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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 – June 29, 2026

| Jun 29, 2026

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. Kris Ripper, a transgender woman who lives in Kansas, had her driver’s license invalidated recently, and had to get a new […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – June 29, 2026

| Jun 29, 2026

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 District Judge Katherine Polk issued a temporary injunction blocking the subpoenas of the Department of Justice seeking to obtain medical […]

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TWIT Awards – June 22, 2026

| Jun 22, 2026

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 Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit in Texas against the World Professional Association for […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – June 22, 2026

| Jun 22, 2026

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. District Judge Amanda K. Brailsford issued a 30-page ruling which blocks enforcement of Idaho’s new anti-transgender restroom law. Her injunction only […]

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TWIT Awards – June 15, 2026

| Jun 15, 2026

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 has released a new rule which would allow them to deny federal funding to various organizations which allow […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – June 15, 2026

| Jun 15, 2026

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 federal judge has ordered hospitals in California to not hand over medical records of transgender minors to the Department of […]

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TWIT Awards – June 8, 2026

| Jun 8, 2026

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 teenager named Marquez D. Williams has been arrested in Sandusky, Ohio, and charged with persistent disorderly conduct, obstructing official business, […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – June 8, 2026

| Jun 8, 2026

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. An appeals court has found that President Trump’s ban on transgender troops likely violates the constitutional rights of those transgender troops. […]

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TWIT Awards – June 1, 2026

| Jun 1, 2026

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. Stephen Miller posted to X, “The Democrats made history in Texas by nominating their first transgender senate candidate.” James Talarico is […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – Jun 1, 2026

| Jun 1, 2026

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 Maine Secretary of State this week officially ruled that there were not enough valid signatures on the petitions to get […]

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TWIT Awards – May 25, 2026

| May 25, 2026

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. Officials at D’Iberville High School in Mississippi omitted the pictures of transgender students from the yearbook. The school included what appears […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – May 25, 2026

| May 25, 2026

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 Kansas has granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. In […]

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TWIT Awards – May 18, 2026

| May 18, 2026

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 noted in the news, the Department of Justice has panelled a grand jury in Texas to issue subpoenas for […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – May 18, 2026

| May 18, 2026

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 Judge Mary McElroy accused the Department of Justice of deliberately misleading her court, and said that they were “proven […]

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TWIT Awards – May 11, 2026

| May 11, 2026

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 released a new counterterrorism strategy, and an important part of it is […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – May 11, 2026

| May 11, 2026

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 federal judge has blocked the Federal Trade Commission from investigating medical organizations over their support of gender-affirming care for transgender […]

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TWIT Awards – April 27, 2026

| Apr 27, 2026

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 Pediatric Academic Conference, held in Boston this year, featured one workshop on pediatric gender issues, and that workshop featured speakers […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – April 27, 2026

| Apr 27, 2026

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 Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the Kennedy Declaration, which revoked all federal funding for hospitals which provided gender-affirming care […]

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TWIT Awards – April 20, 2026

| Apr 20, 2026

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. Florida Attorney General James Uthemeier has accused the Miss Florida and the Miss America competitions of violating the state’s Deceptive and […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – April 20, 2026

| Apr 20, 2026

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 Eight Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that President Trump’s executive orders do not supersede laws passed by Congress. […]

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TWIT Awards – April 13, 2026

| Apr 13, 2026

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 Department of Education announced this week that it was pulling out of agreements with […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – April 13, 2026

| Apr 13, 2026

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. Children’s Minnesota, the largest pediatric provider system in Minnesota, is resuming gender-affirming care for minors. Erin In THe Morning has this […]

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TWIT Awards – April 6, 2026

| Apr 6, 2026

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 International Olympic Committee recently announced that it would resume testing athletes competing as females. Specifically, it will test for the […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – April 6, 2026

| Apr 6, 2026

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. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers used the occasion of Transgender Day of Visibility to veto five–count ’em, five–anti-transgender bills passed by the […]

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TWIT Awards – April 30, 2026

| Mar 30, 2026

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 International Olympic Committee has announced the return of genetic screening for participants in women’s […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – April 30, 2026

| Mar 30, 2026

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 International Olympic Committee announced that participation in women’s sports at the Olympics will be limited to those who passed a […]

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