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  The Supreme Court is about to decide whether to ban trans women from women’s sports (in all states) Court’s shadow docket, embodies all the reasons why America’s highest Court should act carefully and slowly. K.M.K. v. Washington Interscholastic Activities Association involves a highly contentious issue — the plaintiffs in the case effectively want the Supreme Court to bar transgender women from women’s sports teams at high schools and universities, even in states that support trans inclusion i...

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  As Republicans face scary midterm polls, Ted Cruz blames ‘transgender witches’ During an interview with Fox News, Cruz was asked why so many Republican-held Senate seats were toss-ups this year. Cruz acknowledged the frightening environment for the GOP — “there are eight to 10 Senate races that are tied or within the margin of error” — before saying Republicansappear cursed because their party is in power

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  Texas Republican calls out GOP’s costly obsession with anti-trans campaigns: ‘It’s just not resonating’ Are transgender people no longer an effective scapegoat for the GOP? One Texas Republican leader says attacks on gender identity are falling flat in Lone Star State elections. Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan told Texas Monthly that Republicans focused too much on culture war issues this election cycle and are paying the price. “We’re just not paying attention to the issues that matte...

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  Trump admin demands medical organizations explain why they support for trans care According to an October 14 press release, HHS sent letters to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), the American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, Endocrine Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Each letter demands “a clear, current statement” on the organizations’ position on what HHS characterizes as “sex-rejecting...

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  Trump administration tells federal judge to ignore Pete Hegseth’s anti-trans posts The Trump administration wants a federal judge to disregard social media statements by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon when determining whether its transgender military ban is constitutional. At the same time, President Donald Trump’s media company sells faster access to his social media posts for as much as $100,000 a month. The argument appears in a four-page Justice Department filing submit...

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  “AI slop”: GOP ad uses fake footage of opponent saying he supports men beating girls in sports Republican California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton is targeting Spanish-speaking voters with an AI-generated ad that shows a caricature of a trans girl playing soccer against high school girls. The ad even features an AI-generated version of his Democratic opponent, Xavier Becerra, taking a policy position that he does not take in real life. The ad is raising questions about how AI is used...

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  How the GOP weaponized trans issues and left Democrats searching for a strategy For the second election cycle in a row, the rights of transgender people have taken center stage politically, despite their accounting for only about 1% of the U.S. population and many voters identifying other issues as far more important — splitting Republicans and Democrats, but also Democrats among themselves and putting the party on the defensive.

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  James Talarico promised to co-sponsor the Equality Act, but now only says he will ‘review’ the bill That response contrasts with a signed 2025 questionnaire submitted to the Stonewall Democrats of Austin, in which Talarico’s campaign wrote that “if elected, Rep. Talarico would sponsor the Equality Act in the U.S. Senate.” He also answered “Yes” when asked by the Communications Workers of America if he would support the bill.

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  Democrats keep asking trans people for money. We’re asking for a backbone Republicans need trans people as an enemy, having already spent more than $60 million on anti-trans ads in 2026. Without us, they lose a scapegoat to distract from affordability, health care, and the war with Iran. They claim trans people aren’t real, yet blame us for America’s problems. Democrats who accept that premise also accept the idea that trans people are a liability to be managed rather than members of the majo...

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  After Trump called Annie Andrews an anti-trans slur, the Democrat now calls trans women ‘biological men’ In the continuing race to see who can throw transgender people under the bus most quickly, South Carolina Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Annie Andrews has released a new direct-to-camera campaign ad in which she states that she does not support trans athletes playing in sports that affirm their gender identity.

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  Oh get stuffed with this concern trolling. The regret rate for children who transition is almost non-existent.

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  Dems with anti-trans views are on the ballot. What should pro-trans voters do with them? Trans journalist Erin Reed has published a list of Democratic midterm candidates with anti-trans records, and the question she is forcing is one the party would rather not answer: if trans voters keep rewarding Democrats who harm them, what signal does that send? The calculation is real, the stakes are high, and there is no clean answer.

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  Transphobia Isn’t Winning Votes. But It Is Making Our Lives Much Worse. One memo from one group may not seem that important. But APP has spent years convincing Republican campaigns and donors about the potency of anti-transgender attacks against Democrats. This is despite the fact that transphobia-themed attacks have failed to seal the deal in competitive statewide and House races in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2025. Their apparent success in 2024 was more likely a fluke, deployed against a wea...

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  Republican Alabama Lawmaker Takes to the Senate Floor for Bizarre Attack on Trans People Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama and the current GOP nominee for governor of the state targeted trans people in a speech on the Senate floor, spewing transphobia and misinformation. In a tangent, the Republican also seemed to support a conspiracy theory that many flight attendants are furries.  The lawmaker accused trans people of violence and even proposed that they should be put in menta...

