by Shireen Akram-Boshar | Sep 15, 2026 | Department of Justice, health care, News, NYC, Trans Children, Trans Health Care, Trans Rights, Trump Adminiatration
On September 4, the Mount Sinai hospital system in New York City – one of the largest health networks in the city – agreed in a settlement with President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) to permanently stop providing gender-affirming care for minors. The settlement also included an agreement that the hospital system will pay an undisclosed financial penalty, and that it will…
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by Erin Reed | Jul 23, 2026 | Gender-Affirming Care, Henry Cuellar, LGBTQ Rights, Military, NDAA, News, Sports, Trans Children, Trans Rights, transgender sports bans
If you’re transgender, you can die for our country — but you cannot receive life-saving health care, access it for your transgender family members, or expect your family to be treated equally in schools run by the armed forces, should a new provision in the House NDAA become law. This appears to be the politic of Democratic Representatives Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez, of Texas…
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by Erin Reed | Jan 5, 2026 | high school students, Let's Go Washington, News, Trans Children, Trans Rights, trans youth
On January 3, 2026, the far-right political group Let’s Go Washington announced that it had collected more than 400,000 signatures — enough to place a transgender sports ban for high school students on the ballot with genital inspections as a primary verification method. The group, bankrolled by conservative megadonor Brian Heywood, previously played a central role in pushing a forced outing…
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