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West Point Scrubs Gay-Straight Alliance, Clubs for Women and Students of Color
The U.S. Military Academy has disbanded a dozen West Point cadet clubs centered on ethnicity, gender, race and sexuality in response to the Trump administration's push to eliminate diversity programs.
Idaho State Lawmakers Take Aim at Marriage Equality
Republican state representatives in Idaho approved a resolution to call on the Supreme Court to roll back national equal marriage rights — but even some Republicans voted against the measure.
For High School Sports, Decisions Loom: Follow Trump or State Law on Transgender Athletes
Associations in some states signaled they may defy the president's order, but others were taking a wait-and-see approach.
Trump Policies on Gender-Affirming Care and Passports for Transgender People Challenged in Court
Two of President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the rights of transgender and nonbinary people face court challenges filed Friday.
Trump Administration Withdraws Support for Transgender Minors in Tennessee Case at the Supreme Court
The federal government no longer backs transgender minors and their families in Tennessee who are challenging a state ban on gender-affirming care.
Georgia Lawmakers Advance a Bill to Prevent Transgender Women from Competing in Women's Sports
The bill would also require people to use changing areas, locker rooms and sleeping quarters according to their sex assigned at birth. It passed 35-17, with support from two Democrats.
Passport Applications Got More Complicated for Transgender Americans under New Trump Policy
The passport policy is among several actions Trump has taken since returning to office that could stifle rights and legal recognition of transgender, intersex and nonbinary people.
More GOP-Led States Seek to Follow Trump's Lead in Defining Male and Female
Alabama and a small but growing number of other GOP-led states are pushing to enact more laws this year following President Donald Trump's executive order declaring there are two sexes and rejecting the idea that people can transition to another gender.
San Jose State and Penn Face Inquiries in Trump Crackdown on Transgender Athletes
The Trump administration is investigating potential civil rights violations at two universities and a high school sports league that allowed transgender athletes to compete on women's teams, the Education Department said Thursday.
NCAA Changes Transgender Policy to Limit Women's Competition to Athletes Assigned Female at Birth
The NCAA changed its participation policy for transgender athletes on Thursday, limiting competition in women's sports to athletes assigned female at birth only.
Trump Administration Plans to Pressure the IOC to Come Up with a Uniform Transgender Athlete Ban
President Donald Trump is ready to take his fight against transgender athletes to the International Olympic Committee.
Protesters in Cities Across the US Rally Against Trump's Policies, Project 2025 and Elon Musk
Demonstrators gathered in cities across the U.S. on Wednesday to protest the Trump administration's early actions, decrying everything from the president's immigration crackdown to his rollback of transgender rights and more.
Trump Signs Executive Order Intended to Bar Transgender Athletes from Girls' and Women's Sports
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday intended to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports.
Trump to Sign Executive Order Barring Transgender Female Athletes from Competing
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday designed to prevent people who were biologically assigned male at birth from participating in women's or girls' sporting events.
Judge Blocks Transfers of 3 Transgender Inmates to Men's Prison
A federal judge agreed Tuesday to temporarily block prison officials from transferring three incarcerated transgender women to men's facilities and terminating their access to hormone therapy.
Things to Know About How Trump's Policies Target Transgender People
President Donald Trump has targeted transgender and nonbinary people with a series of executive orders since he returned to office.
Gay January 6 Rioter Takes Responsibility: 'I Don't Want' the Pardon
A gay January 6 rioter who says he was in the throes of alcoholism when he participated in the insurrection is now taking responsibility for his life and his actions — and he doesn't want a pardon.
Trump is Looking to Boot Transgender Troops from the Military. Here's Why That's Complicated
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the Pentagon's policy on transgender troops, likely setting in motion a future ban.
Trump Order Aims to End Federal Support for Gender Transitions for Those Under 19
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender transitions for people under age 19, his latest move to roll back protections for transgender people across the country.
Trump Signs an Order to Revise the Pentagon's Policy on Transgender Troops
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the Pentagon's policy on transgender troops, likely setting in motion a future ban on their military service.