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  Dem mocks opponent for focus on trans folks amid rising costs: “That’s what they’re talking about?” Former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), who is also the current Democratic Senate candidate for Ohio, found himself in hot water in a past campaign over his response to anti-trans attacks from Republicans, and now he appears to be taking a different approach.  Instead of trying to defend or explain his views on trans rights, Brown released an ad last week slamming Republicans for focusing on trans pe...

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  Newsom vetoes bill aimed at protecting providers of transgender care Assembly Bill 2164 authored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) would have prohibited California’s governor from recognizing a request for extradition of a person related to their providing a legally protected healthcare activity in the Golden State to transgender individuals, or if they provide reproductive services. It provided certain exemptions, such as an extradition required by federal law.

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  Elon Musk is reusing Trump’s anti-trans strategy. It’s unlikely to work. The world’s richest man is spending at least $100 million on the midterm elections to support the Republican Party and his far-right agenda. But it looks like Elon Musk’s focus won’t be the economy, or the war in Iran or artificial intelligence. It won’t be his repellent ideas about race and his advocacy for “white solidarity.” Instead, Musk has come out of the gate with a barrage of ads targeting Democrats for not being s...

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  ‘Democrats win by fighting for affordability, not by falling into Republican trans traps’ “Democrats should be focusing on Trump’s tanked economy and our diminished standing on the world stage,” said Jeremy Comeau, president of the National Federation of Stonewall Democrats. “People are being hammered by the cost of living, and we have a president who’d rather rename a gulf like some deranged cartographer than deal with the realities of the world. Democrats should be running on that every singl...

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  Nancy Mace Introduces Bill to Bar Trans People from Security Clearances, Federal Jobs Requiring Mental Health Screenings A bill like this would normally get called a ban in all but name; but since it is literally called the “Gender Delusion Disqualification Act”, it is, in essence, a ban in name as well.

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  Trump admits anti-transgender attacks are one of GOP’s ‘great sound bites’ Before a Dallas arena dotted with empty seats, Trump acknowledged that Republicans deploy attacks on transgender athletes strategically before elections.

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  Political ads with made-up trans people are being used to bash Democrats In less than a week, the group, initially created to support President Donald Trump’s 2024 reelection campaign, has released at least 38 social media ads claiming Democrats in competitive midterm Senate races would “put our daughters in danger” and prioritize a “radical trans agenda” if elected. Most of the group’s ads focus exclusively on trans people, according to a review of America PAC’s ads in the Meta and Googlelibra...

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  Musk's PAC goes big on trans attack ads Elon Musk’s super PAC has entered the midterm campaign fray with a heavy dose of anti-trans messaging.

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  H.R.10319 - To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for requirements sensitive Government positions relating to gender dysphoria, and for other purposes.

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  Musk Targets Transgender Issues in Key Midterm Senate Races Elon Musk began a political advertising blitz on Tuesday in three states that could decide control of the Senate, as his political group began attacking Democrats over transgender issues by accusing them of allowing men to compete in women’s sports. The spots from Mr. Musk’s group, America PAC, target three top Democratic nominees for Senate: James Talarico in Texas, Sherrod Brown in Ohio and Josh Turek in Iowa.

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  Do Kansas’ anti-trans laws count as fascism? An expert on authoritarianism says yes A Kansas law that took effect earlier this year suddenly *invalidated the driver’s licenses and birth certificates of transgender people who had changed their gender markers. It also banned people from using public bathrooms that don’t match their sex assigned at birth — and lets people sue others* they believe are violating the law.

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  Pentagon searching medical records to identify transgender troops The military is searching protected medical records to find transgender troops who have tried to continue serving amid the Trump administration’s ban on trans Americans in uniform, multiple sources tell Federal News Network. Commanders around the world have started receiving notices that members of their units are violating Pentagon policy, and are being instructed to begin the separation process. The sweep is believed to hav...

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  Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene ahead of trial so the Pentagon can fire transgender troops The administration wants the justices to overturn protections for decorated transgender service members before their case reaches trial.

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  Most Democrats Don’t Want to Talk About Transgender Athletes. He’s Leaning In. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts might be the only high-profile Democrat in America eagerly campaigning as a supporter of transgender rights. Even as many other top Democrats have grown cagey on the issue, Mr. Markey is offering a passionate defense of transgender athletes as he runs in a primary contest on Tuesday against Representative Seth Moulton, a more moderate challenger. Mr. Markey has argued in particu...

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  Nearly 1,000 trans people and allies expected to descend on Westminster to call for "cruel and unworkable" EHRC guidance to be scrapped The mass lobby, organised by Trans+ Solidarity Alliance, will take place in Parliament on Wednesday, 9 September, with participants meeting MPs to press for stronger legal protections for trans people and changes to the controversial guidance. Organisers say the event comes amid growing opposition to the EHRC’s interim guidance, which was produced...

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  A New Jersey school district won’t out trans students. Moms for Liberty is suing to expose the kids The anti-LGBTQ+ group argues that schools must notify parents when a student uses different names or pronouns at school, even without the student’s consent.