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Maine Governor Responds to Trump's Apology Demand

Janet Mills pushes back again on president's attack against transgender athletes

(Newser) - Last month, President Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills got into a verbal argument during a National Governors Association meeting at the White House, after Trump attacked Mills for allowing transgender athletes to play on girls' and women's teams in her state and Mills pushed back, telling him, "...

Trans, Nonbinary People Are Fighting New Passport Policy

Meanwhile, Trump administration continues to target LGBTQIA+ community

(Newser) - A group of transgender and nonbinary individuals is suing the Trump administration over its passport policy, which bans changing gender markers on passports and bans the use of the "X" gender marker. The policy came about after President Trump issued an executive order on the first day of his...

Musk Daughter: He Didn't Move 'Further' Right Because of Me
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Mar 21, 2025 1:00 PM CDT

Musk's Daughter Doesn't Mince Words About Her Dad

Vivian Wilson, 20, chats with Teen Vogue about politics, her 'pathetic man-child' father

(Newser) - Relations have been strained between Elon Musk and daughter Vivian Wilson for quite some time, and it's unlikely they'll improve anytime soon—at least not based on a new interview that the 20-year-old granted to Ella Yurman of Teen Vogue. In it, Wilson rails against her father and...

Ohio School District Heads to Court Over Pronoun Policy

Conservative parents group argues that district's policy violates free speech rights of classmates

(Newser) - The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati will hear arguments Wednesday in a legal dispute that pits a suburban Ohio school district's policy requiring use of students' preferred pronouns against the free speech rights of classmates who believe there are only two genders. The lawsuit brought by...

White House Moves Against Another Ivy League School

University of Pennsylvania funding is paused over its athletic policies for trans athletes

(Newser) - Another big-name university is in the crosshairs of the Trump administration, this time over transgender policies.
  • Penn: The White House said Wednesday it is pausing $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania because of its athletic policies on trans athletes, reports NBC News . The policies are "
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Judge Blocks Trump's Ban on Trans Troops

Service members sued after executive order and ensuing Pentagon policy

(Newser) - A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Trump's executive order that led to an effective ban on transgender troops from serving in the military, ruling that the Pentagon cannot enforce it because it is discriminatory and in violation of the constitution's equal protection clause. In a 79-page ruling,...

Chair's Diss to Trans Lawmaker Brings House Meeting to Halt

GOP Rep. Keith Self misgenders Sarah McBride, prompting Dem pushback

(Newser) - A hearing held by a House Foreign Affairs panel came to a sudden and contentious close on Tuesday after a Republican congressman misgendered Sarah McBride of Delaware, the first openly transgender person elected to Congress. The Hill and New York Times report that Rep. Keith Self of Texas, who chairs...

Prosecutors: Kids Were Forced to Torture Trans Man

Horrific details emerge in murder of Sam Nordquist

(Newser) - Prosecutors have released disturbing details in a murder they described last month as " beyond depraved ." Prosecutors say children were forced to take part in acts of torture that caused the death of Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man from Minnesota who was held captive in a room in...

Newsom Splits With Party on Trans Athletes
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Mar 6, 2025 12:42 PM CST

Newsom Splits With Party on Trans Athletes

California governor says allowing them to compete is unfair to other athletes

(Newser) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom made headlines in the very first episode of his new podcast , and not merely in his choice of conservative bigwig Charlie Kirk as guest. In what Politico describes as "stunning remarks," the Democrat split with his own party on the issue of allowing trans...

Judge Extends Halt to Trump's Transgender Care Orders

Another judge issues similar ruling days after ban was already extended in 4 states

(Newser) - A federal judge extended a nationwide block Tuesday on President Trump's executive orders halting federal funding for providers of gender-affirming health care for transgender people under age 19, the AP reports. The judge's ruling came in a lawsuit filed earlier this month on behalf of families with transgender or nonbinary...

Emilia Perez Triumphs at French Oscars

Despite the controversy around it, the celebrated French film dominated at the Césars awards

(Newser) - Oscar contender Emilia Pérez was named the best French film of the year at the Césars awards—France's equivalent of the Oscars—and under-fire Karla Sofia Gascón , the star of Jacques Audiard's Mexico-set melodrama, made a rare public appearance. The musical is one of the...

Trans Troops Only Number a Third of What We Thought: DOD

Meanwhile, NYT profiles transgender service members and others who've served with them

(Newser) - As the Defense Department prepares to boot all transgender service members who don't qualify for an exemption, after a recent executive order from President Trump claiming their presence harms military readiness, new figures have been released that show a much lower number of trans troops currently serving than previously...

US to Effectively Ban Transgender Troops

Exceptions may be allowed in the government interest, but troops will be classified by sex

(Newser) - Transgender troops will be booted from the military within 60 days, the Pentagon said in a memo issued Wednesday. The memo follows President Trump's executive order , signed late last month, stating the expression of "a false 'gender identity'" harms military readiness. Some active-duty troops sued in...

Gascon to Attend Oscars: 'I'm Grateful to Be Back'

Variety reports that Netflix has agreed to pay for Emilia Perez star's showing amid controversy

(Newser) - The distance between Netflix and Karla Sofia Gascon just got a bit smaller. Variety reports that best actress nominee Gascon, 52, will indeed attend the Academy Awards on Sunday at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre—and that the streaming service has agreed to pick up the tab, despite the "nightmare"...

Family Faults Police in Torture, Murder of Trans Man

Sam Nordquist sought help, and his mother did the same, she tells NBC

(Newser) - The mother of a transgender man who was tortured and killed in New York claims he might still be alive if local police had "done their jobs." Canandaigua Police say none of its officers spoke with family members in the lead up to Sam Nordquist's death. But...

LGBTQ Activists Call New HHS Guidance 'Deeply Concerning'

Health Secretary RFK Jr. issues new guidance recognizing only 2 sexes: male and female

(Newser) - The Department of Health and Human Services has synced up with the Trump administration's push against transgender protections , releasing new guidance on Wednesday that states the US government recognizes only two sexes: male and female. The new "sex-based definitions" assert that "an individual human is either female...

Feds Remove References to Trans People on Stonewall Site

'This is just cruel and petty,' NY governor says

(Newser) - References to transgender people were removed Thursday from a National Park Service website for the Stonewall National Monument, a park and visitor center in New York that commemorates a 1969 riot that became a pivotal moment for the LGBTQ+ rights movement. The changes were made in the wake of an...

Nancy Mace Repeatedly Yells Anti-Trans Slur in House Hearing

Things got contentious at House Oversight Committee hearing

(Newser) - Rep. Nancy Mace used an anti-trans slur during a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, then yelled it multiple times after being told it was offensive. The back and forth, as reported by MSNBC , USA Today , and People :
  • Referencing USAID funding for gender-affirming healthcare in Guatemala, the GOP representative from South
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NCAA Welcomes Trump Order, Changes Transgender Policy

Only athletes assigned female at birth may compete in women's sports

(Newser) - The NCAA changed its participation policy for transgender athletes on Thursday, limiting competition in women's sports to athletes assigned female at birth only. The move came one day after President Trump signed an executive order intended to bar transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports. The NCAA policy...

Trump: Trans Athletes Won't Be Allowed at LA Olympics

He signs order to bar transgender athletes from women's sports

(Newser) - President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday intended to prohibit transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports. The order, titled " Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports ," gives federal agencies, including the Justice and Education departments, wide latitude to ensure entities that receive federal...

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