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April 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM

Anti-transgender bathroom restrictions are on hold under a judge's order

A judge has temporarily blocked a Montana law that restricts transgender people’s use of bathrooms in public buildings
April 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
April 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM

California lawmakers reject bills to ban trans athletes from girls sports

California lawmakers have rejected two bills aimed at keeping trans kids and teens off sports teams consistent with their gender identity
April 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Supporters and opponents listen to discussion to consider bills to pass rules banning transgender student-athletes Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Yuri Avila)
April 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM

Greece to ban having children via surrogacy for single men and male same-sex couples

Men in Greece will be barred from having children via surrogacy if they are single or in a same-sex relationship
April 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
April 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM

Battle over trans athletes' participation in girls sports comes to California Capitol

A committee in the California legislature plans to vote on bills Tuesday that would restrict transgender athletes from participating in girls sports
April 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
FILE - Republican Assembly members Tom Lackey, of Palmdale, left, and Bill Essayli, of Riverside, huddle at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., July 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
March 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM

Transgender people facing ‘existential threat to survival’: ACLU lawyer

Chase Strangio, co-director of the ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project, discusses the legal fights across the U.S. related to transgender rights.
March 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
VIDEO: Transgender people facing ‘existential threat to survival’: ACLU lawyer
March 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM

Utah becomes first state to ban LGBTQ+ pride flags in government buildings

Utah has become the first state to prohibit flying LGBTQ+ pride flags at schools and all government buildings
March 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
FILE - People march following a Pride rally at the Utah State Capitol Friday, June 2, 2023, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
March 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM

2nd judge blocks Trump's transgender military ban in scathing ruling

If allowed to go into effect, the Trump administration's new policy on transgender soldiers would be a "de facto blanket prohibition," a federal judge wrote.
March 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The Pentagon is seen from the air in Washington, Mar. 3, 2022.
March 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM

Transgender people blocked from buying clothes at store

“What Would You Do?” actors portray a scene where transgender people faced discrimination when shopping at a store.
March 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
VIDEO: Transgender people blocked from buying clothes at store
March 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM

Protesters block traffic in Hungary in opposition to law banning LGBTQ+ Pride events

Several thousand protesters have blocked a major thoroughfare in Hungary's capital, opposing a law that effectively bans LGBTQ+ Pride events and restricts the right to assembly
March 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
MPs of Momentum protest with flares during the plenary session of the Hungarian parliament in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Boglarka Bodnar/MTI via AP)
March 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM

Transgender Americans aim to block Trump's passport policy change

A federal judge is considering whether to block a Trump administration policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers
March 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ash Lazarus Orr, a transgender plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Trump administration's policy that bans the use of the "X" marker used by nonbinary people on passports, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Monday, March 24, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)
March 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM

Scientist speaks out after all of her grants were terminated by the NIH

Dr. Brittany Charlton is speaking out after the NIH terminated all of her grants studying how discriminatory laws impact mental health among LGBTQ+ teens.
March 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The patient's entrance at the National Institutes of Health is shown in Bethesda, Md., Oct. 16, 2014.
March 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM

Denmark advises transgender people to contact US Embassy before traveling to US

The Danish foreign ministry has changed its U.S. travel advisory for transgender people
March 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
FILE - A rainbow flag is suspended at Copenhagen City Hall in Denmark on Aug. 11, 2021, marking the opening of Copenhagen 2021, World Pride and Eurogames. (Ida Guldbaek Arentsen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)
March 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM

Former swimmer sues UPenn over handling of transgender athlete

Margot Kaczorowski is suing UPenn and the Ivy League of Council of Presidents as the Trump administration suspends $175 million in federal funding for the university.
March 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
VIDEO: Former swimmer sues UPenn over handling of transgender athlete
March 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM

'All means all': Judge rebukes past discrimination in blocking trans military ban

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes blocked the Trump administration from enacting the policy and offered a scathing rebuke of the Pentagon's development of the policy.
March 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division line up to board a plane from Pope Army Airfield in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on February 14, 2021.
March 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM

Trans soldier discusses fighting Trump administration's transgender military ban

U.S. Army Reserve 2nd Lt. Nicholas Talbott joins ABC News Live to discuss the lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military.
March 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
VIDEO: Trans soldier discusses fighting Trump administration's transgender military ban
March 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM

Austin leaders request investigation over trans woman's arrest after video released

Austin city council members called for an investigation after the release of footage showing a transgender woman's arrest by police.
March 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A screen grab from police body camera footage released by the Austin Police Department from an incident on March 2 involving the arrest of a trans woman.
March 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM

Austin leaders want probe on trans woman's arrest

Austin city council members released a statement on Tuesday after a video of a trans woman who was allegedly thrown to the ground by police was released the same day.
March 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Austin leaders want probe on trans woman's arrest
March 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM

Gender-affirming care may lower depression risk, study finds

A new study finds gender-affirming care may lower depression risk, as access to such care is diminishing.
March 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A person walks past a Transgender flag during The TransFest 2023 in the Queens, New York, July 29, 2023.
March 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM

