A group of transgender rights activists staged a protest Thursday near House Speaker Mike Johnson's office on Capitol Hill, opposing a new policy that restricts bathroom use based on biological sex.
The LPGA Tour has revised its gender eligibility policy, barring transgender athletes from competing in its tournaments. The updated rule, announced Wednesday, restricts participation...
Former NCAA swimming champion and women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines organized a rally on December 4 in support of the Stone Ridge Christian High School girls’ volleyball team in California. The team forfeited a Northern California Division 6 playoff game last month after refusing to compete against an opponent with a male identifying as a female on its team.
On Tuesday, the Minnesota State Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a high-profile case involving JayCee Cooper, a trans-identified male powerlifter, who sued USA Powerlifting (USAPL) after being barred from competing in the women’s category. The lawsuit, filed in 2021, alleges that the organization violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on an individual's gender identity.
Chase Strangio, the transgender ACLU attorney arguing before the Supreme Court to challenge Tennessee’s SB1, stirred controversy during a CNN appearance on Wednesday by claiming that children as young as two years old can know they are transgender. Tennessee’s SB1 law bans puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex-change surgeries for minors, a move the ACLU claims violates the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson suggested during oral arguments Wednesday that Tennessee’s law banning puberty blockers for minors could constitute sex discrimination. The case, United States v. Skrmetti, involves a Biden-Harris administration challenge to the law, which the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld.
Alex Consani, a biological male, made history as the first transgender individual to win the prestigious Model of the Year title at the 2024 Fashion Awards. The event, held at London’s Royal Albert Hall, saw Consani accept the award with comments calling it a “big step in the right direction.”
Chase Strangio, a transgender-identifying lawyer and co-director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) LGBT & HIV Project, will argue before the Supreme Court this week in a high-stakes case regarding gender transitions for minors. The case, United States v. Skrmetti, challenges Tennessee's law banning irreversible gender transition procedures for children.
A new report from the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic acknowledges that the COVID-19 virus "most likely" leaked from a Chinese lab.
For the second consecutive game, three Colorado State women’s volleyball players, including Malaya Jones—who is alleged to have conspired with San Jose State’s transgender player Blaire Fleming to harm a teammate—knelt during the national anthem.
