As President Donald Trump and his administration continue their systematic attack on trans Americans, both activists and unaffiliated individuals are targeting the FBI’s latest attempt to prosecute doctors giving trans youth gender-affirming care. On Monday, the FBI asked for tips on doctors or hospitals “who mutilate under the guise of …
Read More »Pedro Pascal Slams J.K. Rowling's Anti-Trans Stance: 'Heinous LOSER Behavior'
Pedro Pascal blasted J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans stance in response to the author celebrating a recent U.K. ruling that transgender women should not be recognized as women under Britain’s Equality Act. The actor’s response to Rowling was posted in the comments of an Instagram video posted by activist Tariq Ra’ouf, who …
Read More »Being Trans in Country Is Dangerous. It Didn't Stop This Singer From Coming Out
J enni Rose already cried once this morning. Before the sun goes down, she says, she’ll cry again. The tears are of both elation and relief for Rose, who came out to her family as a trans woman in the summer of 2024. Later that year, she came out to …
Read More »Jasmine.4.t Is Boygenius' Favorite New Singer-Songwriter — And Maybe Yours, Too
A few years ago, Jasmine Cruickshank found herself adrift. After coming out as trans, the English singer-songwriter got divorced and decamped from Bristol to Manchester, where she slept on floors and discovered a new wellspring of inspiration: her true self. “I really struggled, in the years leading up to my …
Read More »'Everything Is Transgender,' Complains President Obsessed With Trans People
While speaking to the press today, President Donald Trump complained about how much he keeps hearing about the transgender community. “Everything is transgender, everybody transgender, that is all you hear about — and that is why we won the election in record numbers,” the president said. Trump also claimed that …
Read More »Trump Doubles Down on Lie, Says Government Funded 'Transgender Surgery on Mice'
President Donald Trump perpetuated and expanded on a lie he told during his joint address to Congress where he claimed the Biden administration spent millions of dollars on scientific research to make mice transgender. Trump in an interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo that aired today said that the head …
Read More »Trump Decried Millions Spent 'Making Mice Transgender.' It Was Cancer and Asthma Research
Even among the many lies and distortions in President Donald Trump‘s never-ending address to Congress on Tuesday evening, one claim stood out. The chief executive of the United States told the country that the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had uncovered an outrageous expenditure authorized by the previous administration: …
Read More »Discharged During Don't Ask, Don't Tell, a Soldier Confronts Trump's Trans Ban
On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning transgender individuals from the U.S. military. In the order, Trump declared that “expressing a false ‘gender identity’ divergent from an individual’s sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service” — a transgender troop’s …
Read More »Trump's Trans Ban Defines Everyone as Female — But That's Not the Problem
Hours after his inauguration, Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring that in the eyes of the U.S. government, “women are biologically female, and men are biologically male” — meaning transgender, nonbinary, intersex, and two-spirit individuals would no longer be recognized. But it didn’t stop there. This deliberate rollback of …
Read More »Will Democrats Let the GOP Gut Trans Health Care?
Republicans in Washington have vowed to cut off medical treatment for most trans Americans — and may try to do so next year once Donald Trump takes over. Democrats in Congress can likely stop it from happening if they stand together and hold the line, but it’s unclear if they …
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