Transgender / Transsexual

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The Trump administration is paying trans troops not to work

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A ban on transgender military service ordered by President Donald Trump within days of taking office, the second time, has left thousands of service members in an unusual and costly limbo. They are still on the payroll but barred from performing the jobs they were trained to do. For Sabrina Bruce, a Space Force master sergeant who led a cybersecurity team protecting classified satellites, the impact was immediate and operational. Bruce was removed from her post and left on the personnel rolls, meaning her position could not be filled even as critical national security work continued. Stay up to date with the latest in LGBTQ+ news […]

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Trump’s Education Department ends agreement to protect trans students

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The Trump administration has backed out of an agreement to protect trans students in five district schools and a college. AP reported that the Education Department terminated the agreements, which were previously negotiated by the Obama and Biden administrations under Title IX, on 6 April. Title IX is a civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools and other education programmes that receive funding from the federal government. The previous administrations interpreted the law to include protections for LGBTQ+ students, particularly trans students. The original agreement pledged to help protect trans students by setting a federal obligation for the schools to run measures like faculty training […]

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Transgender Latina beaten outside Washington LGBTQ+ bar after helping man recalls attack

Lilith Barraza Garcia, 22, says she and her friend were physically assaultedoutside Rumors Cabaret Bar in Bellingham, Washington, while simply trying to provide aid to someone who was intoxicated and slouched over outside. Garcia filed a police report with the Bellingham Police Department on the day of the incident, and the suspect was initially charged with a misdemeanor. However, Garcia told The Advocate that the misdemeanor is being upgraded to a felony, citing hate crimes against LGBTQ+ people.  According to Garcia, on March 23, she was outside the queer bar helping a visibly intoxicated person, “getting him a bottle of water and checking in […]

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House Republicans push bill forcing states to stop acknowledging trans people in schools

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When Congress returns to session next week, Republicans in the House of Representatives are expected to move forward on a bill that would give the federal government unprecedented power to pressure public schools into removing books and materials that acknowledge the existence of transgenderpeople. H.R. 7661, introduced by GOP Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois and titled the “Stop the Sexualization of Children Act,” is claimed by its supporters as a measure to shield children from inappropriate content. But buried in the text is language that has alarmed educators, librarians, and LGBTQ+ advocates. The bill defines “sexually oriented material” to include anything that “involves gender dysphoria or ‘transgenderism.’”  Detractors use that term to […]

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Trans Women in Prison Tell Their Stories

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On his first day back in office, President Trump signed an executive order that banned all forms of gender-affirming care for trans people in federal prisons. Six months later, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from enforcing the order. This block is still in effect today. Despite the judge’s order, Uncloseted Media’s Hope Pisoni spoke with eight incarcerated trans women and reviewed legal statements by several more and found that the BOP is still denying trans people access to gender-affirming accommodations. Over the course of her monthslong investigation, Pisoni also found that the women who stood up for […]

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‘God made trans people’ billboards hit Kansas highways after state revokes transgender people’s IDs

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A new billboard campaign declaring “God Made Trans People” is rolling out across Kansas highways just weeks after the state took the extraordinary step of invalidating transgender residents’ driver’s licenses. That development has left many navigating daily life without a valid ID or with an identification that no longer reflects who they are. The four-week campaign, launched by Mayday Health, spans major corridors in Kansas City, Topeka, and Wichita. Organizers say seven billboards are expected to reach more than 1.2 million drivers over the next month. Support Independent Journalism For Liv Raisner, the organization’s executive director, the placement is intentional. “We wanted to put […]

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Kentucky to pass bill that would declare trans people mentally ill

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Kentucky is on track to pass a new bill that would declare transgender people mentally ill and ban trans teachers from working. State senator Gex Williams proposed the amendment to House Bill 759, which relates to teacher certification. The amendment itself does not mention trans people specifically, but would forbid the certification of teachers who have been diagnosed with or treated for any “disorder that is excluded from the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990”. The ADA sets out a list of “disorders” that are not protected by law, including “gender identity disorders”. Other listed disorders include transexualism, pedophilia, kleptomania, compulsive […]

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New US immigration rule could see trans people’s visas revoked for ‘misrepresentation’

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Trans immigrants in the US could find themselves barred due to a new rule coming into play on April 10. The rule would mean immigration officers could revoke the visas of those with green cards or who are applying if they do not share their “biological sex at birth”. According to an update to the Federal Register, the amendments to the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, is an attempt to “improve the integrity of, and combat fraud in, the program”. When the new rule comes into force, applicants will be made to provide passport documentation and upload a scan of the biographic […]

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Kind strangers raise $90k for trans man’s college tuition after parents cut him off

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Hundreds of kind strangers have helped raise $90,000 so an MIT student could complete his college education after his parents cut him off for being trans. Matthew N, a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, lost his student housing when his parents financially cut him off when he came out as transgender. A GoFundMe for Matthew, which was set up by his friend and fellow MIT student Irene Dong, has surpassed the target of $81,100, meaning he will be able to graduate. One anonymous supporter even donated $10,000. “Matthew’s parents cut off their financial support after discovering he is transgender,” […]

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Man who said Trump should ‘kill all trans people’ sentenced for anti-trans hate crime

A Seattle man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a violent hate crime attack against a transgender woman in the city’s University District. Andre Karlow was convicted on Friday (13 March) of a second-degree assault and committing a hate crime for attacking Andie Holcepl in March 2025. Holcepl testified that she encountered Karlow and several other men while walking to a Seattle Mariners opening day game. Prosecutors said Karlow shouted insults and called her a “drag queen” before punching her in the mouth when she attempted to record the harassment. Witnesses said multiple attackers then punched and […]

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