TNN: Trans News Now – Jun 1, 2026

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The Maine Secretary of State this week officially ruled that there were not enough valid signatures on the petitions to get the transgender sports ban on the ballot for November. There is an appeal from the group behind the petition, but it is unlikely to succeed. Erin Reed has this story at Erin In The Morning.

Houston police are looking into the death of a transgender woman whose body was found on Monday near the Brays Bayou river. This story comes from Them.

An arts scholarship will be established at Northern Kentucky University in the name of Murry Foust, a 22-year-old transman whose body was discovered this week. He was last seen on April 27, when a security camera caught a picture of him. This story comes from NBC News has a story about the ways in which the Trump administration is extending its attempts to thwart gender-affirming care to cover adults as well as minors.

Orion Rummler of The 19th has a story about how Republicans in the U.S. House defeated attempts to fund a Smithsonian museum dedicated to women’s history, because the museum was going to include exhibits on transgender women.

Tom Steyer is a candidate for Governor of California. Unlike current Governor Gavin Newsom, Mr. Steer publicly supports transgender athletes competing in the state. Erin Reed has this story at Erin In The Morning.

Becky Pepper-Jackson, the teen who was at the center of the supreme court case on transgender athletes, won the West Virginia girls’ shot put title for 2026. The Advocate has this story.

The state of New York has released its proposed budget for 2026-2027, and it includes nothing for access to gender-affirming care. It was hoped that funding from the state would at least help to offset budget cuts from the federal government, but that appears not to be the case, at least so far. Erin Reed has this story at Erin In The MOrning.

The Department of Education of the U.K. government has seen a sharp increase in suspensions for homophobic and transphobic abuse, as well as racist and ableist incidents. PinkNews has this story.

Iceland is the most trans-friendly country in Europe, Malta is second, and Spain third. This story comes from PinkNews.

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