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'Sign of protest': Trump's transgender, DEI policies raise stakes for Motor City Pride
For Logan Foreman, celebrating pride has typically felt like a "celebration," he said. This year, the Lansing resident said, is more a "sign of protest." Amid the Trump administration's aggressive actions to eradicate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the country and policies seen as unduly targeting transgender people, attendees at Sunday's Motor City Pride parade said the stakes for this year's festivities felt uniquely high.
Transgender troops face a deadline and a difficult decision: Stay or go?
As transgender service members face a deadline to leave the U.S. military, hundreds are taking the financial bonus to depart voluntarily. But others say they will stay and fight. For many, it is a wrenching decision to end a career they love, and leave units they have led or worked with for years. And they are angry they are being forced out by the Trump administration's renewed ban on transgender troops.
Transgender girl who competes with boys criticized for using girls' locker room
A transgender girl in Colonie is facing a Catch-22: If she competes with the boys, she could be accused of not being a girl. If she competes with the girls, she may have an unfair advantage. In threading the needle, she has been tripped up over what happens before practice and meets: She uses the girls' locker room, a practice that has prompted a federal complaint.
Horses might not care about gender, but the people who race them sure do
When I wrote a piece for Outsports about horses and gender, I didn’t expect it to generate much reaction outside of a few queer folks who love animals as much as I do. I wrote it from the perspective of a trans man who had come out in college, with a horse by my side who offered comfort, not confusion. I wanted to explore how nonhuman animals don’t ask you to prove your gender, and how that contrasts sharply with the world of human sports.
Target hit with lawsuit from transgender worker who was harassed, called a ‘drag queen’
A transgender woman who worked at a Target store in Gloucester County until she was allegedly forced to resign, filed a federal lawsuit on Friday accusing the retail giant of subjecting her to years of harassment, discrimination and retaliation.
4-H federally funded camps under fire for cabining kids, adult counselors by 'identity'
Some federally supported youth programs still have policies in place permitting attendees and adult camp counselors to stay in overnight housing based on their self-identified gender rather than their biological sex – despite the fact that the policy these rules are derived from has since been rescinded by the Trump administration, according to one nonprofit group.
US: Bans on Gender-Affirming Care Harm Trans Youth
Laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the United States are inflicting severe harm on young people and their families, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Since 2021, 25 states have enacted sweeping bans targeting this best-practice medical care, replacing gradual, evidence-based treatments with blunt and politically driven restrictions.
“They’re Ruining People’s Lives”
Since 2021, a wave of legislation targeting transgender health care has swept across the United States, with 25 states enacting blanket bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth as of March 2025. These legislative bans, often vague and sweeping in scope, have disrupted healthcare access for over 100,000 transgender youth, and imposed significant geographic, financial, and emotional burdens on their families.
Puerto Rican Supreme Court says nonbinary folks can update birth certificates with X gender markers
The Puerto Rico Supreme Court has ruled that nonbinary and gender non-conforming people on the island can update their birth certificates to include an X gender marker. The decision came as a result of a lawsuit by six nonbinary people who argued that the U.S. territory’s birth certificate policy violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s right to equal protection under the law.
Judge blocks Trump from cutting off gender-affirming care for federal inmates
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to continue providing gender-affirming medication for transgender inmates in federal prisons, dealing the latest blow to a multipronged effort by the president to pull back federal support for transgender health care.
Trans community most targeted in anti-LGBTQ+ incidents, GLAAD data shows
Transgender and gender-nonconforming people were the target of over half of all anti-LGBTQ+ incidents tracked by GLAAD over the last year in a new report. The big picture: President Trump has singled out the transgender community in several executive orders, jeopardizing federal recognition for people's declared gender identity and access to services like gender-affirming health care.
FBI seeks tips on gender-affirming surgeries for children
The FBI on Monday requested tips from the public on hospitals, clinics or practitioners performing gender-affirming surgeries to youth. Why it matters: On the second day of Pride Month, the Trump administration puts gender-affirming care among transgender youth under close scrutiny. Driving the news: "Help the FBI protect children," the FBI wrote. "As the Attorney General has made clear, we will protect our children and hold accountable those who mutilate them under the guise of gender-affirming care."
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