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Trans Sports Ruling Puts Pressure on States Without Bans Original
Trans Sports Ruling Puts Pressure on States Without Bans Almost half of states do not prohibit trans girls and women from competing. The Supreme Court ruling doesn’t force them to, but lawmakers and voters could change that. The Supreme Court in Washington on Tuesday.Credit...Tierney L. Cross for The New York Times June 30, 2026, 3:36 p.m. ET The Supreme Court’s ruling that states can block trans women and girls from competing in female events allows 27 states to keep their bans in place.
‘Heartbreaking’ Ruling Leaves Trans Advocates Crestfallen
‘Heartbreaking’ Ruling Leaves Trans Advocates Crestfallen The ruling upholding two state laws blocking transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports was the latest in a series of defeats. Transgender pride flags outside the Supreme Court in Washington in January.Credit...Tierney L.
Live Updates: Supreme Court Allows States to Bar Transgender Athletes from Girls’ Sports
Latest Updated June 30, 2026, 10:07 a.m. ET20 minutes ago The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld two state laws barring the participation of transgender female athletes from girls’ and women’s sports teams. The court’s ruling deals with laws from West Virginia and Idaho but has implications for the 25 other states with similar restrictions, and for athletes who compete in school and collegiate sports nationwide.
Trans Sports Ruling Puts Pressure on States Without Bans
The Supreme Court's ruling that states can block transgender women and girls from competing in female events allows 27 states to keep their bans in place. It does not require any action from the other 23 states, though they're already feeling pressure from advocates. "Blue states with boys on girls' podiums … you're next," Kristen Waggoner, president of the Alliance Defending Freedom, posted on social media soon after the court ruled on Tuesday.
Federal Prisons Must Provide Hormones Sought by Trans Inmates
A federal judge ordered the Bureau of Prisons on Wednesday to continue providing hormone medications to transgender inmates, rejecting, at least for now, the Trump administration's decision to no longer provide such medical treatment for prisoners. Judge Royce C.
Federal prisons must provide hormones sought by trans inmates
A federal judge ordered the Bureau of Prisons on Wednesday to continue providing hormone medications to transgender inmates, rejecting, at least for now, the Trump administration’s decision to no longer provide such medical treatment for prisoners. Judge Royce C.
Federal Prisons Must Provide Hormones Sought by Trans Inmates
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Federal Prisons Must Provide Hormones Sought by Trans Inmates The government had argued that a “pendulum swing” in the medical consensus justified treating trans inmates with psychotherapy and antidepressants instead. Judge Royce C.
F.T.C. Sues Group That Advises on Transgender Medical Treatments Original
F.T.C. Sues Group That Advises on Transgender Medical Treatments The group, World Professional Association for Transgender Health, offers guidelines on medical treatment for transgender patients.
Federal Judge Blocks Idaho Law Criminalizing Transgender Bathroom Use
Idaho cannot immediately enforce its new law criminalizing the use of certain restrooms that do not match an individual's sex at birth, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling provides a temporary reprieve for transgender people in Idaho, who faced up to five years in prison for using restrooms that match their gender identity. The state's law, which is seen as the most restrictive measure on this issue in the country, was to go into effect July 1.
Federal Judge Blocks Idaho Law Criminalizing Transgender Bathroom Use
Federal Judge Blocks Idaho Law Criminalizing Transgender Bathroom Use Six transgender residents claimed that the bathroom ban, the most restrictive in the nation, violated their constitutional rights. Judge Amanda K.
Federal Judge Blocks Idaho Law Criminalizing Transgender Bathroom Use
Idaho cannot immediately enforce its new law criminalizing the use of certain restrooms that do not match an individual's sex at birth, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling provides a temporary reprieve for transgender people in Idaho, who faced up to five years in prison for using restrooms that match their gender identity. The state's law, which is seen as the most restrictive measure on this issue in the country, was to go into effect July 1.
