TNN: Trans News Now – Oct 5, 2026

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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Riley Gaines and more than a dozen other current and former college athletes in women’s sports. The plaintiffs claimed that the NCAA violated their rights under Title IX by allowing “biological males” to participate in women’s sports. Politico has this story.

Jonathan McKinsey was a transgender man who was the head of engineering for the New York Times Games Player Experience. He was shot to death last week, allegedly by his in-laws. This story comes from KGO-TV News in San Francisco.

As a jury was about to be picked for a trial, the man charged with murdering transgender teen Tavy Dior Thomas pleaded guilty in a plea deal. The Advocate has this story.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill which protects doctors who refuse to give federal authorities access to the medical records of transgender patients. This story comes from The Advocate.

Officials at Charles R. Drew High School in Clayton County, Georgia, have ruled that transgender student Riley Williams cannot run for the homecoming court. So, she has taken to the Internet with an online petition. This week, her petition passed 1,000 signatures. WSB-TV News has this story.

This week, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to give it permission to deny gender-affirming medication to federal prisoners. The petition would overturn a court ruling which the Trump administration lost. This story comes from The Guardian.

Four families in New Hampshire have filed a lawsuit to get their families’ health insurance to cover gender-affirming care for their daughters. One girl’s medication costs more than their family makes in a year, according to the story in CBC News has this story.

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