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Trans girl housed in male unit has jaw broken at D.C. juvenile detention center

A transgender girl housed in a male unit of a Washington, D.C., juvenile detention center has been hospitalized after sustaining multiple injuries, including a broken jaw, officials said.  The girl, whose age was not disclosed, was one of two residents of the city’s Youth Services Center to be sent to the hospital on July 7 following violent incidents at the facility, Turnesha Fish, interim chief of staff at the city’s Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS), confirmed Tuesday.  The two incidents were isolated, and a full review has been launched, according to officials. NBC Washington reported that five teens have been […]

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“I Won’t Change My Body to Fit Your Expectations”: Reflections From a Masculine Woman with PCOS

I knew something was off when I started growing facial hair at 12 years old. Small chin hairs, but still noticeable to everyone. I’d poke and prod them at first, not out of shame but curiosity and wonder. The more body hair I grew, the more intrigued I became. I thought it was neat that my body changed in this way! I soon found out not everyone would agree with me. My grandmother would tell me not to pick at it or I’d get spots and scars. Other girls in my class soon whispered about me being a man. I vividly remember a girl at my […]

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Harvard seemingly caves to Trump, shuts down LGBTQ+ and women’s center websites

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Harvard University has seemingly caved to the Trump Administration’s demand to end all diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives by removing the websites for its LGBTQ+ and women’s centers. The Ivy League’s pages for its Women’s Center, Office for BGLTQ Student Life, and Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations were removed Wednesday at the same time Dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, Hopi Hoekstra, revealed a new Office for Academic Culture and Community in an email to faculty shared with The Advocate. “This new office is part of the [university’s] ongoing effort to break down silos, ensuring all members of our community are connected, […]

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Jim Obergefell fears same-sex marriages ‘will be erased’ under Trump: ‘We must fight’

Jim Obergefell, who pioneered the Obergefell v. Hodges landmark same-sex marriage Supreme Court case, has warned that same-sex marriages ‘will be erased’ under the current administration of President Donald Trump. Jim Obergefell, the American civil rights activist and lead plaintiff in the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges case, has expressed fears that under the current US administration – Republican president Donald Trump – same-sex partnerships “will be erased”. Speaking to Out Magazine, the former Ohio representative said: “I always knew I’d be sharing my story for the rest of my life. But now it feels different.  “Now, I tell my story not just with […]

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The Supreme Court’s latest “cruel blow” could make it a lot harder to win trans rights cases

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Shannon Minter, legal director for the newly rechristened National Center for LGBTQ Rights (NCLR), is once again, under a second Trump administration, confronting an avalanche of anti-LGBTQ+ law, policy, and rhetoric set off by the White House. Eight years ago, Minter led efforts by NCLR and GLAD in the first of four lawsuits to challenge Trump’s first ban on transgender service members in the military. Within weeks, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a preliminary injunction that put a temporary halt to the discriminatory policy, which lasted almost two years. President Joe Biden restored trans military service before the Supreme […]

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Black trans woman Dream Johnson killed in Washington, D.C.

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Police in Washington, D.C., are seeking the public’s help in finding the killer of a Black transgender woman who was shot to death about 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Bystanders flagged police down to where Dream Johnson, 28, lay unconscious on a city street, having been shot multiple times, the Washington Blade reports. She was taken to a local hospital, “but all lifesaving efforts failed and the victim was pronounced dead,” says a police statement quoted by the Blade. The police did not identify Johnson as trans, but trans activists and her family said she was. She had planned to legally change her to Dream. Vanna Terrell, Johnson’s aunt, told […]

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Puerto Rico trans rights advocates prepare legal fight as GOP governor considers gender-affirming care ban

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Puerto Rico, long regarded as a leader on transgender rights in the Caribbean, is facing a potential rollback as lawmakers push forward legislation to ban gender-affirming care for youth. The measure could criminalize parents and doctors and cut off vital medical support for the island’s trans community. The bill, approved by both chambers of Puerto Rico’s legislature, is now awaiting action by Republican Gov. Jenniffer González Colón. Although she had proposed amendments to protect access to puberty blockers and allow minors already undergoing treatment to continue care, lawmakers did not adopt those changes. The governor now faces a decision to sign or veto the bill. The U.S. Supreme Court recently […]

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Why the Caster Semenya sex eligibility battle confounded sports for 16 years and still isn’t over

One of the most complex current issues in sports can be traced back to a track meet in Germany in 2009, when an unknown 18-year-old from South Africa blew away a field of the best female runners on the planet to win the world title. The teenager was hardly out of breath when she flexed her muscles at the end of it. What quickly became clear is that sports faced an unprecedented dilemma with the arrival of Caster Semenya. Now a two-time Olympic and three-time world champion in the 800 meters, the 34-year-old Semenya has been banned from competing in […]

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Board members called this nonbinary teacher a “groomer.” Now the district has to pay up.

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An Arizona school district has settled a discrimination lawsuit brought by a former teacher who is nonbinary. As The Arizona Republic reports, River Chunnui sued the Peoria Unified School District and two members of its governing board, Heather Rooks and Rebecca Hill, last year, alleging “discriminatory, retaliatory, and torturous actions” based on Chunnui’s gender identity. According to their March 2024 complaint, the former Desert Harbor Elementary School special education teacher sent a March 31, 2022, email informing fellow staff members of how they could support and acknowledge trans and nonbinary students on International Transgender Day of Visibility. After their email began circulating online […]

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Louisiana Medicaid quietly stops reimbursing patients for gender-affirming care

Transgender Louisianians will no longer receive Medicaid reimbursement for any gender-affirming care prescriptions if their provider uses certain gender-related diagnosis codes, according to multiple LGBTQ+ organizations.  “Instead of making this change through the legislative process, the state instilled its anti-trans agenda through obscure, extralegal bureaucratic maneuvers,” the advocacy organization Trans Income Project wrote in a statement to the Illuminator. “Now, thousands of Louisianans are losing coverage for trans medicine and incurring unexpected out-of-pocket costs when attempting to pick up their regular prescriptions.”  Gender-affirming care is a catch-all term for medical treatments given to people to align their physical bodies with their identified gender. Such care […]

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