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Man Arrested Over Handshake With Nancy Mace

Witnesses differ with lawmaker on what happened after event

(Newser) - Rep. Nancy Mace reported being injured Tuesday when someone she described as a "pro-tr*ns man" confronted her for political reasons, though witnesses reportedly said they saw nothing violent in their handshake. Capitol Police arrested an Illinois man who has been charged with assaulting a government official, per CNN . "...

15 Arrested at US Capitol, Including Chelsea Manning

Transgender activists stormed women's restroom in DC, also lobbied outside House speaker's office

(Newser) - House Republicans seem determined to keep transgender women out of women's restrooms on Capitol Hill, but transgender activists are equally adamant that they're not going to stand for such a ban. That push-and-pull came to a head on Thursday when trans activists entered a woman's bathroom inside...

Montana GOP, Dems Block Bathroom Ban in State Capitol

Bill had aimed to keep transgender Rep. Zooey Zephyr out of women's restrooms at state Capitol

(Newser) - Montana lawmakers on both sides of the aisle voted Wednesday to block a ban that would've prevented Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the state's first openly transgender legislator, from using women's restrooms at the state Capitol. CNN reports that multiple Republicans joined all Democrats in voting against the...

Supreme Court Hears Highest-Profile Case of Term

Court appears likely to uphold Tennessee prohibition on gender-affirming care for minors

(Newser) - Hearing a high-profile culture-war clash, the Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to uphold Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors. The justices' decision, not expected for several months, could affect similar laws enacted by another 25 states and a range of other efforts to regulate the lives of...

Ohio Governor Signs 'Protect All Students Act'

Transgender bathroom ban covers schools from kindergarten to college

(Newser) - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a ban on gender-affirming care for minors earlier this year, but he didn't take a similar stand against a measure that bans transgender students from using the bathrooms that fit their gender identities. The Republican governor announced Wednesday that he had signed the "...

UK's Top Court Hears Case on Definition of 'Woman'

Group is challenging Scottish law that includes transgender women in definition

(Newser) - The UK Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing a legal challenge focusing on the definition of "woman" in a long-running dispute between a women's rights campaign group and the Scottish government. Five judges at Britain's highest court were considering the case, which seeks to clarify whether a...

Johnson Announces Change to Capitol Bathroom Policy

McBride says she doesn't agree with the rule, but she will follow it

(Newser) - Two weeks after the first openly transgender person was elected to Congress , House Speaker Mike Johnson has announced a change in bathroom policy. "All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings—such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms—are reserved for individuals of that biological sex,...

Nancy Mace Bill Takes Aim at New Trans Rep

Bill bars trans women from women's restrooms at Capitol, right after election of Sarah McBride

(Newser) - Sarah McBride made history earlier this month by becoming the first openly transgender person elected to Congress, but another House member isn't exactly giving her the warmest welcome. The Hill reports that on Monday, GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced a bill that would bar transgender women...

Congress Has Its First Openly Trans Member

Sarah McBride elected to House of Representatives

(Newser) - Delaware voters on Tuesday elected the first-ever openly transgender member of Congress. Democrat Sarah McBride was elected to an at-large seat in the House of Representatives, the AP reports. With 95% of the vote in, she had 57.8% of the vote, NBC News reports. McBride already entered the history...

Will Ferrell Gets an Education From Trans Friend

Netflix's Will & Harper aims to teach cis males a thing or two about the trans community

(Newser) - Will Ferrell and Harper Steele were hired at Saturday Night Live in the same week in 1995. They forged a bond that remained solid as Ferrell became a movie star and Steele emerged as SNL's head writer. Yet Ferrell admits he wasn't sure how to talk to his...

Trans Paralympian Responds to JK Rowling's 'Cheat' Claim

Author 'doesn't know anything about me,' says Italian sprinter Valentina Petrillo

(Newser) - Valentina Petrillo's run at the Paralympic Games is over, but she hopes "a transformation for transgender people" has only just begun. The 51-year-old sprinter, who transitioned from male to female in 2019, spoke out about the "transphobia" she's encountered, including from JK Rowling, in a Monday...