Pentagon 'cherry picked' studies to support transgender ban, judge says

A judge on Wednesday signaled that she was deeply skeptical that the Pentagon's handling of transgender service members complies with federal law.
March 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The Department of Defense logo is seen on the wall in the Press Briefing room at the Pentagon, Oct. 29, 2024, in Washington.
March 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM

Rep. Sarah McBride misgendered by Republican colleague, sparking heated exchange

Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, introduced McBride, saying: "I now recognize the representative from Delaware: Mr. McBride."
March 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, introduced McBride, saying: "I now recognize the representative from Delaware: Mr. McBride."
1 month ago

Supreme Court to hear challenge to 'conversion therapy' ban

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging a Colorado law that bans "conversion therapy" for minors -- a discredited practice that aims to change sexual orientation or gender identity.
1 month ago
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging a Colorado law that bans "conversion therapy" for minors -- a discredited practice that aims to change sexual orientation or gender identity.
1 month ago

Newsom breaks with party on transgender athletes in women's sports, sparking backlash

California's Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, an LGBTQ ally, broke with his party, saying that transgender athletes playing in female sports is "deeply unfair."
1 month ago
California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at East Los Angeles College, on Feb. 26, 2025, in Monterey Park, Calif.
1 month ago

NIH terminating active research grants related to LGBTQ+, DEI studies

The National Institutes of Health is terminating several active research grants related to studies involving LGBTQ+ issues, gender identity and DEI.
1 month ago
The patient's entrance at the National Institutes of Health is shown in Bethesda, Md., Oct. 16, 2014.
1 month ago

CA governor draws criticism over trans athlete comments on podcast

California Gov. Gavin Newsom drew criticism from Democrats following comments he made on his podcast about transgender athletes.
1 month ago
VIDEO: CA governor draws criticism over trans athlete comments on podcast
1 month ago

Indictment unsealed in killing of transgender man

Seven suspects have been indicted in Sam Nordquist's homicide.
1 month ago
Seven suspects have been indicted in Sam Nordquists homicide.
1 month ago

Kids were forced to participate in transgender man's 'torture' killing: Prosecutor

A grand jury indictment has been unsealed by New York prosecutors charging seven suspects with murder in the "torture" killing of transgender man Sam Nordquist.
1 month ago
This undated photo provided by the New York State Police shows Sam Nordquist. Nordquist, a 24-year-old missing transgender man, died after enduring prolonged physical and psychological abuse over a month by multiple individuals who later discarded his body in a field, in Canandaigua, N.Y., according to New York State Police.
1 month ago

Gay marriage SCOTUS ruling scrutinized by some Republican lawmakers

Conservative legislators are increasingly speaking out against the Supreme Court’s landmark 2015 ruling on same-sex marriage equality.
1 month ago
Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case that legalized same sex marriage nationwide, is backed by supporters of the courts ruling on same-sex marriage on the step of the Texas Capitol during a rally in Austin, Texas.
1 month ago

Transgender military members react to 'jarring' Pentagon memo

Lt. Cmdr. Geirid Morgan told ABC News that as an openly transgender woman, seeing the ban in "black and white" was "jarring."
1 month ago
Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne division walk across the tarmac at Green Ramp to deploy to Poland, Feb. 14, 2022, at Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, N.C.
1 month ago

Iowa lawmakers vote to remove gender ID from state civil rights protections

Iowa lawmakers voted Thursday to strike gender identity from state civil rights protections.
1 month ago
The Iowa State Capitol Building in Des Moines, Iowa
1 month ago

Transgender US service members will be separated from military: Pentagon

"Service by these individuals is not in the best interests of the Military Services and is not clearly consistent with the interests of national security," the memo said.
1 month ago
VIDEO: Transgender US service members will be separated from military: Pentagon
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Transgender US service members will be separated from military, Pentagon memo says

Transgender US service members will be separated from the military, Pentagon memo says.
1 month ago
The Department of Defense logo is seen on the wall in the Press Briefing room at the Pentagon, Oct. 29, 2024, in Washington.
1 month ago

Woman takes 'reverse' discrimination case to SCOTUS over hiring of gay co-workers

The Supreme Court is considering a case of “reverse discrimination” and the standard of proof under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
1 month ago
A view of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.. June 29, 2024.
1 month ago

Actress Hunter Schafer says gender listed on her passport changed to male

The "Euphoria" actress, who is transgender, shared her experience in a TikTok video about seeing her passport gender change.
1 month ago
The "Euphoria" actress, who is transgender, shared her experience in a TikTok video about seeing her passport gender change.
1 month ago

Hunter Schafer says her passport gender was changed: 'Never gonna stop being trans'

Hunter Schafer is speaking out after she says her gender marker was changed on her passport.
1 month ago
Hunter Schafer arrives for the Film Independent Spirit Awards 40th annual ceremony in Santa Monica, Calif., Feb. 22, 2025.
1 month ago

