TNN: Trans News Now – June 30, 2025

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The Parliamentarian of the Senate has struck down several provisions of the reconciliation bill which President Trump refers to as “one big, beautiful bill.” Among those provisions struck down is an effort to stop federal spending on gender-affirming care through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, These provisions can be reintroduced in the Senate version of the bill, but they will need 60 votes, rather than 50, to pass. The Advocate has this story.

The Supreme Court ruled that parents should have a right to remove their children from school when the teacher wants to discuss a book with a LGBTQ character. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a dissenting opinion. This story comes from Them.

The Supreme Court also ruled that South Carolina can exclude Planned Parenthood clinics from its Medicaid program. Planned Parenthood also provides gender-affirming care to transgender patients. The Advocate has this story.

Professor Leah Littman, who teaches Constitutional Law at the University of Michigan, tells The Advocate that the Supreme Court’s decision on gender-affirming care shows that the Court’s conservative majority has abandoned the attempt to look apolitical.

According to The Hill, the Supreme Court may be looking to take on other cases involving transgender rights, such as the case of bans on transgender athletes.

The Massachusetts State Senate passed a bill expanding transgender protections. The bill also protects reproductive rights. The bill now goes to the state House. State House News Service has this story.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is looking into the women’s softball team from Champlin Park High School in Minnesota. They have a transgender pitcher on the team, despite President Trump’s executive order forbidding transgender athletes on women’s sports teams. This story comes from the National News Desk.

The Trump administration is investigating a claim by a physician’s assistant at the University of Michigan Health System, who says that her request for a religious exemption from providing gender-affirming care was denied. Michigan Public Radio has this story.

Stanford Medical announced that they will no longer perform gender-affirming surgery on patients under the age of 19. Such surgeries are rarely performed on transgender patients under the age of 18 in the United States. This story comes from the Los Angeles Times.

All Things Considered had an interview with Colonel Bree Fram of the US Space Force, who is being targeted for involuntary discharge because of her gender identity.

The Advocate has the story of a transgender veteran who transitioned during President Trump’s first term in office.

Zohran Mamdani won the primary for mayor of New York City this week. As a candidate, he says that he will spend #65 million on expanding gender-affirming care and will hold hospitals accountable for unlawfully capitulating to President Trump’s anti-transgender demands. Erin In The Morning has this story.

Enigma, a new documentary on HBO and Max, tells the story of the Le Carrousel club in Paris. April Ashley, Peki d’Oslo, and Amanda Lear were among the trans women who performed at the club. This story comes from Them, which has an interview with Zachary Drucker, the director of the documentary.

A bookstore in San Francisco has made the decision to stop selling Harry Potter books. Booksmith notes that author J.K. Rowling has announced the formation of a fund for anti-transgender legislation, which she will endow with profits from sales of her books. The San Francisco Chronicle has this story.

Hundreds of people showed up at Parliament in London to lobby MPs about the rights of transgender people. PinkNews has this story.

Unfortunately, the Parliament of the U.K. announced that restrooms at Westminster are to be used according to “biological gender.” This story comes from PinkNews.

The largest union of doctors in the U.K. has passed a resolution which calls for LGBTQ patients to receive “identity-based care.” PinkNews has this story.

A court in India has ruled that trans women are women. This story comes from PinkNews.

The federal government owns and preserves the site of the Stonewall Inn. The Trump Administration has ordered the removal of transgender pride flags from the Stonewall Inn, in time for Pride Month. People are noticing the lack of transgender pride flags, and are bringing their own. Erin In The Morning has this story.

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