Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that she is working to secure gender transition surgeries for children at the "national level" amid the Trump administration's moves to ban the practice.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened a public inquiry to investigate potential deception and harm caused by “gender-affirming care” for minors, following a recent workshop that featured whistleblowers, doctors, and parents of detransitioners. The FTC will accept public comments over the next 60 days, seeking to assess whether medical professionals have misled families or violated federal law under Sections 5 and 12 of the FTC Act.
Germany’s Charité University of Medicine in Berlin has barred an Islamic student group, the Medislam Collective, from holding further events on campus. The decision follows accusations of gender-segregated seating during lectures and sex-specific student activities, which the university says violate its anti-discrimination policies.
Florida high school students in a Miami-Dade College dual-enrollment course were handed a questionnaire asking them to reflect on their heterosexual identity and consider becoming gay.
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who won gold in women’s boxing at the 2024 Paris Olympics, may be barred from future competition after leaked medical tests reportedly reveal Khelif has a male karyotype. The reports state Khelif’s chromosome analysis shows XY chromosomes—biologically male—raising questions about eligibility under the new gender testing rules set for the 2027 Olympics.
