Justine Lindsay, the first openly transgender cheerleader in the NFL, has announced he will not return to the Carolina Panthers’ cheerleading team for the upcoming season. Lindsay joined the TopCats squad in 2022, marking a first in league history, but now says his focus will shift to other pursuits, including pageantry, community activism, and a potential career in sports media.
Dutch police arrested a 24-year-old man Saturday after he was caught on video spray-painting a World War II memorial in Amsterdam during a pro-Palestine protest. The suspect, described in media reports as an apparently transgender activist, was filmed wearing a dress and spraying the words “never again is now” across the National Monument in Dam Square.
Disney+ has canceled its Goosebumps reboot, a teen horror series that critics say injected sexual themes and LGBTQ messaging into programming aimed at children. The streaming platform quietly dropped the show, which featured Friends actor David Schwimmer and trans-identifying activist Miles McKenna, after just one season. The cancellation follows the removal of other Disney+ titles praised for “queer representation,” including The Acolyte and Willow.
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld Oklahoma’s law banning sex change surgeries and hormone treatments for minors, delivering a significant legal victory to advocates of parental rights and child protection. The ruling affirms the state’s authority to restrict medical interventions on minors amid ongoing debate over the safety and ethics of gender transition procedures.
Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC, announced this week it will discontinue prescribing gender-affirming medications to minors under its “Gender Development Program.” The hospital cited “escalating legal and regulatory risks” as the primary reason, and said the new policy takes effect August 30, 2025.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) strongly rebuked a Biden-appointed federal judge in Oregon this week after she ordered the release of a transgender Mexican national from a male-only Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility. The detainee, Odalis Jhonatan Martinez-Velasquez, is a biological male who identifies as a woman and entered the United States illegally in 2023.
Two years after Bud Light partnered with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, the brand continues to struggle, posting dismal sales over what should have been its most profitable holiday weekend. Despite favorable July 4th weather and strong performance from Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (ABI) other labels, Bud Light remains a “clear laggard,” according to industry data.
At her first official press conference as the new president of the International Olympic Committee, Kirsty Coventry announced a significant shift in the IOC’s stance on transgender athletes in women’s sports. Coventry said Thursday that there is "overwhelming support" among IOC members to safeguard the integrity of women’s competition.
