TNN: Trans News Now – Sept 15, 2025
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The Supreme Court rejected the request of South Carolina to use the emergency docket to prevent a transgender male student from using the boys’ restroom. The case will move on to the stage of arguments, in front of a federal district court. Politico has this story.
A federal judge in Maryland has become the second judge to rule that the Trump administration’s policy on passports for transgender people is likely discriminatory and rooted in animus against transgender people. This story comes from Erin Reed.
A federal judge has blocked the Department of Justice’s request to seek medical records of transgender patients at Boston Children’s Hospital. The judge feels that the subpoena is too broad. The real purpose of the subpoenas, according to the ruling, is “to interfere with Massachusetts’ right to protect gender-affirming care within its borders, to intimidate the hospital to stop providing such care and to dissuade patients from seeking it.” Reuters has this story.
In an article for The Conversation, a law school professor who specializes in health care law discusses how the subpoenas by the Department of Justice violate HIPPA laws.
The state of Texas has dropped its lawsuit against Dr. Hector Granados, who was charged with providing gender-affirming care to a minor after Texas passed a law forbidding such medical care. The Texas Tribune has this story from the Associated Press.
The U.S. House of Representatives has introduced a bill to fund the Department of Health and Human Services. In the bill there is a provision which prohibits using federal funds for any “social, psychological, behavioural, or medical intervention” to treat gender dysphoria. This story comes from Erin Reed.
This week, political writer Charlie Kirk was shot to death in Utah. He was answering a question about transgender people involved in mass shootings when he was shot. KOMO News finds it interesting that he was talking about transgender people when he was shot, ignoring how he often spoke against the rights of transgender people.
The day after Charlie Kirk was killed, a memo from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives said that shell casings found after the shooting had “transgender and anti-fascist ideology,” without specifying what was on the casings. It turns out that there was no specific transgender writing on the casings, which contained both anti-fascist and anti-leftist slogans. An article in Slate suggests that anti-transgender backlash is coming from the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Families of those in the military sue after the Department of Defense stopped paying for gender-affirming care for members of military families. The Advocate has this story.
A study conducted by Amsterdam University Medical Center found that Progesterone does indeed increase breast growth in transgender women. This story comes from PinkNews.
Transgender man and former hockey player Harrison Brown has made a short film about a transgender man who used to be a hockey player. It will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter has this story.
Zarah Sultana, a leader of the new left-wing U.K. party known for the moment as Your Party, says that there is “no space for transphobia” in the new party. This story comes from PinkNews.
Zach Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party in the U.K. Parliament, says that transphobia “will not be tolerated” under his leadership. PinkNews has this story.
Lush Cosmetics has created a bath bomb in the colours of the Transgender Pride flag. They are sharing the profits with some transgender charities, according to PinkNews.
U.S. Representatives Nancy Mace and Sarah Jacobs had words this week, when Representative Jacobs pointed out that “boob jobs” are a form of gender-affirming care. She is correct–many cisgender people find it quite all right for them to get themselves gender-affirming care, even surgery, but wish to deny the same surgery to transgender people. The Advocate has this story.
Five years ago, a group of transgender students were barred from using the restrooms at the state Capitol. This week, the state agreed to pay them $85,000 to settle their lawsuit. The Advocate has this story.
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