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AG Bondi warns Minnesota to comply with anti-trans athlete policy or face legal consequences

Wednesday, February 26th, 2025

via KSTP (Minnesota)

On Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi sent a letter saying that "Minnesota should be on notice."

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Sioux Falls residents protest ‘anti-trans’ HB 1259, which would segregate restrooms by sex

Saturday, February 22nd, 2025

via Argus Leader (South Dakota)

More than two dozen people rallied in Sioux Falls on Saturday to protest House Bill 1259, which would segregate restrooms in state-owned facilities.

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Sultan: When a St. Louisan flees to Mexico, fearing America isn’t safe

Friday, February 21st, 2025

via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)

Ryan Cusick knew it was time to leave America when Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination.

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Trump DOE investigating CIF over trans girls in sports as basketball playoffs begin

Thursday, February 20th, 2025

via San Francisco Chronicle (California)

As the Trump administration investigates the CIF over its transgender player inclusion under state law, an S.F. girls HS basketball team has drawn attention

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A new hero has emerged in Trump’s war against transgender people

Thursday, February 20th, 2025

via San Francisco Chronicle (California)

A federal judge has spent this week eviscerating the flimsy legal arguments of Department of Justice lawyers defending Trump's ban on transgender troops.

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Cincinnati-area trans people, families ‘exhausted’ from Trump orders against them

Tuesday, February 18th, 2025

via Enquirer (Ohio)

President Trump's flurry of executive orders and policies targeting trans people has Cincinnati families worried but ready to fight for civil rights.

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Anti-trans group targets San Antonio ISD with hidden camera probe

Tuesday, February 18th, 2025

via San Antonio Express-News (Texas)

Accuracy in Media says it will release a video showing a San Antonio ISD administrator discussing how transgender student-athletes can circumvent the law.

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The peril of pandering to Putin looms over talks between US and Russia

Tuesday, February 18th, 2025

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

Daily on Defense: US-Russia talks begin, Zelensky rejects rare earth mineral deal, Rutte tells Europeans to get their act together, trans ban takes effect

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Advocates fight for transgender rights, say ‘it doesn’t matter what you do in these rooms’

Monday, February 17th, 2025

via Missoulian (Montana)

During back-to-back hearings, the House Judiciary Committee considered a bill about pronouns and another that could open trans people up to indecent exposure charges.

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Hundreds gather outside Lurie Children’s Hospital to protest youth gender care change: ‘I want my healthcare’

Saturday, February 15th, 2025

via Chicago Sun-Times (Illinois)

The protest comes as the hospital announced its pause on gender-affirming surgeries for patients 19-year or younger would continue despite a federal judge temporarily halting the order this week.

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Trans advocates rally after Park Service removes ‘TQ+’ from Stonewall website

Friday, February 14th, 2025

via NY1 (New York)

It's the latest anti-trans move by the Trump administration.

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California Republicans, parents’ rights activists announce three new anti-trans bills

Friday, February 14th, 2025

via The Sacramento Bee (California)

Assemblymembers Bill Essayli and Leticia Castillo, both Riverside County Republicans, unveiled the bills on Friday morning.

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U.S. Education Department investigating CIF over policy allowing transgender athletes to play girls’ sports

Thursday, February 13th, 2025

via Los Angeles Times (California)

A day after a probe was opened into the CIF for allowing transgender athletes to play girls' sports, a federal judge blocked President Trump's executive orders restricting gender-affirming healthcare…

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14 States Sue to Challenge Musk’s ‘Unchecked Power’

Thursday, February 13th, 2025

via The New York Times (California)

Since President Trump's inauguration, Mr. Musk's team has inserted itself into at least 19 agencies, according to a tally by The New York Times.

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Trump admin launches investigation into California sports league over transgender athletes

Wednesday, February 12th, 2025

via San Francisco Chronicle (California)

The U.S. Department of Education will investigate California's governing body for high school sports for continuing to allow transgender athletes to compete

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Trump added to NH lawsuit challenging transgender sports ban

Wednesday, February 12th, 2025

via New Hampshire Union LeaderNew Hampshire Sunday News (New Hampshire)

The two transgender teens fighting a New Hampshire law banning them from playing girls school sports added a new defendant to their case Wednesday: President Donald Trump.

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British Columbia basketball championships moved after alleged mistreatment of transgender player

Tuesday, February 11th, 2025

via The Associated Press

The British Columbia women's college basketball championship will be relocated from a school whose coach and players allegedly mistreated a transgender opponent.

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Sarah McBride wants the LGBTQ+ rights movement to fight smarter, not harder • Michigan Advance

Tuesday, February 11th, 2025

via Michigan Advance (Michigan)

This story was originally reported by Orion Rummler of The 19th. Meet Orion and read more of his reporting on gender, politics and policy. Sarah McBride was elected to represent Delaware. As the…

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What happens to a school that refuses to obey the Trump ban on transgender athletes? • New Hampshire Bulletin

Tuesday, February 11th, 2025

via New Hampshire Bulletin (New Hampshire)

President Donald Trump's recent executive order prohibiting transgender athletes from competing on women's sports teams consistent with their gender identity raises complex questions about enforcement…

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