TNN: Trans News Now – Nov 9, 2026

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This week, the United States held its midterm elections. Five states elected a transgender person to their state legislatures for the first time. It is not surprising to see transgender people elected in Michigan. Wisconsin, and Washington, but it is a surprise to see transgender people elected in Georgia and Alabama. The 19th* News has profiles of these candidates and others.

Allison Montgomery is the transgender woman who was elected in Alabama. She is profiled by the Alabama Political Reporter.

Quinnie Perez is a transgender woman who was elected to the Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District. While that is a small position down the ballot, she qualifies as the first transgender person elected in Florida. Since the board has no budget, she will need to keep her job growing marijuana. The Advocate has a profile of her.

While transgender candidates did well in the election, anti-transgender ballot provisions passed. At Erin In The Morning, Erin Reed noted that these initiatives passed by slender margins, and that many can be overturned by the legislature, but still, the voters did vote for them.

Colorado Governor-elect Phil Weiser has said he is already discussing with state lawmakers how they will deal with the new proposals which the voters approved. This story comes from the Colorado Sun.

Voters in Missouri defeated a proposal which would have put a ban on gender-affirming surgery for minors into the state constitution. The proposal, which was defeated, was primarily a ban on abortion, which had the ban on gender-affirming surgery on minors thrown in. The Advocate has this story.

Erin Reed of Erin In The Morning speculates that four states could overturn their bans on gender-affirming care for minors, due to the results of the midterm elections.

An appeals court in New York state ruled that Nassau County’s ban on transgender athletes is unconstitutional. WTEN-TV News has this story.

St. Louis police are investigating the murder of transgender woman Jhene Cordelia Audrict. She was shot to death, but police originally thought that she had committed suicide. This story comes from The Advocate.

Harmeet Dhillon has resigned as the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. She replaced over 300 lawyers at the Department of Justice with lawyers who were willing to carry out President Trump’s orders, especially in opposing efforts to increase diversity, equality, and inclusion. She also was a heavy-duty opponent of transgender rights. Her resignation comes just after the Democrats won big in the midterm elections, and many attribute her resignation to the election results. This story comes from The Advocate.

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