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Judge Extends Halt to Trump's Transgender Care Orders

Four states are fighting plan on gender-affirming care for young people

(Newser) - President Trump's plan to pull federal funding from institutions that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth will remain blocked on a long-term basis under a federal judge's ruling in Seattle late Friday. US District Judge Lauren King previously granted a two-week restraining order after the Democratic attorneys general...

Emilia Perez Triumphs at French Oscars

Despite the controversy around it, the celebrated French film dominated at the Césars awards

(Newser) - Oscar contender Emilia Pérez was named the best French film of the year at the Césars awards—France's equivalent of the Oscars—and under-fire Karla Sofia Gascón , the star of Jacques Audiard's Mexico-set melodrama, made a rare public appearance. The musical is one of the...

Trans Troops Only Number a Third of What We Thought: DOD

Meanwhile, NYT profiles transgender service members and others who've served with them

(Newser) - As the Defense Department prepares to boot all transgender service members who don't qualify for an exemption, after a recent executive order from President Trump claiming their presence harms military readiness, new figures have been released that show a much lower number of trans troops currently serving than previously...

US to Effectively Ban Transgender Troops

Exceptions may be allowed in the government interest, but troops will be classified by sex

(Newser) - Transgender troops will be booted from the military within 60 days, the Pentagon said in a memo issued Wednesday. The memo follows President Trump's executive order , signed late last month, stating the expression of "a false 'gender identity'" harms military readiness. Some active-duty troops sued in...

Gascon to Attend Oscars: 'I'm Grateful to Be Back'

Variety reports that Netflix has agreed to pay for Emilia Perez star's showing amid controversy

(Newser) - The distance between Netflix and Karla Sofia Gascon just got a bit smaller. Variety reports that best actress nominee Gascon, 52, will indeed attend the Academy Awards on Sunday at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre—and that the streaming service has agreed to pick up the tab, despite the "nightmare"...

Family Faults Police in Torture, Murder of Trans Man

Sam Nordquist sought help, and his mother did the same, she tells NBC

(Newser) - The mother of a transgender man who was tortured and killed in New York claims he might still be alive if local police had "done their jobs." Canandaigua Police say none of its officers spoke with family members in the lead up to Sam Nordquist's death. But...

LGBTQ Activists Call New HHS Guidance 'Deeply Concerning'

Health Secretary RFK Jr. issues new guidance recognizing only 2 sexes: male and female

(Newser) - The Department of Health and Human Services has synced up with the Trump administration's push against transgender protections , releasing new guidance on Wednesday that states the US government recognizes only two sexes: male and female. The new "sex-based definitions" assert that "an individual human is either female...

Feds Remove References to Trans People on Stonewall Site

'This is just cruel and petty,' NY governor says

(Newser) - References to transgender people were removed Thursday from a National Park Service website for the Stonewall National Monument, a park and visitor center in New York that commemorates a 1969 riot that became a pivotal moment for the LGBTQ+ rights movement. The changes were made in the wake of an...

Nancy Mace Repeatedly Yells Anti-Trans Slur in House Hearing

Things got contentious at House Oversight Committee hearing

(Newser) - Rep. Nancy Mace used an anti-trans slur during a House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, then yelled it multiple times after being told it was offensive. The back and forth, as reported by MSNBC , USA Today , and People :
  • Referencing USAID funding for gender-affirming healthcare in Guatemala, the GOP representative from South
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NCAA Welcomes Trump Order, Changes Transgender Policy

Only athletes assigned female at birth may compete in women's sports

(Newser) - The NCAA changed its participation policy for transgender athletes on Thursday, limiting competition in women's sports to athletes assigned female at birth only. The move came one day after President Trump signed an executive order intended to bar transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports. The NCAA policy...

Trump: Trans Athletes Won't Be Allowed at LA Olympics

He signs order to bar transgender athletes from women's sports

(Newser) - President Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday intended to prohibit transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports. The order, titled " Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports ," gives federal agencies, including the Justice and Education departments, wide latitude to ensure entities that receive federal...

Gascon Faces Oscars 'Nightmare' in Wake of Tweets
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Feb 5, 2025 1:20 PM CST

Gascon Faces Oscars 'Nightmare' in Wake of Tweets

Netflix is distancing itself from trans Emilia Perez actress after eyebrow-raising posts

(Newser) - The controversy surrounding the past tweets of Karla Sofia Gascon—the first transgender individual nominated for an acting Oscar, for her starring role in Emilia Perez—isn't going away. And it's apparently affecting the Oscar campaign that Netflix, the movie's distributor in the US and UK, is...

Trump to Ban Trans Athletes From Women's Sports

President set to sign EO Wednesday barring trans females from competing in women's, girls sports

(Newser) - President Trump will sign an executive order on Wednesday designed to prevent people who were biologically assigned male at birth from participating in women's or girls' sporting events. The order, which Trump is expected to sign at an afternoon ceremony, marks another aggressive shift by the president's second...

Emilia Perez's Gascon: I've Been 'Crucified' Over Tweets

Oscar-nominated trans actor says she's not bowing out of awards race over past social media posts

(Newser) - The most nominated film heading into the upcoming Academy Awards is at the center of a controversy , spurred by its lead, Karla Sofia Gascon—but Gascon, the first openly transgender actor up for a golden statue in an acting category, isn't taking herself out of the race. In a...

Trump Order Calls Out 'Mutilation' of America's Youth

Signs order that aims to end federal support for gender transitions for those under 19

(Newser) - President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender transitions for people under age 19, his latest move to roll back protections for transgender people across the country. "It is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote,...

Service Members Challenge Trump's Transgender Order

6 active-duty members filed lawsuit Tuesday

(Newser) - Six transgender active-duty service members and two former service members who seek re-enlistment have filed the first lawsuit challenging President Trump's executive order that calls for revising policy on transgender troops and probably sets the stage for barring them from the armed forces. The six plaintiffs include a Sailor...

Oscar Nomination Is a Trans First
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Jan 23, 2025 12:00 PM CST

One Oscar Nomination Is a Trans First

Karla Sofia Gascon is the first transgender person nominated for acting

(Newser) - The list of Oscar nominations released on Thursday includes a notable first: Karla Sofia Gascon became the first openly transgender person nominated in an acting category, reports Deadline . Gascon is up for an Oscar in the best-actress category for her role in the Netflix film Emilia Perez. In the film—...

Rowling: This Is a Result of Left's 'Betrayal of Women'

Author says embrace of gender identity 'has been a calamity'

(Newser) - The left's recognition of self-assessed gender identity apart from one's biological sex "has been a calamity," author JK Rowling wrote Tuesday, commenting on President Trump's executive order that will recognize only two genders , male and female. Writing on X, Rowling responded to a post from...

House Passes Bill on Trans Women, Girls in Sports

2 Democrats voted with Republicans

(Newser) - A GOP-led bill to ban transgender women and girls from sports programs passed the House on Tuesday with two Democrats siding with Republicans. Democratic Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar of Texas voted in favor of the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act" and Democratic Rep. Don...

Judge Throws Out Biden's Title IX Rules

Federal court says president overstepped authority with protections for LGBTQ+ students

(Newser) - The Biden administration's Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found they overstepped the president's authority. In a decision issued Thursday, US District Judge Danny C. Reeves scrapped the entire 1,500-page regulation after deciding it...

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