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Every week Cecilia Barzyk diligently scans the internet to assemble as much trans-related information from the weekly news as possible.

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TWIT Awards – May 19, 2025

| May 19, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. The Department of Health and Human Services has deleted reports on the mental health of transgender students in Utah, whose results […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – May 19, 2025

| May 19, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. A judge in Montana has decided that the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is so clearly unconstitutional that it […]

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TWIT Awards – May 12, 2025

| May 12, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. As we mentioned in the news, the Supreme Court voted to allow President Trump to begin implementing his ban on transgender […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – May 12, 2025

| May 12, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. The U.S. Department of Agriculture agreed to restore nutrition funding to Maine schools. President Trump had ordered the department to not […]

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TWIT Awards – May 5, 2025

| May 5, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. As we mentioned in the news, the White House on Monday released a list of its accomplishments in the first 100 […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – May 5, 2025

| May 5, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. The Trump Administration released its 400-page report on health care for children with gender dysphoria. The report questions whether gender-affirming medical […]

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TWIT Awards – April 28, 2025

| Apr 28, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. This week, Meta’s review board approved anti-transgender videos, saying that they do not violate the company’s policy against hate speech. Meta’s […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – April 28, 2025

| Apr 28, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. A memo shows that the Pentagon has resumed gender-affirming medicine, including surgery, for military personnel and their families. This follows court […]

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TWIT Awards – April 21, 2025

| Apr 21, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. As we mentioned in the news, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom decided that transgender women are not women according […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – April 21, 2025

| Apr 21, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. In the battle between President Donald Trump and Maine Governor Janet Mills, a federal court has sided with the governor. The […]

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TWIT Awards – April 14, 2025

| Apr 14, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. The Department of Education and the Justice Department have announced the formation of a new “Title IX Special Investigative Team,” whose […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – April 14, 2025

| Apr 14, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. The state of Maine has filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump after he targeted the state in his quest to keep […]

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TWIT Awards – April 7, 2025

| Apr 7, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. As we mentioned in the news, the trump administration is going to investigate schools who teach “the pernicious effects of gender […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – April 7, 2025

| Apr 7, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. A second appeals court has refused to lift a temporary injunction against implementing President Trump’s ban on transgender people in the […]

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TWIT Awards – March 31, 2025

| Mar 31, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. President Trump issued an Executive Order, entitled “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections.” It requires every voter to provide […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – March 31, 2025

| Mar 31, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Last week, we reported that Judge Ana Reyes of the U.S. District for Washington, D.C., had issued an injunction blocking the […]

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TWIT Awards – March 24, 2025

| Mar 24, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. As we mentioned in the news, the Trump administration is suspending $175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania, […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – March 24, 2025

| Mar 24, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Federal Judge Ana Reyes of the U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C., has issued a preliminary injunction against President Trump’s ban […]

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TWIT Awards – March 17, 2025

| Mar 17, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. As we mentioned in the news, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has declared that Texas driver’s licenses and state ID cards […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – March 17, 2025

| Mar 17, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Boston declared itself a sanctuary city for transgender people this week. NBC News has this story. In Los Angeles, Linda Becera […]

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TWIT Awards – March 9, 2025

| Mar 9, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Aa we mentioned in the news, President Trump, in an address to a joint session of Congress, talked of cutting eight […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – March 9, 2025

| Mar 9, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. U.S. District Court Judge Brendan A. Hurson of Maryland extended the injunction on the enforcement of President Trump’s ban on gender-affirming […]

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TWIT Awards – March 3, 2025

| Mar 3, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Maine state Representative Laurel Libby took especial exception to a transgender athlete. Representative Laurel deadnamed and misgendered this athlete repeatedly, posting […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – March 3, 2025

| Mar 3, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District of Washington, D.C., has blocked President Trump’s order to house transgender prisoners according to […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – Feb 23, 2025

| Feb 23, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Judge Anna C. Reyes of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., said that transgender people in the military do not […]

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TWIT Awards – Feb 23, 2025

| Feb 23, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has made a reputation for himself as one who opposes using gender-affirming medical care to treat […]

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