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TNN: Trans News Now – Mar 9, 2026

ceciliab | Mar 9, 2026

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New York Attorney General Letitia James has ordered NYU Langone to continue offering gender-affirming care to minors. In a letter to the hospital, she said that the decision to end gender-affirming care for minors violates the state’s anti-discrimination statutes. The Associated Press has this story.

Two trangender men from Kansas have filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the new law invalidating driver’s licenses which do not have the driver’s “sex at birth” listed. A judge has already been assigned to the case, and the judge has already rushed to hear initial motions in the case. This story comes from the Kansas Reflector.

Ride share company Lyft has offered transgender Kansans a discounted ride, whether to get the new driver’s license or not. PinkNews has this story.

Erin Reed reports in Erin In The Morning that, while voters in North Carolina and Texas showed up to cast primary votes for Democrats, four Democratic candidates in North Carolina who had run on anti-transgender platforms were all beaten in their primary elections by pro-transgender Democrats.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that California’s law which prevents teachers and other school officials from telling parents of their child’s gender change at school is illegal. The matter is framed as a fight between parents’ rights to know and to determine what is right for their families versus a student’s right to privacy, and once more the right to privacy was the loser. CNN has this story.

The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that a transgender person cannot change the gender marker on her birth certificate to reflect her gender identity. This story comes from KOTA radio news.

President Trump posted on Truth Social to show his support for an extended SAVE America Act. In addition to demanding voters show photo ID and have proven citizenship in order to vote, as well as his opposition to the easy use of mail-in ballots, he added, “4. No men in women’s sports. 5. No transgender mutilation surgery for children without the express written approval of the parents.” That bit about parental approval caused a lot of uproar among conservatives, as the Huffington Post reports.

Last year, the Iowa legislature removed gender identity from its list of protected classes in its anti-discrimination law. This week, the state House of Delegates approved a bill which would prevent municipalities and counties from protecting against discrimination on the basis of gender identity. The Advocate hss this story.

The Missouri House advanced three different bathroom bills out of committee. All three anti-transgender bills will be voted on by the entire House. This story comes from Erin In THe Morning.

In a troubling sign of the times, various bodies are settling lawsuits with anti-transgender people whom they would have fought under a previous administration. For example, The Advocate has the story of Loudon Public Schools settling with a couple of anti-transgender bigots whom the school district had punished.

A new report indicates that the “suicides” of many Black transgender women across the south may actually be lynchings that local officials tried to cover up. Out.com has this story.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says that the ban on gender-affirming care for minors extends far enough to cover “talk therapy.” This story comes from Erin Reed of Erin In The Morning.

A report finds that nearly every transgender person in the United Kingdom has been impacted by the anti-trans attacks made by the media. Many are being denied access to healthcare. PinkNews has this story.

After two years of deliberation, the government of South Korea has created a foundation for protecting transgender people from discrimination. This story comes from PinkNews.

Transgender women in the slums of India were asked to promote vaccines in their neighbourhoods. After two years, a study found that 1,500 vulnerable children were vaccinated, at least in part due to this campaign. This story comes from Them.