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Category: News

  • Senate to potentially vote on transgender sports ban today

    Today, most likely after 3:00 PM, the Senate will vote on a motion to invoke cloture on the potential transgender sports ban applying to youth activities ranging from dancing all the way to some chess programs. If 7 Democrats decide to flip on this motion, there will likely be a national sports ban in the…

  • Resource Spotlight #1: Trans Legislation Tracker

    Hello dear readers! One of the segments on my blog will be about helpful resources and community projects by the transgender and gender non-conforming population. For the first segment, I would like to highlight this website, known as the Trans Legislation Tracker. This website tracks information about transgender legislation in the United States and contains…

  • DHS removes surveillance protections based on gender identity and sexual orientation

    Earlier this month, as first reported by Bloomberg, the DHS office of Intelligence and Analysis updated its policy manual, removing all mentions of LGBTQ+ identities from its General Requirements section, which includes a list of immutable characteristics that prohibit surveillance purely based on those characteristics. The current secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, has some…

  • Texas’s HRT ban bill for minors amended, now calls for ban of all medical gender affirming care

    Texas House Bill HB3399 was introduced originally on February 26th as part of a nationwide ban on gender-affirming care for minors, and it was sneakily amended to change all instances of the word “child” to “person”, which would include adults in its scope. If this bill passes, all medically assisted transitions would be banned starting…