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South Park Mourns the Death of Woke
An adult cartoon that reveled in the anti-woke backlash reckons with its impact.
Passports Are Again Available to Transgender Americans, However Briefly
Leading Off: Get your passport while you can. Plus, the Supreme Court will rule on trans sports bans and increasing legal activism targets the trans community in the U.K. The top storylines this week.
Assassin With History of Anti-Trans Comments Targeted a Champion of Queer Rights
Leading Off: Politically targeted attack comes hours before millions denounce Trump. A hospital succumbs to his threats. Iowa expands the bounds of discrimination. The week’s top story lines.
TWIBS: Fed Mad at Cali Trans Girl, What Else is New
After a transgender girl shared the podium with cis girls at a track and field competition, Donald Trump… you know, got mad. Obviously.
Behind the Right’s Attacks on Trans Girls in Sports
Conservative media, legal, political, and business leaders came together in a breathtaking assault on human rights.
Guggenheim Fellowships Celebrate the Art and Diversity Trump Attacks
Among the scholars and artists are – surprise! – the trans and nonbinary people whom the president wants to erase.
What’s in HHS Review of Youth Gender Medicine? A Lot of Harmful Politics.
Leading Off: A government report that reads like a long anti-trans opinion piece. Trump just keeps losing in Maine. The top story lines as the week begins.
Attorney General Pam Bondi Issues Guidance on DOJ Implementation of Trump Executive Orders
A memo to the DOJ suggests an outlandish legal reason to attempt to block gender affirming care for minors.
Trump Ally Leads Lawsuits Against Trans Athletes
The lawyer, Bill Bock, is also prominently affiliated with a conservative Christian group that seeks “reformation of nations.”
Trump’s ‘Wall’ Against Trans Travelers Damages U.S. Prestige and Economy
Groups representing artists and academics are joining nations worldwide in warning international trans travelers: Beware the U.S.
Trump’s Contorted ‘Gender Ideology’: A Policy Against Pronouns
Listing one's pronouns is actually useful for everyone. Potential for confusion arises not only in names that are commonly considered gender-neutral in American English, but in foreign names as well.
Republicans Trample On Trans People, Women in Voter Suppression Bill
Leading Off: Disenfranchisement heads to the Senate. World Pride organizers are worried. And Trump loses in Maine. The top story lines as the week begins.
Trump’s Newest “Wall”? It Targets Trans Travelers From Overseas.
Leading Off: More European nations raise travel alarms. Walking out, and winning? Trans and Ukraine flags galore. The top story lines as the week begins.
Reclaiming Our History, Transexual Menace Roars Back to Life at Stonewall
A fiery rally outside Stonewall Inn marked the re-emergence of an activist group that had been a force from the days of Brandon Teena. “You never really get away from being a menace,” a founder said, “but I’m angry I have to do it.”
At Stonewall, Erasing Trans History Reflects Bigotry’s Losing Hand
The National Parks Service erases all mention of trans people from the Stonewall National Monument after a flurry of executive orders, but erasure will not stop us from existing.
How Trans People Can Survive, and Thrive: A Playbook to Meet Trump’s ‘Shock and Awe’
Veronica Esposito offers her perspective as a therapist on how to stay safe and healthy during this time of crisis.
‘Order’ Without Law: Trump's Trans Care Ban Relies on Threats to Induce Compliance
Trump’s threats are having a disastrous effect on trans health care across the country, despite significant resistance to them.
NY AG Letitia James Bucks Executive Order
After President Trump issued an executive order telling hospitals across the nation to eschew gender-affirming care, New York’s Attorney General stepped in to tell NY hospitals to disregard that order.
Is There a Federal Bathroom Ban? Yes.
The language of these executive orders are a bit unclear, Allison Chapman helps decode them and their legal ramifications.
Trump Executive Order Forces Trans Women into Men’s Prison
One of many executive orders issued by Trump in the first week of his second term is facing litigatory pushback for allegedly violating two amendments to the constitution by sending trans women to men’s prison facilities and denying them access to necessary medication.