TNN: Trans News Now – Sept 29, 2025

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President Trump announced that his is holding back $65 million from school districts in New York City, Chicago, and Virginia, in a dispute over transgender-inclusive policies. He believes that he has the right to hold the money, even though Congress did approve it for the districts. This story comes from Them.

The Chicago School District has announced that it will stand firm in defiance of the Trump administration’s demands that they not allow transgender people into “single sex” spaces. Erin Reed has this story.

The five campuses of Texas Tech have restricted discussions of gender identity and other transgender issues in classes. Chancellor Tedd Mitchell said that the move was made in order to keep in compliance with President Trump’s and Governor Gregg Abbott’s demands that universities “reject woke gender ideologies.” This story comes from the Texas Tribune.

The International Olympic Committee has created a new working group to create a policy whereby transgender women can possibly participate in the games. However, new reporting by USA Today finds that researchers whose studies showed that transgender women did not have a distinct competitive advantage over cisgender women were not asked to join the working group.

Judge Tiffany R. Johnson has dismissed all of Riley Gaines’ lawsuit against the NCAA and the University of Georgia–except for the claim of Title IX violation. This story comes from Them.

A federal judge in Minnesota has ruled in favour of a transgender pitcher, tossing out a case brought by three competing female athletes. Sports Illustrated has this story.

Dr. Stephane Bermon, the health and science department director for World Athletics, said that as many as 50 competitors who participated in the World Athletics Championships this year would have failed the new “sex testing” for the SRY gene. This story comes from PinkNews.

Families of transgender youths have filed a lawsuit against the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, saying that the hospital capitulated to the Trump administration too quickly. Erin In The Morning has this story.

National security reports have suspiciously changed references to “LGBTQ+” people to “LGB+” people. The new terminology makes it difficult to be certain whether transgender people are in fact included in the findings. This story comes from The Advocate

A new lawsuit by Democracy Forward is asking for the release of census data on the sexual orientation and gender identity of the U.S. population. Last year, the Census Bureau sent test questions on gender identity and sexual orientation to half a million American households. That information is what this lawsuit seeks to have released. The Advocate has this story.

Dylan Mulvaney has a new Off-Broadway show, entitled “The Least Problematic Woman In The World.” Out.com has an interview with her.

Veejay Floresca, a transgender woman from the Philippines, is the winner of Season 21 of Project Runway. This proves that not all transgender reality show winners are drag queens. This story comes from Them.

The Transgender Film Center and Duplass Brothers Productions have announced a $25,000 grant for a trans filmmaker. The filmmaker is expected to use found footage, archival footage, collage, or other economical methods of creating a film, with no budget beyond the $25,000 grant. Variety has details on this grant.

Britain’s Liberal Democratic Party has rejected a bid to prevent transgender women from taking leadership positions which were set aside for women. This story comes from PinkNews.

The government of the United Kingdom has introduced the idea of a new “digital ID card.” While the purpose of the card is said to be to help identify migrants, transgender people have concerns about how the card might be used, according to PinkNews.

Three transgender women were shot to death in Karachi, Pakistan. Authorities have no clear motive and no suspects at the moment. The Associated Press has this story.

A new poll from The 19th News and SurveyMonkey shows that the percentage of Americans who feel that gender-affirming care will be harder to access in the future has nearly doubled in the last year. The same poll shows that the majority of Americans surveyed oppose bans on gender-affirming care.

Those “Protect the Dolls” T-shirts have raised over $600,000 for transgender charities in the seven months that they have been available. Out.com has this story.

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