Texas to Trans People: You Can't Change Sex on License

(Newser) - In the same week that gender was ruled "changeable" in Australia , halfway around the world, Texans were blocked from changing the sex listed on their driver's licenses. An internal memo issued Tuesday by the Texas Department of Public Safety says, in effect, that transgender people cannot change the...

Landmark Ruling: Sex Is 'Changeable'

Roxanne Tickle, a trans woman in Australia, sued over exclusion from women-only app

(Newser) - A transgender woman has won her case alleging she was discriminated against when she was booted from an app described as a safe space for women only. In the amusingly named Tickle vs. Giggle case, Australia's Federal Court found Roxanne Tickle was a victim of indirect discrimination, "when...

Why Walz Is Being Attacked as 'Tampon Tim'
Why Walz
Is Being
Attacked as
'Tampon Tim'
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 9, 2024 6:50 AM CDT

Why Walz Is Being Attacked as 'Tampon Tim'

Harris' running mate signed law providing free menstrual supplies in schools, to GOP's chagrin

(Newser) - Tim Walz continues to make headlines , as the public learns more about him , and as the GOP goes on the attack . But one law the Minnesota governor signed last year is drawing special attention, as well as generating a new derogatory nickname.
  • The law: The bill included a mandate to
...

Olympic Boxer Sticks Up for Rival in Gender Hubbub
Olympic Boxer Sticks Up
for Rival in Gender Hubbub
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 2, 2024 2:23 PM CDT

Olympic Boxer Sticks Up for Rival in Gender Hubbub

Italian boxer Angela Carini apologizes to Algerian foe Imane Khelif

(Newser) - Outcry continues to swirl around an Olympic women's boxer who some say shouldn't have been fighting other women. Italy's Angela Carini bowed out of her match on Thursday against Algeria's Imane Khelif after taking a pretty hard hit right in the face from Khelif, renewing questions...

Musk: My Trans Kid Is 'Dead' Due to 'Woke Mind Virus'
Musk: I Will
'Destroy the Woke
Mind Virus' Over
My Trans Kid
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jul 27, 2024 4:40 PM CDT

Musk: I Will 'Destroy the Woke Mind Virus' Over My Trans Kid

SpaceX CEO had a lot to say on the matter to conservative commentator Jordan Peterson

(Newser) - If you've been wondering why Elon Musk spends so much time online criticizing gender-affirming care, a conversation this week sheds some more light on a big reason behind that: his 20-year-old trans daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson. Mediaite reports that the SpaceX and Tesla CEO sat down Monday for an...

Musk's Daughter Calls Out His 'Entirely Fake' Claims

'He doesn't know what I was like as a child because he quite simply wasn't there'

(Newser) - Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk's estranged daughter, is firing back at what she says are "entirely fake" claims he has made about her. "I think he was under the assumption that I wasn't going to say anything and I would just let this go unchallenged,"...

Bud Light Officially Dethroned
Once Top Dog, Bud Light
Keeps Tumbling
UPDATED
Jul 18, 2024 12:21 PM CDT

Once Top Dog, Bud Light Keeps Tumbling

The one-time beer champ now trails both Modelo Especial and Michelob Ultra

(Newser) - The fallout from Bud Light's trans controversy of last year appears to still be taking a toll. First, the longtime top-selling beer in America fell to No. 2 . And now, reports the Wall Street Journal , it has dropped to No. 3. The latest industry stats have Bud Light at...

Newsom Slams Musk: 'You Bent the Knee'
Newsom,
Musk Swap
'Knee'
Insults
Jul 18, 2024 9:36 AM CDT

Newsom, Musk Swap 'Knee' Insults

California governor criticizes billionaire after decision to uproot HQs of SpaceX and X

(Newser) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Elon Musk don't appear to be on speaking terms at the moment, but they are on tweeted-insult terms.
  • "You bent the knee," Newsom wrote of Musk's new embrace of Donald Trump, reports the Hill . Accompanying the tweet was a 2022 post
...

Transgender US Runner Is Headed to Paris Olympics

Nikki Hiltz earns their spot with stunning finish in 1,500-meter race at US trials

(Newser) - Transgender and nonbinary runner Nikki Hiltz not only qualified for the Paris Olympics by winning the women's 1500-meter race at the US Olympic Trials on Sunday, they did so in record time . Hiltz, who uses they/them pronouns, finished with a personal best time of 3:55:33, cementing a...

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