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I've been out as transgender in the US military for a decade, and I don't have any regrets
Sgt. Cathrine Schmid shares her journey as a trans soldier in the Army, detailing struggles with dy…
Ella Sherman
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Miss Italy beauty pageant bans transgender women from competing, saying contestants must be 'woman from birth'
Patrizia Mirigliani said pageant contestants must be a "woman from birth" in a statement to local m…
Maria Noyen
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Florida transgender girl's mom worries the state's law will tear her family apart
Florida's ban on medical treatment for transgender children is facing a challenge in court.
Sebastian Cahill,Associated Press
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A woman called Swastika got an apology from Uber after it banned her because of her name
Swastika Chandra, who grew up in Fiji, told Australia's A Current Affair she was "very proud" of he…
Alexandra Bacon
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Michigan hair salon faces backlash after banning transgender and queer customers, reportedly telling them to 'seek services at a local pet groomer'
Studio 8 Hair Lab in Michigan saw its Yelp rating fall to 1.2 stars after posting that customers mu…
Haley Tenore
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Louisiana governor allows ban on transgender athletes to become law, despite previously describing the bill as 'a solution in search of a problem that simply does not exist'
Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed a law banning trans athletes from competing in women's sports last yea…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Missouri's attorney general opened a new front in the GOP's attacks on transgender people: banning treatment for any adult with depression
The rule prohibits patients from seeking care unless they've met various requirements, including ha…
Chris Panella
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Montana Republicans are trying to censure a transgender legislator for castigating them about a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors
The Montana Freedom Caucus tweeted out a letter on Tuesday misgendering Montana's first openly tran…
Madison Hall
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Utah just banned gender-affirming healthcare for transgender kids. These 21 other states are considering similar bills in 2023.
Republican lawmakers across the country are proposing a flood of bills aiming to restrict or outrig…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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A Christian school in Vermont was banned from tournaments after its girls basketball team refused to play against a transgender player
The 12-seeded Mid Vermont Christian School forfeited its match-up against Long Trail, the No. 5 see…
Grace Eliza Goodwin,Yelena Dzhanova
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Trump's personnel head wanted to fire the defense secretary because he opposed Confederate flags on bases, vowed to be apolitical, ruled out attacking Iranian cultural sites, sought the perspectives of transgender soldiers, and 13 other reasons
John McEntee, the 29-year old head of the personnel office, wrote a memo on October 19, 2020, outli…
Bryan Metzger
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South Korea's first transgender soldier posthumously wins case against the army over her 'illegal' discharge
South Korean military officials argued that Byun Hee-soo's loss of male genitalia amounted to a men…
Joshua Zitser
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A Virginia school board will pay $1.3 million over a lawsuit brought by a transgender student who was denied access to the boys' bathroom
Gavin Grimm told Insider he wants those passing anti-trans legislation to know: "Slowly and surely …
Kelsey Vlamis
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Trump claimed 'babies can be killed after birth' and called for ban on transgender athletes, stoking culture wars at Arizona rally
Donald Trump made provocative comments about the Democratic party's stances on abortion and transge…
Alia Shoaib
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Florida governor banned transgender girls from competing in girls' sports on first day of LGBTQ+ Pride Month
Asked why he signed on June 1, DeSantis said: "It's not a message to anything other than saying we'…
Lauren Frias
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The long, troubled history of police and transgender communities
The police once raided gay bars and arrested transgender people for cross-dressing. Decades after S…
Narimes Parakul
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Arizona and Oklahoma join a slew of GOP-led states in approving legislation that bans transgender girls and women from female sports
Oklahoma and Arizona are among a dozen other states that have signed similar laws banning transgend…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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A Democratic Nebraska lawmaker vowed to filibuster every bill so the GOP-led legislature couldn't ban abortion and limit transgender health care: 'I want to annoy you'
"This is how the session is gonna be," Nebraska state senator Machaela Cavanaugh told local outlet …
Rebecca Cohen
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DeSantis signs slew of anti-transgender rights measures into law, affecting bathrooms, healthcare, and pronouns
One of the new laws criminalizes instances in which people use bathrooms that don't match the gende…
Kimberly Leonard
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Transgender athletes in Utah can return to competing in high school sports after judge temporarily blocks the states anti-trans ban
Transgender students in Utah can return to competing in high school athletics after a judge blocked…