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The Trevor Project receives $45M from MacKenzie Scott after difficult years and federal funding cuts
THALIA BEATY, Yahoo Entertainment
The Trevor Project, known for its hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, received $45 million from billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025, the...
Jan 12, 2026, 4:01 PM
Trump Spent 2025 Making Trans Lives Unliveable. It's Time for Democrats to Defend Them.
Natasha Lennard, The Intercept
Elected Democrats haven't done nearly enough to oppose attacks on gender-affirming care. They risk being on the wrong side of history. The post Trump Spent 2025 Making Trans Lives Unliveable. It’s Time for Democrats to Defend Them. appeared first on The Inter…
Dec 31, 2025, 11:00 AM
Texas Is Refusing to Explain Why It's Compiling a List of Trans Residents
Danielle Han, Jezebel
AG Paxton and Gov. Abbott haven’t explained why the state would be collecting the names and details of trans people, but I’m not too optimistic anything they say will provide much reassurance.
Dec 18, 2025, 12:51 PM
US Justice Department sues Virginia school board over transgender use of locker rooms
By Brad Brooks, Yahoo Entertainment
By Brad Brooks Dec 8 (Reuters) - The U.S.
Dec 9, 2025, 12:15 AM
Joe Biden slams Republicans for turning transgender rights into ‘political football’
Adam Gabbatt, Yahoo Entertainment
The former president gave a speech expressing support for LGBTQ+ rights at an LGBTQ+ leaders conference on Friday
Dec 6, 2025, 3:23 PM
DOJ orders prison inspectors to stop considering LGBTQ safety standards
Jaclyn Diaz, NPR
A memo obtained by NPR shows the Justice Department is telling inspectors to stop evaluating prisons using standards designed to protect trans and other LGBTQ community members from sexual violence.
Dec 4, 2025, 7:44 PM
The Anti-Trans Playbook
Paisley Currah, The New York Review of Books
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
Nov 27, 2025, 1:00 PM
Keith Urban Performing Gay Anthem at Trump's Mar-a-Lago Wasn't Political
TMZ Staff, TMZ
Keith Urban is in the middle of a bizarre controversy after performing an LGBTQ+ anthem at Mar-a-Lago with the prez in the room ... but the country star wasn't trying to send a message, TMZ has learned. Here's the deal ... KU played Chappell Roan's…
Nov 19, 2025, 10:54 PM
FBI worker says he was wrongfully terminated for having Pride flag at desk
Maya Yang, Yahoo Entertainment
David Maltinsky, a 16-year veteran, says in lawsuit agency retaliated against him for engaging in protected speech
Nov 19, 2025, 7:55 PM
How a small Chicago nonprofit is resisting Trump's war on DEI
Andrea Hsu, NPR
Since 1981, Chicago Women in Trades has worked to promote equity by getting more women into the construction trades. Now the nonprofit faces a different challenge: Trump's efforts to erase DEI.
Nov 19, 2025, 10:00 AM
Lawsuit challenges US ban on transgender TSA officers conducting pat-downs
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
A Virginia transportation worker has alleged the new policy under Trump discriminates on the basis of gender identity.
Nov 12, 2025, 12:01 AM
Supreme Court revives Trump admin ban on transgender, nonbinary passport identification
Alex Galbraith, Salon
The executive order barring self-identification had been stayed by a lower court.
Nov 7, 2025, 12:15 AM
Are fewer young people identifying as trans?
Anna North, Vox
Are young Americans becoming less likely to identify as trans? This claim is getting a lot of attention on social media after two researchers published survey data appearing to show a shift in youth gender identity. The first analysis came from Eric Kaufmann,…
Nov 4, 2025, 3:37 PM
What Zohran Mamdani’s Bid for Mayor Reveals About Being Muslim in America
Rozina Ali, The New Yorker
Rozina Ali writes about the Islamophobic attacks on the candidate, which carry the weight of history and the urgency of the present.
Nov 2, 2025, 10:00 PM
Trump’s Anti-Trans Agenda Is Hurting Veterans With Male Breast Cancer
Danielle Han, Jezebel
“Breast cancer doesn’t care what gender you are,” the co-founders of HIS Breast Cancer Awareness told Jezebel.
Oct 31, 2025, 2:48 PM
Books about race and gender to be returned to school libraries on some military bases
Elizabeth Blair, NPR
The order is to be implemented at school libraries on military bases in Kentucky, Virginia, Italy and Japan. Students and their families claimed their First Amendment rights had been violated when officials removed the books to comply with President Trump's e…
Oct 21, 2025, 4:26 PM
Pentagon Calls New Netflix Show About Closeted Gay Marine 'Woke Garbage'
TMZ Staff, TMZ
The Pentagon's pissed off at a new LGBTQ-focused military series ... claiming it goes completely against the "warrior ethos" -- and, they're bashing Netflix for it. Here's the deal ... the show "Boots" -- the story of a gay Marine recruit, forced…
Oct 17, 2025, 2:33 PM
How trans visibility became a trap
Parker Molloy, The Verge
I renewed my passport the day after Trump won again. It wouldn’t expire for years, but I did it anyway, along with many trans people I knew who could scrape together the fee. We all had the same thought: get your documents in order now, while you still can. F…
Oct 14, 2025, 12:00 PM
The Supreme Court Is Ruling on Conversion Therapy. What Could Go Wrong!
Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone
The nation's highest court is hearing Chiles v. Salazar, and could overturn a ban on the discredited practice of conversion therapy.
Oct 7, 2025, 9:43 PM
Fortnite Skipped Pride This Year
Phil Owen, GameSpot
For the first time since it began running its annual small-scale Rainbow Royale event to celebrate members of the LGBTQIA+ community four years ago, Fortnite skipped its Pride celebration in 2025.For each year since 2021, Fortnite has held its annual Pride ev…
Oct 2, 2025, 8:07 PM
When military recruiters visit, colleges must support trans students
Brian Soucek, Salon
The trans ban violates the missions of universities — and their silence is dishonorable
Oct 2, 2025, 10:15 AM
Charlie Kirk once changed transgender man's tire after Phoenix rally?
Jordan Liles, Snopes.com
According to the story, Kirk once helped a transgender man who hours earlier had harshly criticized the conservative activist at one of his events.
Sep 30, 2025, 10:35 PM
Texas University System Bans Talking About Trans & Nonbinary Identities
Danielle Han, Jezebel
“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” one professor told the New York Times.
Sep 29, 2025, 5:00 PM
Federal appeals court reinstates Vermont Christian school after it objected to transgender player
KIMBERLEE KRUESI and AMANDA SWINHART, Yahoo Entertainment
A federal appeals court says a Vermont Christian school can participate in the state's sports league, overturning a previous ruling that upheld a ban on the ...
Sep 22, 2025, 5:35 PM