TNN: Trans News Now – May 19, 2025

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A judge in Montana has decided that the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is so clearly unconstitutional that it does not even need a full trial to determine how unconstitutional it is. While many parts of the decision rely on the state constitution, which includes a right to privacy, Erin Reed points out that some things in this decision do apply nationwide, such as the wide acceptance of gender-affirming care by major medical associations.

The Hill reports that the U.S. military will add testing for “symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria” to its medical tests for military personnel.

The subject of President Trump’s efforts to remove transgender people from the military came up when Colonel Bree Fram, an openly-transgender officer of the U.S. Space Force, talked with NPR.

Meanwhile, Republicans have introduced legislation in the House of Representatives which would make President Trump’s ban on transgender people in the military a part of the law. The Hill has this story.

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into law House Bill 1270, which not only protects those who deliberately misgender and deadname transgender students, but makes it possible to sue anyone who uses a person’s preferred name or pronouns. This story comes from The Advocate.

The ACLU has filed suit in the case against Tennessee’s law stating that identity documents (driver’s licenses and state-issued ID cards) must cary the sex assigned at birth. WSMV-TV has this story.

Last week, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law a ban on transgender athletes in the state. This week, he signed into law a ban on gender-affirming care for inmates in Georgia. This new law comes one year after the Department of Justice issued a report which criticized the treatment of transgender prisoners in Georgia. LGBTQ Nation has this story.

Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, of the Northern District of Texas, ruled that transgender people are not protected from discrimination in the workplace by the protection against discrimination “on the basis of sex” in Title VII. This clearly goes against the Supreme Court’s decision in the Bostock case. This story comes from Courthouse News.

A three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has decided that Florida’s ban on minors attending drag shows is “too vague” to be constitutional. The case is returned to the district court, which will issue the final decision. Erin Reed has this story.

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has introduced a bill to outlaw “pornography.” It’s definition of “obscenity” is vague enough that transgender people could be classified as obscene, according to Them.

19-year-old transgender woman Roxie Wolfe is charged with threatening to kill Representative Nancy Mace. It will likely surprise no one to learn that Representative Mace is using the incident to call attention to herself. The Post And Courier has this story.

A new poll from the Associated Press shows that the public generally agrees with the Republican party on transgender issues. Other polls have shown that a majority of people don’t think we need additional laws restricting transgender people.

Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert lost her bid for re-election. She tried to run on transgender issues, but her opponent, John Ewing, ran of more practical issues like fixing the roads. He won, she lost. Erin Reed has this story.

Philadelphia Gay News has the story of a family which applied for a name change for their transgender child, who was 9 years old at the time. In August of 2023, the judge denied the name change request, which is unusual for an uncontested name change. The family appealed the decision, but the appeals court found that the matter was in the discretion of the judge. At about the time that they asked the state Supreme Court to take the case, they found out that the original judge who denied the name change had retired. So, they asked his replacement, who granted the name change request.

In an effort to protect their federal funding, RAINN, the largest organization dedicated to supporting and protecting victims of sexual violence, has discontinued services specific to LGBTQ+ victims, to the point where they will not refer people to LGBTQ+-specific hotlines. LGBTQ Nation has this story.

An article in the peer-reviewed journal BMC Medical Research Methodology found that the Cass Review contains sloppy research, including “insufficient statistical rigor, unreliable datasets, claims presented without evidence. and misrepresentations of quotes from primary research participants.” They claim that there is evidence of “a potential double standard present throughout the review.” This story comes from Them.

Four of the largest Pride marches in Britain have rejected participation by political parties. PinkNews has this story.

Transgender Europe released its latest map of trans rights, and it shows that trans rights are regressing. This is the first time in 13 years of reporting that it has seen rights regressing. This story comes from Erin In The Morning.

A new study by GLAAD shows that social media site safety for LGBTQ+ users continues to fall. Out.com has this story.

Fos News, and many opponents of transgender athletes, are pointing to one particular track race in Maine in which a transgender runner finished first as “evidence” that transgender athletes have an “advantage by nature” against cisgender females. Anelise Feldman, the student who finished second to a transgender student in that tournament, disagrees. You can find her comments in Common Dreams.

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