TNN: Trans News Now – Feb 23, 2025

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Judge Anna C. Reyes of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., said that transgender people in the military do not pose a threat to discipline or to military readiness. She was quite insistent on the point, calling the defense of the order “ridiculous.” NBC News has this story.

Judge Lauren King of the Western District of the state of Washington has issued a second temporary restraining order on President Trump’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for all people in the U.S. under the age of 19. This is the second order from a judge blocking the ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors. She described the order as, “an official statement of bigotry from the president that directs agencies to openly discriminate against vulnerable youth on the basis of their transgender status and sex.” This story comes from The Advocate.

Tahiry Brown, a Black transgender woman, was shot to death on February 9 in suburban Detroit. the Advocate has this story.

Although the Supreme Court has said that refusing to hire or retain a transgender person is a form of discrimination on the basis of sex, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has withdrawn from multiple cases in which the Biden administration had sided with transgender employees. This story comes from LGBTQ Nation.

Last week, we mentioned that Kansas Governor Laura Kelly had vetoed an even more stringent ban on gender-affirming care for minors. This week, we must report that the Kansas state legislature voted to overturn the governor’s veto. The more stringent ban, which also strips funding for psychological support for minors with gender dysphoria, will indeed become law despite the veto. The Advocate has this story.

Although New Hampshire does not have a state law banning transgender athletes, the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association is adopting a policy of no transgender athletes, to align with President Trump’s executive order. This story comes from WCAX-TV.

A Utah lawmaker has introduced a bill to outlaw gender-affirming medical care for adults. The Salt Lake Tribune has this story.

A bill introduced in the Iowa state legislature would remove gender identity from the list protected classes which the state’s civil rights law forbids as grounds for discrimination. This story comes from the Des Moines Register.

The Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN) has removed all references to transgender people from its web site. According to LGBTQ Nation, they were afraid that the Trump administration would remove their federal funding if they did not make the changes to their web pages.

In Colorado, a new bill would make deadnaming an instance of harassment. Colorado Public Radio has this story.

Compton’s Cafeteria has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The San Francisco cafeteria was the site of a riot by transgender people in August of 1966. This story comes from the Bay Area Reporter.

A new study by the Williams Institute finds that transgender people are more likely to be harassed in the restroom of the sex assigned at birth than in the restroom that matches their gender identity The Advocate has this story.

Hunter Schafer says that her new passport lists her as “male.” She is plenty upset about this, as Out.com reports.

DC Comics announced a new Supergirl led by a transgender creative team. Details can be found in Them.

We reported last week that the National Park Service has removed all references to transgender people from the web site for Stonewall, including the acronym “LGBTQ+” being replaced with “LGB.” Over 1,000 people showed up this week to protest the erasure of transgender people from our history. Erin Reed has this story.

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