President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to restrict gender-affirming care for people under the age of 19.
A group of soldiers are challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to reprise a ban on transgender Americans serving in the military in court, reigniting a legal fight over the controversial effort that was met with pushback by federal courts – but not definitively settled – during his first term.
GLAD Law and the National Center for Lesbian Rights filed a federal suit on behalf of six transgender service members and two trans people seeking to enlist.
The order directs that federally-run insurance programs, including TRICARE and Medicaid, exclude coverage for gender-affirming care for those under 19.
With Trump proclaiming the U.S. will recognize two sexes, male and female, there are a host of implications for trans and nonbinary people.
Two national LGBTQ+ advocacy groups on Tuesday filed the first federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military. GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders and the National Center for Lesbian Rights filed the suit,
Few trans people receive gender-affirming housing and care in the federal prison system. This executive order would make it even harder.
Sasha Buchert, a senior attorney at Lambda Legal who represented plaintiffs who sued and temporarily blocked a similar order in 2017 in the first Trump administration, called the new order "cruel" and said it "compromises the safety of our country."
A federal court weighs the case of a teacher who refused to use students' chosen names and pronouns, as similar questions arise elsewhere.
Under President Trump's executive order, the U.S. State Department has suspended all passport applications for the gender changes. Here's the impact.
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The 1950s also marked the rise of transgender activism, fueled by broader civil rights and LGBTQ+ movements. At the time, LGBTQ+ people faced widespread discrimination, including legal prosecution ...