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Donald Trump orders Women’s History Museum to remove trans people or lose funding

Trump has declared the accomplishments of trans people are “improper ideology.”

Over 80 House Democrats demand Trump rescind gender-affirming care ban: 'We want trans kids to live'

The letter, introduced by Rep. Becca Balint and signed by 89 House Democrats, asserts that the ban "threatens the lives and well-being of the young people who need this care, which is supported by every major medical association."

Maine Gov. Janet Mills confronts Donald Trump to his face over anti-trans sports order at White House

“See you in court,” she told the president when he declared his administration’s policies to be “the federal law.”

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Trump Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth enacts harshest anti-trans military policies yet

New enlistments for transgender people are stopped, care for existing service members paused and promotions held up, according to the defense secretary’s latest memo.

How to support trans youth and their families amid Trump’s gender-affirming care ban

We must always make it clear that trans youth are loved, valued, and here to stay.

Trump's latest order will devastate innocent trans youth and their families

Trans children only want to be their authentic selves, and this action will have severe repercussions, John Casey writes.

Trump will ban trans women from women's prisons by removing trans inmates from rape protections

Provisions in one of the first orders signed by Trump mandate that transgender women be housed in men's prisons by stripping protections for trans prisoners in the Prison Rape Elimination Act.

Trump vs. Maine: State refuses anti-trans sports policies as federal agencies push to cut funding

Here's everything you need to know about Trump's spat with Gov. Janet Mills of Maine.

Marco Rubio may have just banned trans foreigners seeking visas from U.S. entry

A new state department cable, meant to target transgender athletes, indicates a potential broader application to all transgender visas, which it states must contain "sex at birth."

Trump’s health department launches ‘vile’ anti-trans website featuring right-wing influencer (exclusive)

Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “are starting their tenure at HHS by attacking trans people, harming their access to health, and promoting unscientific rhetoric about sex as a so-called immutable characteristic,” former HHS official Adrian Shanker told The Advocate.

Trump is ‘dangerously’ conflating 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.

Under Trump's 'authoritarian era,' these LGBTQ+ and abortion rights activists are standing up

The organizers behind last year's Gender Liberation March tell The Advocate about how they're fighting back now.

Elon Musk denied his dream West Wing office, and the Internet rejoices

Elon Musk may be heading up DOGE, but he won't be doing it from the White House.

Sarah McBride uses science to highlight issues in Donald Tump’s gender policy

Trans Rep. Sarah McBride debunks Trump's gender policy with science

The Trump administration's new policy "declared everyone a woman" now, McBride says..

This cancer researcher was studying LGBTQ+ people. Her work is now in limbo

A researcher at the George Washington Cancer Center says Trump could erase years of scientific work.

Philadelphia schools will allow trans athletes to compete, rejecting Trump executive order

The Philadelphia School District has announced that it will continue to allow transgender athletes to compete on teams that align with their gender identity.

How the U.S. is betraying LGBTQ+ communities worldwide

Lives are on the line as shelters close, programs shut down, and vulnerable individuals are left without support, writes All Out's Matthew Beard.

Anti-trans headers placed on websites judge ordered Trump to restore

The headers were placed on major websites at the CDC, FDA, and HHS.

Google Calendar removes Pride Month and Black History Month shortly after dropping DEI

Google's changes also removed Women's History Month, National Native American Heritage Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Jewish Heritage Month, and Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Civil rights leaders vow to fight Donald Trump’s ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ assault on DEI (exclusive)

“Donald Trump and his administration are clearly confused about American values,” NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson told The Advocate.

Trump signs executive order targeting transgender students, their teachers, and their schools

The new executive order looks to end so-called radical indoctrination in schools and includes topics related to race, privilege, and oppression.