TNN: Trans News Now – Dec 1, 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 federal judge sided with families of transgender children in Pennsylvania, saying that the Department of Justice did not show sufficient cause for subpoeanas demanding medical records from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Unfortunately. the decision is likely to be appealed. The Advocate has this story.

Republican in Congress are now trying to pass a law banning funding for gender-affirming care under the Affordable Care Act. This would mean that many transgender people whose health plans receive ACA subsidies would lose coverage for their health care needs. Erin Reed has this story at Erin In The Morning.

Democrats and some human rights groups have accused the Department of Justice of ignoring hate crimes against LGBTQ people, including hate crimes against transgender people. The Advocate has this story.

PBS NewsHour featured a segment with Alejandra Caraballo, who discussed how life is changing for transgender people under President Trump.

The Trump administration made a video to celebrate ICE raids and deportations. The video used the song “Defying Gravity,” from Wicked. The song, which has become a favourite of LGBTQ people, is about a woman who has been treated as “other” all her life, finally finding the power she needs to stand up to a tyrant. This story comes from Them.

Politico reports that several Republican-leaning candidates lost their bids to be re-elected to the local school boards. This means that there will be fewer anti-transgender school board policies passed, and fewer districts will be removing transgender material from school libraries.

In an interview with Uncloseted Media, Mayor-elect Erica Deuso of Downington, Pennsylvania, said that her electoral victory came from emphasizing her local policies, rather than from being openly transgender.

According to a report in National Security, the State Department’s annual report on global human rights will talk of rights “given to us by God, our creator.” This will downplay the civil rights of transgender and other LGBTQ people, among other rights. There will also be less emphasis on political killings, torture, and minority rights. More specifically, embassies must now include a report on “the chemical or surgical mutilation of children” by means of gender-affirming medical care, and must report on state subsidization of abortion.

A new study found that gender-affirming medical treatments reduced suicidality by nearly 70%, and that only 7 of 432 patients discontinued treatment once it began. This flies in the face of the opinions of “experts,” who question the effectiveness at reducing depression and suicidal tendencies, and who also insist that there are a lot of detransitioners. Erin Reed has this story at Erin In The Morning. The peer-reviewed report on the study is found here.

Jinkx Monsoon will star in a revival of the play End Of The Rainbow. She will be playing the part of Judy Garland in the story about her later life. Out.com has this story.

In a recent court case, comedy writer Graham Linehan was fined for breaking the cell phone of a transgender woman after the two of them got into an argument. The report from BBC News says that the transgender woman was “born a biological male but identifies as a woman.” Erin Reed has this story at Erin In The Morning.

Transgender patients under the age of 16 will have to undergo 13 1/2 hours of medical assessments before being allowed to get a prescription for puberty blockers, according to a new report. This story comes from PinkNews.

Here is a look at violence against transgender people in Latin America in Latin Times.

The U.S. Department of Defense announced its intention to distance itself from Scouting America, as the Boy Scouts now call themselves. Scouting America remains committed to the name change, in order to promote inclusiveness. The Advocate has this story.

Tags: featured

Category: Transgender Community News