TNN: Trans News Now – July 6, 2026
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The Supreme Court has ruled that state legislatures may ban transgender athletes from participating in athletic competitions. NPR has this story.
Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote a concurring opinion in which he tries to rectify his vote that bans on transgender athletes are constitutional with his vote protecting transgender people from employment discrimination in the Bostock decision. This story is from The Hill.
The Supreme Court decision limits itself to bans on transgender athletes. It leaves open other questions about transgender people’s rights. The Advocate has a run-down on what the ruline does and does not cover.
While the ruling permits states to ban transgender athletes, it does not require them to do so. California is still permitted to protect transgenender athletes, as CalMatters reports.
The New Jersey legislature has, at long last, passed a law sheiding gender-affirming care for minors with gender dysphoria. Erin In The Morning reports that the governor plans to sign the legislation.
The federal government has subpoenaed the state of Maine, asking it to turn over prison records on transgender prisoners. The office of the state Attorney General has filed a response in federal court, arguing that state law forbids the release of those records. This story comes from The Advocate.
Kataluna Enriquez, the first transgender woman to compete in the Miss America pagent, is in the hospital after a recent car crash. PinkNews has this story.
In 2003, the Daughters of the American Revolution amended their guidelines, saying that they would not discriminate against transgender women who applied for membership. A group of TERFs with the D.A.R. tried to declare that ban DEI, and re-amend the guidelines to have this overturned. The Daughters of the American Revolution rejected the attempt to overturn the resolution. Transgender women are still protected from deiscrimination when attempting to join the D.A.R. This story comes from Them.
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