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Connecticut Children’s Medical Center caves to Trump DOJ on gender-affirming care

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A Connecticut hospital has agreed to Trump administration demands to stop providing gender-affirming care to minors, leaving transgender youth and their families scrambling amid concerns about continuity of care. The Justice Department announced Friday that Connecticut Children’s Medical Center had agreed to cease what the department calls “sex-rejecting procedures on minors,” making it the third medical institution to enter into a settlement agreement with the administration. The hospital will also pay a penalty and set aside $500,000 to provide care for individuals who say they were harmed by gender-affirming care they previously received. “The Department of Justice will stop at nothing to protect America’s children,” said Associate Attorney […]

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Trans couple ‘beaten by mob for using bathroom’ arrested instead of their alleged attackers

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A transgender couple in Louisiana says they were brutally assaulted by a mob outside a public restroom, only to be arrested themselves while their alleged attackers walked free. Aurora Rush and Shae Sanders told Erin In The Morning via Substack in a 5 August interview that they were leaving Cypress Black Bayou Park in Bossier Parish on 31 May when they were surrounded by a group of around 10 people after using the women’s restroom. According to the couple, they were subjected to anti-trans slurs, threats and physical violence.  Sanders says they were knocked unconscious and required four stitches above one […]

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Fashion brand Unique Vintage drops Harry Potter collab after backlash

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Retro fashion company Unique Vintage has dropped a planned Harry Pottercollaboration – with a portion of proceeds going to an LGBTQ+ charity – after backlash from customers. The brand, which releases an annual Pride collection and represents itself as a queer-friendly vendor, received negative feedback online after announcing the new Harry Potter-inspired products. In an ad showcasing the products, Unique Vintage shared: “Each purchase unlocks a 5% donation to GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ+ media advocacy organisation.” Following the backlash, Unique Vintage emailed customers and shared a statement on their social media pages announcing that they will stop promoting the collaboration. “Unique […]

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Judge weighs sanctions after Trump administration violates court order protecting trans prisoners

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The Trump administration moved transgender women in federal custody into segregated housing despite a court order barring their transfer out of women’s facilities. An attorney for the inmates told U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth that the administration had violated the court’s May order by moving the women into segregated units, according to the Associated Press. Lamberth is now considering how to enforce his injunction. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. When Lamberth pressed Justice Department attorneys on whether the action violated his prior court order, administration attorneys said they had complied with […]

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Education Department Will Stop Tracking Bullying, Harassment, Assaults Of Nonbinary/Trans Students

Education site The K-12 Dive reports: The U.S. Department of Education is abandoning the collection of key civil rights data on the nation’s LGBTQ+ students, cutting out data and definitions related to the harassment, bullying and assaults of a student group that has been found to be more at-risk of such incidents. Changes to the 2025-26 survey questions — approved by the Office of Management and Budget in July — include eliminating schools’ reporting of how many students identify as nonbinary, how often they are victims of harassment and bullying, and whether school districts have policies prohibiting those incidents. The changes also […]

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Canada Has Everything It Needs to End HIV. So Why Are Rates Rising Among Young Gay Men?

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In 2019, when Marcus was 22 years old, he asked his family doctor for PrEP—a medication that prevents HIV from transmitting through sex. “My friends and I heard about PrEP during Pride, and all the ads said ‘talk to your family doctor,’” Marcus told Uncloseted Media. “So that’s what I did.” PrEP has been approved for HIV prevention in Canada since 2016—and America’s Food and Drug Administration did so in 2012. However, Marcus says his doctor had never heard of the medication. “He basically told me to be patient while he did some research and said I should use condoms,” he says. Just months […]

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Layoff threat ignites labor fight at major transgender rights group

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Less than a month after workers at Advocates for Trans Equality ratified a contract designed to protect their jobs, one of the nation’s most prominent transgender rights organizations warned that some of those jobs may disappear. Now, employees are accusing A4TE’s leadership of financial mismanagement, withholding essential information and violating the collective bargaining agreement the two sides spent more than a year negotiating. The Union for Trans Liberation said A4TE management notified union representatives after 5 p.m. July 20 that the organization was entering a period of “economic retrenchment.” Less than 24 hours later, A4TE sent donors an appeal saying it may “potentially eliminate […]

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North Carolina Republican lawmaker wants the state to police what transgender teachers can wear

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A Republican North Carolina lawmaker says it “may be time” to require public school employees to wear clothing she considers “gender-appropriate” after objecting to a transgender music teacher’s attire. State Rep. Erin Paré complained in a post on her campaign Facebook page about the reported hiring of a transgender music teacher at an elementary school in the Wake County Public School System. Paré did not identify the teacher or the school but portrayed the teacher’s gender expression as a potential threat to children. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. “I’ve received your emails […]

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Why did Josh Shapiro appoint this anti-trans Republican to Pennsylvania’s civil rights commission?

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, has appointed a former Republicanlawmaker with a long record of opposing transgender rights and attempting to curtail civil rights enforcement to the state commission charged with protecting Pennsylvanians from discrimination. Former State Rep. Seth Grove, who represented part of York County in the Pennsylvania House for 17 years, is among seven new members of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. The agency investigates discrimination in employment, housing, education, and public accommodations and enforces the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your inbox five days a week. Grove is […]

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Judge rejects Trump administration bid to dismiss transgender Air Force troops’ retirement lawsuit

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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to knock most of the transgender service members out of a lawsuit over military retirements that the Air Force approved and then abruptly revoked. In a 10-page ruling Wednesday, U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Elaine D. Kaplan, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, denied the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss, allowing all 17 plaintiffs to continue pursuing claims that the government unlawfully stripped them of retirement pay and benefits after promising they could leave military service with early retirement. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news with The Advocate’s email newsletter, in your […]

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