Trump spars with Maine governor over trans athlete executive order

Constitutional law expert Robert McWhirter discusses the recent sparring between President Donald Trump and Maine Gov. Janet Mills over the transgender athlete executive order.
1 month ago
VIDEO: Trump spars with Maine governor over trans athlete executive order
1 month ago

'See you in court': Trump clashes with Democratic governor at White House event

At a White House event with a bipartisan group of governors Friday, President Donald Trump briefly sparred with Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills.
1 month ago
Gov. Janet Mills reacts after challenging U.S. President Donald Trump over federal law on the issue of trans women in sports as Trump addressed a meeting of governors at the White House, Feb. 21, 2025 in Washington.
2 months ago

Trump administration faces new lawsuit from LGBTQ, health nonprofits

LGBTQ rights organizations sued the Trump administration on Thursday, challenging three executive orders.
2 months ago
CEO of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation Tyler TerMeer is one of the plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration targeting his executive orders dismantling DEI and LGBTQ+ programs.
2 months ago

How a community rallied for trans and nonbinary recovery homes following LA fires

The recovery homes were engulfed by flames during the Eaton Fire on Jan. 7.
2 months ago
The community rallied to support trans and nonbinary recovery homes after devastating Los Angeles wildfires.
2 months ago

The LA area fires destroyed 2 LGBTQ+ sobriety houses. Then the community stepped up

Some of LA's most vulnerable residents were impacted when Art House and Start House were destroyed by the Eaton fire. Now, the community is trying to rebuild to continue to support them.
2 months ago
Some of LA's most vulnerable residents were impacted when Art House and Start House were destroyed by the Eaton fire. Now, the community is trying to rebuild to continue to support them.
2 months ago

'I just want the opportunity to serve my country': transgender US service member

Maj. Erica Vandal, a transgender woman who served 14 years in the U.S. Army, reacts to the Trump administration's executive order that is aimed at forcing transgender people out of the military.
2 months ago
VIDEO: 'I just want the opportunity to serve my country': transgender US veteran
2 months ago

Transgender man's killing prompts call for hate crime charges

The nation's largest LGBTQ advocacy organization is urging New York prosecutors to pursue hate crime charges against in the killing of a transgender man.
2 months ago
This undated photo provided by the New York State Police shows Sam Nordquist. Nordquist, a 24-year-old missing transgender man, died after enduring prolonged physical and psychological abuse over a month by multiple individuals who later discarded his body in a field, in Canandaigua, N.Y., according to New York State Police.
2 months ago

'Unadulterated animus': Judge blasts DOJ about transgender military restrictions

Federal judge blocked the Trump administration from enforcing executive order that was expected to lead to a significant curtailment of transgender service members.
2 months ago
USAF Basic Trainees stand in group formation.
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No evidence of hate crime in torture killing of transgender man: Investigators

Five people have been arrested and charged with murder after the body of a missing transgender man was discovered dumped in an upstate New York field, authorities said.
2 months ago
This undated photo provided by the New York State Police shows Sam Nordquist. Nordquist, a 24-year-old missing transgender man, died after enduring prolonged physical and psychological abuse over a month by multiple individuals who later discarded his body in a field, in Canandaigua, N.Y., according to New York State Police.
2 months ago

5 charged in brutal murder of transgender man

Five people have been arrested and charged with murder after the body of a missing transgender man was discovered in upstate New York.
2 months ago
VIDEO: 5 charged in brutal murder of transgender man
2 months ago

5 people arrested in death of transgender man

Police said five people have been charged with murder after the body of a missing transgender man was discovered dumped in an upstate New York field.
2 months ago
Police said five people have been charged with murder after the body of a missing transgender man was discovered dumped in an upstate New York field.
2 months ago

Activist Mark Segal: 'When you try to erase us, we will fight back'

ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Stonewall "Rebel in Residence" Mark Segal after the National Park Service deleted references to queer and transgender people from its Stonewall Monument web pages.
2 months ago
Activist Mark Segal: 'When you try to erase us, we will fight back'
2 months ago

Some transgender references removed from Stonewall website

In 2016, the Stonewall Inn in New York City's Greenwich Village became a national monument, creating the country's first national park site dedicated to LGBTQ+ history.
2 months ago
In 2016, the Stonewall Inn in New York City's Greenwich Village became a national monument, creating the country's first national park site dedicated to LGBTQ+ history.
2 months ago

Protesters rally at Stonewall Inn after Transgender references removed from website

The National Park Service eliminated references to transgender people from its Stonewall National Monument website on Thursday, which now only refers to those who are lesbian, gay and bisexual.
2 months ago
VIDEO: Protesters rally at Stonewall Inn after Transgender references removed from website
2 months ago

This word has been removed from Stonewall National Monument website

The monument honors the Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969, in New York City's Greenwich Village.
2 months ago
In this June 12, 2023, file photo, rainbow flags are pictured flying on the fence at the Stonewall National Monument in Christopher Park on Christopher Street in New York.
2 months ago

Ballot initiatives protecting marriage equality advancing in some states

More states are lining up in an attempt to enshrine state protections for same-sex marriage in their constitutions as some conservatives target it.
2 months ago
The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024.