Tag Archives: trans-rights

Less than 24 hours after being sworn into office, Donald Trump picked up where he left off in his rampage against trans people. One of the first executive orders he signed this week prohibits federal regulation of transgender identities. Now, more than ever, actionable communities are essential for the protection …

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 …

Zora Grey has a story to tell. It’s a dark tale, full of spine-chilling frights and taboo thrills, unfolding from the moment you hit play on the Minneapolis singer, rapper, and producer’s second album, BELLAdonna, out Jan. 17 on Get Better Records. The buzzing synths and bass boom you’re hearing …

President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans will soon have control of the government — and they’re coming into power with a list of targets. Among the GOP’s plans for mass deportations, eroding reproductive rights, and taking over Greenland is continuing its crusade against the LGBTQ community, particularly trans Americans As Democrats …

An apparently unified Senate Democratic caucus is demanding that government funding legislation not include “poison pill policy riders” targeting reproductive freedoms and LGBTQ rights. In a letter to Appropriations Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Vice Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine), 45 Democratic senators wrote that “partisan, discriminatory, and harmful policy riders …

A man has been arrested, and Nancy Mace is wearing a wrist brace and shoulder sling after the South Carolina congresswoman said she was “physically accosted” in a Capitol office building on Tuesday afternoon. Mace claims she was “was physically accosted at the Capitol” by “a pro-tr*ns man.” “One new …

Seth Moulton’s had a tough few weeks. Two days after the election, The New York Times published a post-mortem of the 2024 general election contest in which the Democratic Massachusetts congressman appeared to blame his party’s poor performance on its support for trans rights. The comments came after Donald Trump …

House Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Wednesday that he is banning Congress’ first-ever transgender lawmaker — and all transgender women —from using women’s restrooms on Capitol grounds. “All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings — such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms — are reserved for …

Imara Jones knew this was coming. Way back in 2018, well before this election cycle, the Black, trans journalist-entrepreneur launched TransLash Media, and her podcast The Anti-Trans Hate Machine, has long covered the trans experience: both the diversity and power of trans lives, as well as the highly organized (and …

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) introduced a bill on Monday that would prohibit transgender members of Congress and other government employees from using Capitol Hill facilities that match their gender identity. The resolution arrives just over a week after Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-Del.)became the first openly transgender person to be elected …