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Federal agencies ordered to implement transgender bathroom ban
The Trump administration is ordering federal agencies to bar transgender workers from single-sex facilities that match their gender identity by Friday and fire any employees working on “gender ...The Hill - 3h -
Highest-ranking transgender veteran reacts to Trump order targeting trans service members
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday requiring the military to re-examine its policy allowing transgender people to serve openly. Sheri Swokowski, a retired Army colonel who is the ...CBS News - 22h -
Transgender service members sue to block Trump order
The order would close the path for transgender troops to serve openlyABC News - 1d -
Transgender veterans, LGBTQ groups rail against Trump order
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Transgender veterans, LGBTQ groups rail against Trump order ...The Hill - 2d -
Transgender service members challenge Trump's military ban
Two national LGBTQ legal organizations filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order barring transgender people from serving and enlisting in the military.NBC News - 2d -
5 takeaways on Trump’s order on transgender military service
President Trump on Monday signed an executive order effectively barring transgender people from serving openly in the military, renewing a policy he first began implementing in 2017 during his ...The Hill - 2d -
LGBTQ groups plan renewed challenges to Trump’s ban on transgender military service
Four LGBTQ civil rights groups said they plan to sue the Trump administration over an executive order signed late Monday effectively barring transgender people from serving openly in the military, ...The Hill - 2d -
Why Workplace Courage Is Essential for Supporting Transgender Colleagues
The implications of President Trump’s executive order on transgender Americans raise urgent questions about workplace support and professional responsibility.Inc. - 2d -
Transgender athletes face blanket ban at Olympics
Transgender women are increasingly likely to be banned from the female category across Olympic sport after another leading candidate to become International Olympic Committee president backed a new ...Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Sundance 2025 features uncharted queer territory and reimagined LGBTQ classics
Star-studded remakes of “The Wedding Banquet” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman” headline a diverse and provocative lineup of queer titles debuting at the influential Sundance Film Festival.NBC News - 6d -
Thai LGBTQ+ couples register marriages as law gives them equal status
LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand have experienced a life-changing occasion, registering thir marriages legally on the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couplesABC News - Jan. 23 -
Bishop calls on Trump to ‘have mercy’ on migrants and LGBTQ+ people
Right Rev Mariann Budde’s appeal amounts to bold public criticism and prompts frosty response from US president. The Episcopal bishop of Washington has appealed directly to Donald Trump to “have ...The Guardian - Jan. 22 -
Washington bishop asks Trump to ‘have mercy’ on LGBTQ people, immigrants
The Bishop of Washington, Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, made a plea to President Donald Trump, who was attending the inaugural prayer service, to have “mercy” on Americans, particularly immigrants and ...NBC News - Jan. 22 -
WATCH: Reverend urges Trump to have 'mercy' on LGBTQ community, migrants
The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, during the prayer service at Washington National Cathedral, directed a message for President Donald Trump, who was seated in the front row.ABC News - Jan. 21 -
Devils Veteran Forward Is Breaking The Ice
This Devils forward is starting to get things back on track.Yahoo Sports - Jan. 21 -
Veteran ABC News correspondent dies at 71
Elizabeth Nissen died three days after her 71st birthday, her family announced.ABC News - Jan. 19 -
State Republicans Propose New Limits on Transgender Identity
The new lawmaking sessions open after a campaign year in which Republicans leaned on messaging that tapped into fears about transgender issues.The New York Times - Jan. 18 -
Justices agree to hear Maryland case on parents' rights and LGBTQ books
The Supreme Court said Friday it would review a case involving a group of Maryland parents who sued their children’s school district over its refusal to allow them to opt out of elementary school ...The Hill - Jan. 17 -
Supreme Court takes up case over LGBTQ books in Maryland schools
The case involves whether parents' religious rights were violated when a Maryland school district declined to allow them to opt their children out of gender and sexuality instruction.CBS News - Jan. 17 -
Montana House advances transgender bathroom bill
The Montana House of Representatives has advanced a transgender bathroom ban, the first to do so in the 2025 session.ABC News - Jan. 16 -
