TNN: Trans News Now – May 18, 2026

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U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy accused the Department of Justice of deliberately misleading her court, and said that they were “proven unworthy” of trust in the matter of gender-affirming care. This judge, who joined others in saying that the Trump administration’s attempts at getting medical records of patients receiving gender-affirming care violate the law, was actually appointed by President Trump. The Advocate has this story.

The Trump Administration has not let a little thing like harsh court opinions influence them to cut back on their pursuit of medical records of transgender children. Instead, they have convened a grand jury in the northern district of Texas, and are urging that grand jury to issue subpoenas for the medical records. The first hospital to be hit with a subpoena is New York University Langone. This story comes from Erin In The Morning.

Juniper Blessing, a 19-year-old transgender student at the University of Washington, was stabbed to death this week. She was remembered fondly by friends and acquaintances, according to Buckeye Flame has this story.

Wes Streeting, the Health Minister who banned puberty blockers, has resigned. This story comes from Them.

This week, there were elections for the Scottish Parliament. Dr. Q Manivannan, a transgender and non-binary person, was elected to represent Edinburgh and Lothians East, the district where J.K. Rowling lives. Out.com has this story.

We reported last month that the European Parliament passed a resolution to ban conversion therapy. This week, the group that could pass such a resolution into law voted against the resolution. LGBTQ Nation has this story.

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