Trans Minors Sue to Stop Justice Department Access to Medical Records
Trans Minors Sue to Stop Justice Department Access to Medical Records The Trump administration says it is investigating off-label medication use and fraudulent billing. Families say the inquiry is a new way to press hospitals to end the care.
Trans Minors Sue to Stop Justice Department Access to Medical Records
As the Trump administration escalates its efforts to obtain the medical records of transgender adolescents from many of the nation's major children's hospitals, patients and their parents are asking federal courts to intervene, arguing that the government is seeking the information under a false pretext and in violation of their constitutional rights.
Trans Minors Sue to Stop Justice Department Access to Medical Records
As the Trump administration escalates its efforts to obtain the medical records of transgender adolescents from many of the nation's major children's hospitals, patients and their parents are asking federal courts to intervene, arguing that the government is seeking the information under a false pretext and in violation of their constitutional rights.
Hospital Will Open First ‘Detransition’ Clinic in Legal Settlement With Texas Original
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Hospital Will Open First ‘Detransition’ Clinic in Legal Settlement With Texas Texas Children’s Hospital was under investigation for billing practices on gender-transition treatments. The settlement was expected to end that inquiry.
Hospital Will Open First ‘Detransition’ Clinic in Legal Settlement With Texas
Trump administration prepares to seek Raúl Castro indictment as it pressures Cuba MIAMI — The Justice Department is preparing to seek an indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro, three people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday, as President Donald Trump threatens possible military action against the communist-run island. One of the people …
Transgender Idaho Residents Sue After State Criminalizes Use of Bathrooms Original
Transgender Idaho Residents Sue After State Criminalizes Use of Bathrooms The lawsuit seeks to block a state bathroom law that is the nation’s most restrictive, with penalties that could include a five-year prison sentence. The law passed both chambers of the Republican-dominated Idaho Legislature last month, largely along party lines.
Transgender Idaho Residents Sue After State Criminalizes Use of Bathrooms
Six transgender Idaho residents asked a federal judge Thursday to strike down a new state law that makes it a crime for people to use the bathrooms in public buildings and private businesses that do not match their sex at birth. Violating the law would be a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison. A second offense within five years would be a felony, carrying up to a five-year prison sentence.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Rules That R.F.K. Jr. Overstepped on Transgender Care
March 19, 2026, 8:43 p.m. ET Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the White House earlier this year.Credit...Eric Lee for The New York Times A federal judge in Oregon ruled on Thursday that Health Secretary Robert F.
Judge Rules That RFK Jr. Overstepped on Transgender Care
A federal judge in Oregon ruled on Thursday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. overstepped his legal authority when he declared in December that providers of gender-transition medical treatments for minors "do not meet professionally recognized standards." kAm%96 564:D:@?[ 2 D6E324< 7@C E96 %CF>A 25>:?:DEC2E:@?[ 8:G6D E6>A@C2CJ C6=:67 E@ 9@DA:E2=D[ 4=:?:4D 2?5 962=E9 AC@76DD:@?2=D H9@ AC@G:56 DF49 EC62E>6?ED] x? E96 H66<D 27E6C z6??65J :DDF65 9:D HC:EE6?
Judge Rules That RFK Jr. Overstepped on Transgender Care
FILE -- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a news conference at the White House in Washington, Jan. 7, 2026. A federal judge in Oregon ruled on Thursday that Kennedy overstepped his legal authority when he declared last December that providers of gender-transition medical treatments for minors "do not meet professionally recognized standards." (Eric Lee/The New York Times) A federal judge in Oregon ruled on Thursday that Health Secretary Robert F.
Judge Rules That R.F.K. Jr. Overstepped on Transgender Care
A federal judge in Oregon ruled on Thursday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had overstepped his legal authority when he declared last December that providers of gender-transition medical treatments for minors “do not meet professionally recognized standards.” The decision, a setback for the Trump administration, gives temporary relief to hospitals, clinics and health professionals who provide such treatments.
