TNN: Trans News Now – June 9, 2025

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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to keep supplying federal prisoners with gender-affirming medicine while the trial is being held. Politico has this story.

June 6 was not only the eighty-first anniversary of D-Day, it was also the last day for transgender people in the military to resign before they get kicked out. This story comes from The Advocate has this story.

Transgender teen Charlotte Fossgate had been missing since May 1. This week, her body was discovered by police. It is believed that she committed suicide. This story comes from PinkNews.

A man has been arrested in connection with the string of attacks on a transgender shopkeeper in the Los Angeles area of Westlake. KNBC News has this story.

A transgender woman in Nashville was attacked at a storage facility, and the incident was caught on camera. This story comes from WKRN News.

Philadelphia police are looking for three adolescents in connection with an incident in which acid was thrown at a transgender woman, who sustained severe burns. WACU News has this story.

Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo vetoed a bill which would have provided legal protection for doctors who provide gender-affirming medical care to transgender people, and another which would have addressed the rights of transgender people in jails. This story comes from Nevada Current.

The Texas state legislature passed a version of a “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Among other things, the bill will forbid public and open-enrolment charter schools from authorizing any club for gay students or a gay-straight alliance club. The Advocate has this story.

A hospital in Iowa has stopped providing gender-affirming care for adults, out of fear that it might lose funding for other services. This story comes from Iowa Capital Dispatch.

The FBI is calling on the general public to alert them to doctors who provide gender-affirming surgery to minors. Of course, there always were few transgender surgeries performed on those under 18 years of age, but President Trump and his followers don’t believe the facts. PinkNews has this story.

Senator Jeff Meerkley and Representative Becca Balint have introduced the “No Place For LGBTQ+ Hate act,” which would forbid using federal funds to enact certain of President Trump’s executive orders, especially those related to the government only recognizing two genders, and those being the sex assigned at birth. This story comes from The Hill.

Human Rights Watch released a devastating, detailed report on how bans on gender-affirming care are ruining the lives of transgender people in the United States.

World Boxing says that all athletes wishing to participate in women’s boxing in the Olympics must undergo new testing, including a chromosome test. They mentioned Imane Khelif by name. Olympic boxing will next be held in 2028, which will give athletes time to get the testing done. The Advocate has this story.

The BBC has aired its transgender drama, What It Feels Like For A Girl. It is based on Paris Lees’ memoir of the same name. PinkNews has a review.

The New York Times released a six-part podcast on transgender health care. The host, Azeen Ghorayshi, is well know for promoting anti-transgender misinformation. For example, the podcast plays up the authority of the Cass Report, while downplaying the many, many doctors who provide gender-affirming care who say that the Cass Report is out of step with the reality of their experience with patients. A review by Erin Reed finds that the best part is an interview with the first person to take puberty blockers, who after transition is now just a “normal happy dude.”

In the continuing drama about the Kennedy Center since President Trump took over the board of directors, it seems that both season tickets and individual ticket sales are down. LGBTQ Nation has this story.

The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico has declared that birth certificates must be allowed to bear an “X” as the gender designation, at least until they can hear the case. Without denying the possibility that the government may have a “legitimate interest” in maintaining a record of the gender assigned at birth, the court held that the lawyers “failed to articulate why this particular interest is furthered by treating nonbinary individuals differently than binary individuals.” This story comes from Them.

President Trump has refused to acknowledge June as Pride Month. However, the Trump Administration has declared June to be “Title IX Month.” Of course, they mean for June to be their interpretation of Title IX, an interpretation heavily influenced by President Trump’s Executive Order recognizing only two genders, and those defined by the sex assigned at birth. The Advocate has a list of reasons why LGBTQ advocates are not afraid of this designation.

New data from GLAAD shows that the trans community is the most targeted community among anti-LGBTQ incidents. This is something we thought we felt, but we are glad to get some solid data on it.

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