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  • Trans youth fight for care as California clinics cave to Trump: ‘How can this happen here?’

    These teens say gender-affirming care saved their lives – now they’re protesting as two leading US hospitals halt their treatments

    Eli, a 16-year-old Los Angeles student, is spending his summer juggling an internship at a natural history museum, a research project, a physics class and cheer practice – and getting ready to apply for college.

    But in recent weeks, he has been forced to handle a more urgent matter: figuring out how he is going to access vital medical treatments targeted by the Trump administration.

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  • California violated Title IX by allowing trans athletes on girls’ teams, Trump administration says

    US education agency’s resolution proposes barring trans women from women’s sports and stripping them of prizes

    The Trump administration has found that the California department of education and the state’s high school sports federation violated civil rights law by allowing transgender girls to compete on girls sports teams.

    The federal education department announced the finding Wednesday and proposed a resolution that would require California to bar transgender women from women’s sports and strip transgender athletes of records, titles and awards. It’s the latest escalation in the Republican administration’s effort to bar transgender athletes from women’s sports teams nationwide.

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  • Lonely Planet’s LGBTQ Guide Arrives Just in Time for Pride

    The author of “The LGBTQ+ Travel Guide” on the reasons the travel publishing giant chose a coffee-table book and how she picked the people and places to feature.

  • California changes high school sports rule after Trump post over trans athlete

    State’s interscholastic federation said it was extending access for more ‘biological females’ at track and field meet

    The governing board for California high school sports is changing its competition rules at this weekend’s state track and field championships to allow more girls to take part amid controversy over the participation of a trans student-athlete.

    The California Interscholastic Federation said it was extending access for more “biological female” athletes to participate in the championship meet. The group announced the change Tuesday after Donald Trump posted on his social media site about the participation of a trans athlete in the competition.

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  • The prison classroom was where she could finally be herself. Now it’s gone

    I volunteered at a Maine detention center for 10 years. Then the Trump administration cut its programs – because we made space for women like Ashley

    Every Monday for over a decade, I left my home on Peaks Island, Maine, boarded a ferry to town then drove inland to the Maine correctional center to lead a creative writing class for incarcerated women.

    After a 30-minute drive, I park my car, walk to the facility, leave my cellphone and keys with the front desk guard, walk through a metal detector and several sets of sliding doors until I reach the women’s unit. My classroom is a tiny space, bare bones, with plastic chairs, cinderblock walls and fluorescent lights.

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  • Trans woman falsely linked to DC plane crash sues influencer for defamation

    Jo Ellis was thrust into the spotlight after Matthew Wallace amplified baseless claims of her involvement

    A transgender woman who was erroneously identified as a helicopter pilot involved in the Washington DC crash that killed 67 people has filed a lawsuit against one of the conservative influencers who spread the false claims about her.

    Jo Ellis, whom the Guardian wrote about after she was thrust into the spotlight, is suing Matthew Wallace, the person behind the X account, for defamation, claiming Wallace “concocted a destructive and irresponsible defamation campaign” that monetized a “false narrative” about her.

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  • Trans teacher in Texas resigns after online attacks: ‘I’m heartbroken’

    Rosie Sandri says she wanted to prioritize students’ safety after receiving hateful comments, including death threats

    A trans teacher at a Texas high school has resigned after becoming the target of conservative backlash and online attacks.

    Rosie Sandri came out as a trans woman about seven months ago. Her colleagues at Red Oak high school and the Red Oak independent school district were very supportive, she recalled to NBC News.

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  • Trans soldiers served their country. Now the US is rolling back their healthcare

    About 134,000 trans veterans live in the US, with many now blocked from life-saving gender-affirming care

    When Savannah Blake joined the air force at 22 years old, she was looking for stable employment and a way out of poverty. For the last few years of her service, she worked as a cyberdefense operator in the intelligence squadron. But the work, which involved overseeing computers operating drone surveillance, eventually took a toll on her mental health.

    “If I had to watch any more of this, I was going to not be alive anymore,” Blake said, who says she experienced suicidal ideations. “I just felt like the bad guy. I felt evil.”

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