Transgender Kansans Sue After Driver's Licenses Are Abruptly Canceled
Incumbent Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly arrives to address the crowd during her watch party at the Ramada Hotel Downtown Topeka on November 8, 2022 in Topeka, Kansas. Two transgender Kansans asked a state judge Friday to strike down a new law that abruptly invalidated the driver's licenses of residents who had changed their gender designations. The law, which took effect Thursday, requires the gender marker on a driver's license to match a person's sex at birth.
Transgender Kansas Residents Sue After Driver’s Licenses Are Invalidated Original
Two transgender Kansans asked a state judge on Friday to strike down a new law that abruptly invalidated the driver’s licenses of residents who had changed their gender designations. The law, which took effect Thursday, requires the gender marker on a driver’s license to match a person’s sex at birth. Indiana, Florida, Tennessee and Texas have similar policies. But Kansas was the first to explicitly bar gender-marker changes, and to invalidate those licenses.
Transgender Kansans Sue After Driver's Licenses Are Abruptly Canceled
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Transgender Kansans Sue After Driver's Licenses Are Abruptly Canceled
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Transgender Kansans Sue After Driver's Licenses Are Abruptly Canceled
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Trump Calls for More Limits on Trans Youth
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Donald Trump appeared to call for a ban on schools allowing students to socially transition -- change their name, pronouns or gender expression -- without parental consent. kAmx? C64@F?E:?8 E96 A6CD@?2= DE@CJ @7 $286 q=2:C[ 2 DEF56?E 2E {:36CEJ &?:G6CD:EJ[ 2?5 96C 8C2?5>@E96C |:496=6 q=2:C[ H9@ H6C6 :? E96 82==6CJ[ 96 2=D@ C2:D65 E96 AC@DA64E @7 32CC:?8 DE2E6 286?4:6D 7C@> D6A2C2E:?8 EC2?D86?56C 49:=5C6?
You have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading. Trump Calls for More Limits on Trans Youth During the State of the Union address, the president said states “must ban” social transitions among young people without parental consent. Sage Blair, middle, was recognized by President Trump during his State of the Union address on Tuesday.Credit...Eric Lee for The New York Times Feb.
Trump Calls for More Limits on Trans Youth
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With New Momentum, Republican States Push Broader Limits for Trans Americans
After a year in which the Trump administration has pressed to limit the ways Americans can identify as transgender in public life, Republicans are pushing the issue at the state level with new zeal. kAm(:E9 =68:D=2E:G6 D6DD:@?D F?56CH2J :? >@DE DE2E6D[ 9F?5C65D @7 3:==D C6DEC:4E:?8 EC2?D86?56C C:89ED 2C6 F?56C 4@?D:56C2E:@? 2D D@4:2= 4@?D6CG2E:G6D D66< E@ 42A:E2=:K6 @? %CF>A 25>:?:DEC2E:@? E2:= H:?5D 2?5 2 D9:7E :? AF3=:4 @A:?:@? E@ 4@5:7J 2?
With New Momentum, Republican States Push Broader Limits for Trans Americans
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Barrage of GOP State Bills Seeks Vast Trans Restrictions
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With New Momentum, Republican States Push Broader Limits for Trans Americans
After a year in which the Trump administration has pressed to limit the ways Americans can identify as transgender in public life, Republicans are pushing the issue at the state level with new zeal. With legislative sessions underway in most states, hundreds of bills restricting transgender rights are under consideration as social conservatives seek to capitalize on Trump administration tailwinds and a shift in public opinion to codify an understanding of sex and gender as binary and fixed.
Before Mass Killing, Mental Breakdowns and Online Violent Extremism
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1 day ago The deranged high school dropout who murdered his mother and stepbrother before killing six people at a British Columbia high school has been identified as 18-year-old transgender ex-student…
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In Colorado, the Options for Ari, a Transgender Teen, Begin to Disappear
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Treatment for Transgender Teens in Colorado Begin to Disappear Under Trump
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Credit... Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Jan. 19, 2026 It has been two years since Ari Cohen, 16, began taking hormone therapy to coax his female body into closer alignment with his long-held masculine sense of self.
