TNN: Trans News Now – Oct 11, 2026

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New York City has announced it will spend $8.9 million to pay for gender-affirming care for transgender patients under 18 years of age. This comes after several major hospitals have announced that they will not provide gender-affirming care to transgender minors. PinkNews has this story.

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger said this week that she is doing what she can to keep Medicaid covering gender-affirming care for transgender minors. This story comes from The Advocate.

Top medical groups in Colorado urge voters to vote “No” on Proposition 135, which would outlaw gender-affirming care for minors. Erin In The Morning has this story.

The Alliance Defending Freedom has filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court in an attempt to impose a nationwide ban on transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports. Erin Reed has this story at Erin In The Morning.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that it was never legal to update the gender markers on birth cedrtificates of transgender people. This story comes from LGBTQ Nation.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided that transgender people born in Arizona do not have to have had gender confirmation surgery in order to update the gender markers on their birth certificates. Arizona Capitol Times has this story.

A district court has dismissed the case brought by an employee of a spa who complained about being docked one day’s pay because she refused to escort a transgender woman to the women’s changing area. The employee claimed she was discriminated against over her religious beliefs, but she still has not filed a form asking for an accommodation due to her religious beliefs. WHP-TV News has this story.

Uncloseted Media has a profile of two transgender women running for election in Georgia.

A new report finds that the previous Dutch law regarding transgender and intersex people caused “profound harm.” NL Times has this story.

The Trump administration deported a transgender refugee from Cuba. They deported her to the Central African Republic. She did not have a connection to that nation prior to being deported there, and she is very scared, to the point where she keeps herself hidden in order to survive. This story comes from The Advocate.

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