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LGBTQ+
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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.
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‘Find your allies’: Trans advocates offer guidance on how to support kids in schools
Vanessa Ford and Rebecca Kling, authors of “The Advocate Educator,” have been inundated with questions from parents, teachers and students about navigating a rapidly changing landscape.