Gang detained over transgender student stab attack
The victim was repeatedly stabbed and beaten after being lured to a car park, a court hears.BBC News - Jan. 16 -
Sources: Belichick adds 2 veteran coaches to staff
Bill Belichick continues to fill out his coaching staff at North Carolina, as longtime NFL special teams coach Mike Priefer and veteran SEC offensive line coach Will Friend are expected to finalize ...ESPN - Jan. 16 -
BioShock And Borderlands Veterans Drop First Look At Wartorn
Stray Kite Studios--an indie developer that includes veterans from BioShock, Borderlands, and Age of Empires--has debuted the first look at the company's inaugural original title Wartorn. As seen ...GameSpot - Jan. 15 -
LGBTQ creators brace for Meta's pro-Trump changes
Queer creators fear Meta’s decision to change its community standards to allow more incendiary language against people of different races and LGBTQ people could silence their voices, harm ...NBC News - Jan. 15 -
Turkey's Erdogan launches 'Year of the Family' with an attack on the LGBTQ community
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan marked the launch of Turkey’s “Year of the Family” on Monday with an attack on the LGBTQ community and the announcement of measures to boost birth rates.NBC News - Jan. 13 -
Turkey's Erdogan launches 'Year of the Family' with an attack on the LGBTQ+ community
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan marked the launch of Turkey’s “Year of the Family” with an attack on the LGBTQ+ community and the announcement of measures to boost birth ratesABC News - Jan. 13 -
Biden’s Title IX expansion protecting LGBTQ+ students struck down
Judge in Kentucky finds rules overstepped president’s authority and scraps entire 1,500-page regulation. The Biden administration ’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have ...The Guardian - Jan. 9 -
Judge scraps Biden's Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students
The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found that they overstepped the president’s ...ABC News - Jan. 9 -
Transgender players to be banned from women’s hockey
Transgender players will be banned from competing in women’s hockey across England from the start of next season.Yahoo Sports - Jan. 8 -
Meta changes hate speech rules, dropping LGBTQ protections
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, dropped some LGBTQ protections from its hate speech rules Tuesday amid a wider overhaul of the social media giant’s content moderation ...The Hill - Jan. 8 -
Meta Drops Rules Protecting LGBTQ Community as Part of Content Moderation Overhaul
The changes included allowing users to share “allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation.”The New York Times - Jan. 7 -
Pentagon reaches historic settlement with LGBTQ veterans over discharge status
The Defense Department agreed to a class-action settlement that may affect more than 35,000 LGBTQ veterans who were discharged because of their sexual orientation under “don’t ask, don’t tell” and ...NBC News - Jan. 7 -
LGBTQ rights group reports progress at U.S. companies despite conservative backlash
The HRC said that more companies are providing strong benefits and protections to LGBTQ employees despite conservative backlash in recent years.NBC News - Jan. 7 -
Pentagon reaches historic settlement with LGBTQ+ veterans
The Pentagon has reached a historic legal settlement with more than 35,000 LGBTQ+ veterans that would create "new and simpler processes to obtain updated discharge records and potential upgrades to ...CBS News - Jan. 7 -
Pentagon Reaches Settlement With Veterans Dismissed Over Sexuality
The agreement, if approved by a judge, would let former service members upgrade their discharge status and receive benefits they had been denied.The New York Times - Jan. 7 -
Pentagon agrees to historic legal settlement with LGBTQ+ veterans
If approved by a federal judge, the agreement means the military would help thousands of veterans seek honorable discharges.CBS News - Jan. 6 -
LGBTQ veterans reach historic settlement with Pentagon over military discharges
A group of LGBTQ veterans who sued the Department of Defense last year for denying them honorable discharges because of their sexuality said Monday they had settled with the Pentagon. The ...The Hill - Jan. 6 -
Several new members of Congress will make LGBTQ history
Three history-making, newly elected lawmakers representing the LGBTQ community will be sworn in to the 119th Congress Friday.ABC News - Jan. 3 -
These three LGBTQ women just made congressional 'herstory'
Delaware’s Sarah McBride, Washington’s Emily Randall and Texas’ Julie Johnson made LGBTQ history when they were sworn in to the 119th Congress on Friday.NBC News - Jan. 3 -
Ohio updates election forms to support transgender candidates
The change followed the disqualification of a transgender woman who failed to list legal names used in the past five years on a petition.The Hill - Jan. 2
