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Lambda Legal and the Human Rights Campaign have filed a law suit on behalf of a group of transgender people who are serving in the military. They are challenging President Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from military service. ABC News has this story.
President Trump signed a new executive order, forbidding transgender women from participating in women’s or girls’ sports. This fulfills one of his campaign promises. This story comes from the Associated Press.
The NCAA.quickly announced a change in its policy on transgender athletes, to bring it into line with the new executive order.
The Department of Education is reportedly looking into colleges and universities which allowed transgender athletes to participate in women’s sports, for potential violations of Title IX, even though the interpretation of Title IX both by the NCAA and by the Department of Education at the time permitted transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports.
Transgender athletes in Virginia and Minnesota are still allowed to participate in girls’ sports, at least through twelfth grade. In both cases, state law says that transgender students can participate in sports activities according to their gender identities. A state law, passed by the state legislature and signed by the governor, carries more weight than an executive order signed by the president. This story comes from 13 News Now.
The state of Washington is suing the Trump administration over its nationwide ban on gender-affirming care for those under 19 years of age. They are acting on behalf of Seattle Children’s Hospital and the transgender patients it serves. KUOW public radio has this story.
A class action suit was filed in Maryland on behalf of two transgender adults, five adolescents and their families, and a couple of organizations. This suit also challenges the ban on gender-affirming medical care for young transgender people. This story comes from The Advocate.
New York State Attorney General Letitia James has said that New York law permits gender-affirming medical care for minors, and it supersedes President Trump’s executive order on the matter. You can read more at Them.
President Trump’s executive order forbidding transgender care to minors extends up to the age of 19. The Associated Press says that several states are looking to expand the age limit on gender-affirming care, keeping more adults from receiving hormone replacement therapy.
People protested at hospitals which have agreed to stop providing gender-affirming medical care to minors. This report comes from Erin Reed.
Fifteen state Attorneys General, all Democrats, signed a statement which reaffirms their support for gender-affirming medical care for transgender people. The Advocate has this story.
You may remember U.S. v. Skmetti, the case which was tried before the Supreme Court on the challenge that bans on gender-affirming medical care violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause. In a letter to the court, Deputy Solicitor General Curtis E. Gannon wrote, “Following the change in Administration, the Department of Justice has reconsidered the United States’ position in this case. The purpose of this letter is to notify the Court that the government’s previously stated views no longer represent the United States’ position.” In plain English, the Trump administration now agrees with Tennessee that it can ban gender-affirming care to minors. This story comes from The Advocate.
The Centers for Disease Control ordered the authors of several research papers to withdraw the articles that they wrote, and to rewrite them, removing forbidden terms such as “transgender” from the text. Reuters has this story.
The National Institute of Health has stopped a program which aims to stop the spread of HIV among transgender youth of color. It is a part of President Trump’s end to DEI. This story comes from Them.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has put a “pause” on looking into LGBTQ+ discrimination in the workplace. Monther Jones has this story.
The Social Security Administration is no longer changing gender markers. They have done so since at least 1980, according to Them.
The Trump administration has banned federal employees stating their pronouns in their e-mail signatures. The Advocate has this story.
As President Trump signs executive orders eliminating transgender rights, the Human Rights Campaign announced that it is reducing its staff by 20%. This story comes from Them.
Federal Judge Royce Lamberth has issued a stay to stop the federal Bureau of Prisons from moving three transgender prisoners or withholding their hormone replacement therapy. Because the three filed a class-action lawsuit, and because the judge believes that they are likely to be able to show that the president’s executive order is unconstitutional, the ruling actually applies to all sixteen transgender women currently in federal prisons. Reuters has this story.
U.S. Representatives Mark Takano, Jamie Raskin, and Gerry Gonnolly sent a letter to the Office of Personnel Management, stating that they should not discriminate against transgender people. Their letter says that President Trump’s executive order saying that the government only recognizes two sexes violates the Constitution and goes against Supreme Court rulings. This story comes from The Advocate.
In entertainment news, Netflix has started its promotional campaign for Emilia Perez to win at the Academy Awards, but that she was not flown to the United States to take part in pre-Oscar activities. The Hollywood Reporter has this story.
At the Grammy Awards, Lady Gaga said, “Trans people are not invisible. Trans people deserve love, the queer community deserves to be lifted up. Music is love. Thank you.” This followed Chappel Roan saying on the red carpet, “Trans people have always existed and they will forever exist and they will never, no matter what happens, take trans joy away. I would not be here without trans girls.” This story comes from Them.
Elliot Page is joining the cast of Christopher Nolan’s new move The Odyssey. It is a retelling of Homer’s epic, or at least of a part of Homer’s epic, according to Them.
Heightened Scrutiny, a new documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, follows Chase Strangio and shows the arguments that he made before the Supreme Court to defend transgender rights. Out.com has a review.
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