27 States Restrict Trans Participation in School Sports
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27 States Restrict Trans Participation in School Sports Original
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Before 2020, decisions about whether transgender athletes could compete on school sports teams in accordance with their gender identity were left to athletics associations in districts and states. But over the past six years, 27 states enacted laws in rapid succession restricting their participation. Idaho, whose statute is being challenged before the Supreme Court, was the first, in March 2020. West Virginia, whose law is also now before the court, passed its version in 2021.
Trump Moves to End Access to Gender-Related Care for Minors
FILE -- President Donald Trump and and Mehmet Oz, the Medicaid and Medicare services administrator, right, listen as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks the White House in Washington, on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. The federal government on Dec. 18 acted to put an end to gender-related care for minors across the nation, threatening to pull federal funding from any hospital that offered such treatment. (Tierney L.
Trump Moves to Prevent Access to Gender-Related Care for Minors
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. The federal government on Thursday acted to put an end to gender-related care for minors across the nation, threatening to pull federal funding from any hospital that offered such treatment.
Trump Moves to End Gender-Related Care for Minors, Threatening Hospitals That Offer It
Though I tend to think it's usually a waste of space to devote a column to President Donald Trump's personality -- what more is there to say a…
Biden Says Republicans Aim to Turn L.G.B.T.Q. Identity Into ‘Something Scary’
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Friday offered a defense of his support for transgender rights, addressing an issue that has prompted debate and soul-searching among Democrats, some of whom attribute losses in 2024 to a focus on identity politics.
EE. UU. emite una directiva sobre pasaportes… y un mensaje a las personas trans
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. EE. UU. emite una directiva sobre pasaportes… y un mensaje a las personas trans Desde la década de 1990, el Departamento de Estado permitía a las personas cambiar el marcador de sexo de su pasaporte. Ahora, una nueva norma exige consignar la información del acta de nacimiento.
New Passport Rule Sends Blunt and Sweeping Message to Trans Americans
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. New Passport Rule Sends Blunt and Sweeping Message to Trans Americans The Trump administration has said that the U.S. passports of transgender people must now reflect the sex on their original birth certificate, reversing a decades-old policy.
New Passport Rule Sends Blunt and Sweeping Message to Transgender Americans
NEW YORK -- The scion of the Kennedy family has a skeleton. It lurks in the corner of the living room of his Chelsea apartment, wearing a brow…
Marriage Ruling Relieves Gay Americans and Leaves Conservatives Pledging New Challenges
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Marriage Ruling Relieves Gay Americans and Leaves Conservatives Pledging New Challenges
Gay Americans expressed relief on Monday after the Supreme Court denied a request to revisit a decade-old decision that established same-sex marriage as a national right. Conservative groups and state lawmakers said they were disappointed that the court was not taking up the issue now, but would continue to press legal challenges. Before the denial, legal experts had speculated that the court was unlikely to reconsider the issue at this juncture.
More Than 20 States Have Banned Conversion Therapy for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors Original
The Supreme Court’s decision in a case challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors would have implications for many states with similar laws. Listen to this article · 3:32 min Learn more Gov. Gary Herbert of Utah in 2012. He signed a ban on conversion therapy in 2019, saying, “The stories of youth who have endured these so-called therapies are heart-rending.”Credit...Erin Hooley for The New York Times Oct.
A Debate Over ‘Conversion Therapy,’ Once Widely Condemned, Is Back Original
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. As more young people identify as transgender, a fight has re-emerged over therapy that questions their gender identities. Listen to this article · 11:28 min Learn more The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case challenging a ban on conversion therapy in Colorado.Credit...Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times Oct.
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