven kids recently came out as trans, and the Goodfellas actor has made clear that he's 100% on board. "I loved and supported Aaron as my son, and now I love and support Airyn as my daughter," the 81-year-old said in...

London Protest Decries Court's Transgender Ruling

Protesters in London express fear for loss of rights

(Newser) - Thousands of trans rights protesters gathered in central London on Saturday, days after the UK's Supreme Court ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female and that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition. With unease growing over what the ruling means for the rights of transgender...

UK Supreme Court Deals Blow to Trans Women

British high court rules that trans women can't be considered women for 'equality purposes'

(Newser) - The British Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the UK equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female, rejecting the Scottish government's argument that it includes transgender women. Justice Patrick Hodge said five judges at the court ruled unanimously that "the terms 'woman' and '...

HHS Wants You to Snitch About Gender-Affirming Care

Tips on providers can now be sent in

(Newser) - The latest development in the Trump administration's ongoing push to eradicate gender-affirming care: a portal where the public can submit tips regarding providers offering such care. The form , which can be found on the Department of Health and Human Services website, is called "Whistleblower Tips and Complaints Regarding...

Florida Teacher Canned for Using Student's Preferred Name

High school educator Melissa Calhoun's contract won't be renewed for next year, per Brevard district

(Newser) - A Florida teacher at an arts magnet school is out of a job after addressing a student by a name they wished to be called. Per ClickOrlando.com , Brevard Public Schools says it won't be renewing a contract next year for Melissa Calhoun, an educator at Satellite High School...

Trans Pilot Sues Influencer: I 'Believe in Consequences'

Virginia National Guard's Jo Ellis says Matt Wallace accused her of piloting chopper in Potomac crash

(Newser) - A transgender pilot falsely reported to have been flying the military helicopter that collided in January with a commercial airplane, killing 67, is now suing a right-wing influencer for spreading that rumor—the insinuation being that she was hired only due to DEI initiatives. "I want to hold this...

Transgender Student Arrested in Challenge to Bathroom Law

College student informed state lawmakers of her intentions in advance

(Newser) - With the words "I am here to break the law," a transgender woman walked into a women's restroom at the Florida State Capitol, igniting a legal battle in what's believed to be the first arrest under controversial new bathroom restrictions passed by several states, the...

Man Arrested Over Handshake With Nancy Mace
Charges
Dropped in
Nancy Mace
Handshake
updated
Apr 2, 2025 4:33 PM CDT

Charges Dropped in Nancy Mace Handshake

Witnesses differed with lawmaker on what happened after event

(Newser) - A Chicago man no longer faces a criminal charge stemming from Republican Rep. Nancy Mace's allegation that he shook her hand aggressively at a December event while asking her to support trans children. "I am pleased but not surprised that these baseless charges have been dropped," James...

Appeals Court Declines to Delay Block on Trans Troop Ban

2 separate cases are currently working their way through the legal system

(Newser) - The Trump administration's attempt to ban transgender troops from serving in the military was dealt another setback Monday when the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals declined the administration's request to put a lower court ruling on hold, which theoretically would have allowed the ban to be enforced....

Female Track Olympians Will Have Had DNA Sex Testing

Track's governing body announces plan to introduce it

(Newser) - The head of track's governing body on Tuesday announced a policy change designed to "doggedly protect the female category": all female athletes participating in World Athletics track and field events will have to undergo DNA sex testing. The New York Times reports that makes it the first Olympic...

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