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TNN: Trans News Now – Feb 9, 2026

ceciliab | Feb 9, 2026

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U.S. District Judge Robert B. King ruled this week that Montgomery County Public Schools did not violate the First Amendment rights of a teacher by requiring her to use the pronouns that a student identifies as appropriate. This decision is likely to be appealed, especially on the grounds of a “deeply-held religious belief.” This story comes from Them.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a suit against Rady Children’s Health, arguing that the system, based in San Diego, broke the law when it closed its pediatric gender clinic. At hearings to approve a merger, the health care organization said that it would keep the pediatric gender clinic open until at least 2034. This story comes from Freedom For All Americans.

As we keep reminding our readers, the Utah state legislature authorized a study to determine whether permanent bans on gender-affirming care for minors were a good idea. They tried to create a panel which they felt would tell them that a permanent ban was a good idea. But, the study that they commissioned said that neither a ban on gender-affirming care for minors nor other anti-transgender legislation was necessary. Nonetheless, the Utah House of Representatives voted in favor of a permanent ban on gender-affirming care for minors, as well as a ban on health care for state employees covering gender-affirming care, and a requirement that private insurers who cover gender-affirming care also cover detransition care. The Utah News Dispatch has this story.

Texas A&M University has ended its Women’s and Gender Studies program. The interim president of the University said that the program was being closed due to “the difficulty of bringing the program in compliance with the new system policies,” referring to the ban on woke material in the classrooms. Low enrollment was also cited, according to LGBTQ Nation.

A professor who was fired from Texas A&M for teaching about gender identity has filed a lawsuit. Professor Melissa McCoul says that the restrictions on teaching about race or gender are a violation of her First Amendment rights. The Advocate has this story.

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has filed a lawsuit, claiming that the denial of health insurance coverage for gender-affirming care for government employees is a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This is the provision which was at the heart of Bostock v. Clayton County. This story comes from The Advocate.

A jury in New York found that a psychologist and surgeon did not use best practices in the case of a 16-year-old trans male. The psychiatrist approved the 16-year-old for a double mastectomy, while the surgeon performed the operation. The patient now regrets the surgery, and identifies as female. The Advocate has this story.

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons this week said that transgender teens should wait until they are at least 19 years old before getting plastic surgery. They leaded on the Cass Report and a 2025 report issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. They do not call for changes in gender-affirming care other than the delay in surgery. This story comes from NBC News.

The day after the American Society of Plastic Surgeons recommended waiting until after age 19 to get gender-confirming surgery, the American Medical Association also recommended delaying surgery until the patient is at least 19 years old. LGBTQ Nation has this story.

A new metastudy disputes the idea that transgender women have a natural advantage against cisgender women in athletics. The new study also mentions that the studies it is based on did not specifically look at the elite athlete level. This story comes from The Advocate.

The Winter Olympics are underway, and Elis Lundholm of Sweden is the first transgender skier in the history of the games. She is a transgender man, but is competing as a woman. You can find a biography of Elis Lundholm in Them.

A new report from ALERT Desk, the Anti-LGBTQ Extremism Reporting Tracker from GLAAD, 2025 was “one of the most dangerous years on record” for LGBTQ_ Americans, and more than half of the incidents were directed at transgender, non-binary, or gender non-conforming people. LGBTQ Nation has this story.

GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, is changing its name to Glisten. They will continue their mission of supporting LGBTQ+ students, You can read about this in The Advocate.

As the Epstein files trickle into public view, we are reminded of Ana Cordero, a transgender teen who was lured into the billionaire’s acquaintance on the promise of help with a modeling career. She did not get help with modeling, but she did get a lot of use as a sex toy. She became one of the first, if not the first, to accuse Jeffrey Epstein of sexual impropriety with underage women, and her call was dismissed. Queerty says that it was another case of powerful men dismissing what a transgender woman says. It was that, but to be fair, those same powerful men dismissed what a lot of cisgender females said about Jeffrey Epstein, too.