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SCOTUS Halts SC Ban on Trans Student's Restroom Use

9th-grader can use boys restroom while legal fight plays out

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has allowed a transgender ninth-grader in South Carolina, known as "John Doe" in court documents, to keep using the boys restroom at school while a legal fight over the state's bathroom ban continues. This interim decision comes as Doe challenges a state rule that...

Kirk Was Just Asked About Transgender Mass Shooters

Commentator had endorsed a ban on firearms ownership for transgender people

(Newser) - The first question Charlie Kirk was asked by the crowd Wednesday in Utah was about religion, former Rep. Jason Chaffetz told Fox News. "The second question interestingly was about transgender shooters, mass shooters, and in the midst of that, a shot rang out ," Chaffetz said, per the Wall ...

Texas A&M Leadership Ousted in Gender Studies Class Dispute

Course content that a student called 'indoctrination' sparks investigation, firings at school

(Newser) - Texas A&M University has removed a dean and a department head, as well as an instructor, after a student complaint about gender studies content in a course ignited controversy among state and federal leaders. The situation unfolded after Texas Rep. Brian Harrison posted a video on X showing...

DOJ Weighs Firearm Ban for Transgender Americans

Officials consider linking transgender status to gun restrictions over mental health

(Newser) - The Justice Department has started internal discussions about whether transgender individuals should be barred from owning firearms, according to sources familiar with the matter. These conversations began after the Aug. 27 shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school, in which a 23-year-old transgender shooter killed two children and wounded close...

Malcolm Gladwell Does a 180 on Trans Athletes

Tipping Point author now says he was 'cowed' into offering his support for them, feels 'ashamed'

(Newser) - Three years ago, Malcolm Gladwell made an appearance at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, where he moderated a panel that discussed a "path forward for the inclusion" of transgender athletes in sports. Now, the 62-year-old Tipping Point author is flipping that narrative, revealing on a podcast this week...

Feds Demand Details on Trans Patients
Feds Demand Names
of Trans Patients
Aug 22, 2025 1:04 AM CDT

Feds Demand Names of Trans Patients

Subpoena sent to one hospital demands names, Social Security numbers, and more

(Newser) - When the US Justice Department sought information from doctors and clinics that provide gender-affirming care for young transgender patients, officials weren't just asking for policies. They also demanded information about individual patients, the AP reports. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced in a statement July 9 that the department had...

More Than 3% of American Youth Identify as Trans
More Than 2.8M
Americans
ID as Trans
Aug 20, 2025 12:59 PM CDT

More Than 2.8M Americans ID as Trans

Including 3% of youth, per Williams Institute report

(Newser) - More than 2.8 million Americans, including an estimated 724,000 youth, identify as transgender, according to the largest analysis of its kind to date—which authors warn could be the last of its kind as the Trump administration removes references to trans people across federal agencies and fails to...

Air Force: No Retirement Pay for Transgender Group

All are being removed after Supreme Court ruling

(Newser) - The Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits. One Air Force sergeant said he was "betrayed and devastated" by the move. The move means...

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...

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