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She pioneered change over five presidencies. The Trump administration just fired her.
Amy Paris, a transgender official who worked at the highest levels of the federal government, suspects her termination was politically motivated.
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‘Horrible discrimination’: Federal judges say Trump’s anti-trans orders are rooted in bias, not law
Courts blocking Trump’s policies on trans rights argue they reflect animus — government action driven by hostility, rather than legitimate policy.
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Disability community is 'outraged and scared' over lawsuit that could weaken protections
Advocates say the GOP-led suit over transgender protections imperils federal safeguards for people with disabilities.
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The White House said book bans aren’t happening. Now JD Vance’s memoir is a target.
“Hillbilly Elegy” contains profanity, references to LGBTQ+ people and passages celebrating diversity — features that may conflict with Trump administration executive orders.
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Trump directive ‘dangerously’ conflates gender-affirming care with a human rights violation
Groups that work to end female genital mutilation and cutting worry about an executive order that co-opts the policies they’ve worked to pass over nearly 30 years.
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Judge blocks Trump order seeking to halt gender-affirming care for trans youth
The Trump administration cannot enforce restrictions on care for Americans under 19 for at least two weeks.
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Trump's executive order sows confusion for transgender federal prisoners
Without guidance from the Bureau of Prisons, trans people are “told one thing from one staff person and a totally different thing from another.”
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Sarah McBride wants the LGBTQ+ rights movement to fight smarter, not harder
"We have to reclaim the narrative and the humanity in the public’s mind of trans people," she told The 19th.
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NCAA bans trans women from women's sports in reversal of 15-year policy
The largest college sports governing body in the country made the change following President Trump’s executive order banning trans girls from girls’ school sports.