TNN: Trans News Now – March 31, 2025

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Last week, we reported that Judge Ana Reyes of the U.S. District for Washington, D.C., had issued an injunction blocking the Trump administration enacting its ban on transgender people in the military. This week, Judge Benjamin Settle in Seattle and Judge Christine O’Hearn of New Jersey also issued rulings which forbid the military from dismissing transgender people. The ruling from Judge O’Hearn is limited to the two particular members of the armed services who are plaintiffs in this suit, according to The Advocate.

Judge Settle, on the other hand, issued a broader ruling, one which applies to any member of the armed services who is about to be discharged under this executive order. Politico has this story.

Meanwhile, Judge Ana Reyes held an emergency hearing, in which the government asked to implement the executive order immediately. She pointed out that the military still has not been able to tell her exactly how many people would be affected by this ban. She rejected the request to reinstate the ban. This story comes from The Advocate .

The matter now goes to an appeals court, which has said that it will not block the ban “for now,” but said that it would reconsider the matter if the military takes action against any transgender service members. Reuters has this story.

According to reporting by Erin Reed, the military will ask all members a series of questions to determine if they exhibit symptoms of gender dysphoria. If they do exhibit those symptoms, they will be discharged from the service.

Elsewhere, a federal judge struck down a ban on drag shows at the Texas A&M University system. The Advocate has this story.

A rule which was enacted by the Obama administration and was supported by the Biden Administration required health care insurance companies to cover gender-affirming care as part of insurance packages that conformed to the Affordable Care Act. In his first term, President Trump tried to do away with the Affordable Care Act. In his current term, his administration has proposed a new rule prohibiting insurance plans from classifying gender-affirming care as an essential health benefit. This is the first step in forbidding insurance companies from covering gender-affirming care, according to an article in Them.

The Trump administration is trying to pressure states, such as Maine and California, into adopting rules which would force teachers and principals to tell parents if their child changes gender presentation at school. Maine officials point to state law, which demands that a student’s request for privacy must be respected. The Bangor Daily News has this story.

West Virginia legislators are attempting to overturn city and county protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. This story comes from The Advocate.

A police officer in Austin, Texas, slammed a transgender woman to the ground. Video of the incident shows that she was left bloody by the interaction. An investigation is underway, according to a report in The Advocate.

The Department of Government Efficiency has never said why they need access to electronic data from the Social Security Administration, nor have they said what they plan to do with that data. Among the things which Rolling Stone speculates that they could do with the data is to create a database of transgender people. (Technically, they couldn’t be sure that they got all transgender people, but they could determine everyone who changed a gender marker at Social Security, or everyone who has received a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, or everyone who received a prescription for gender-affirming care.)

Kentucky passed a law overturning the ban on conversion therapy. The ban came from an executive order by Governor Andy Beshear. Kentucky legislators also passed a ban on using public funds to pay for gender-affirming care for prisoners, and another bill which restricts adults from accessing gender-affirming care. This story comes from Them.

Dr. Mehmet Oz is on his way to being approved as the head of the Centres for Medicare and Medicaid. But before the Senate Finance Committee approved his nomination, the White House had to assure Senator Josh Hawley that Dr. Oz is now opposed to gender transformation. Ten years ago, he complimented Jazz Jennings and her mother when they were guests on his television show. LGBTQ Nation has this story.

A new study from the University of Michigan shows that transgender people receiving gender-affirming hormone treatment have a 37% lower risk of getting HIV than those who are not getting HRT. This story comes from News-Medical.

Another new study shows that transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse individual were likely to have their depression relieved by gender-affirming hormone therapy. This story comes from LGBTQ Nation.

World Athletics announced that all competitors in international women’s sports will have to undergo sex testing. The Olympics used to have a policy of chromosome testing–every competitor in a women’s category in the 1976 Olympics had to get a cheek swab or the such. There was exactly one exception–Princess Anne of Great Britain was allowed to compete in the equestrian competition without such a test. As the meme says, they found that quite a few world-class female athletes did not have typical XX chromosomes. PinkNews has this story.

In celebration of Transgender Day of Visibility, Westfield shopping centre in London will show pictures of transgender people. The pictures form an exhibit entitled “Trans Is Human,” created by Jake and Hanna Graf. This story comes from PinkNews.

The University of Sussex has been fined 585,000 pounds for a policy which restricted the free speech of former employee Kathleen Stock, a noted TERF. PinkNews reports that the university plans to appeal the ruling.

Authorities in Hungary plan to use AI to determine who is in the crowd attending the banned Pride festival, according to reporting in Erin In The Morning.

A new survey by Data For Progress shows that most Americans feel that doctors and parents should make decisions about gender-affirming medical care for transgender teens. Only about 1/3 of those surveyed feel that the government should be making that decision. Most of the people surveyed also feel that teachers who support transgender students should not be prosecuted.

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