by Shireen Akram-Boshar | May 6, 2026 | LGBTQ Rights, News, Repression, Title IX, Transgender, transgender bans, transgender students, Trump Administration
Late on Monday, May 4, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it is opening an investigation into Smith College in Massachusetts for its admission of transgender students, in an expansion of the Trump administration’s attacks on transgender rights. The Trump administration is suggesting that allowing transgender women to enroll at a women’s college violates civil rights protections…
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by Erin Reed | Feb 17, 2026 | Anti-trans, bathroom bills, Discrimination, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, News Analysis, transgender bans
In the modern anti-transgender panic, several states have passed laws banning transgender people from restrooms consistent with their gender identity. Early bills focused primarily on K-12 schools, but the scope quickly expanded. Some states extended bans to even private colleges and universities. Others adopted sweeping “government building” prohibitions, barring transgender people from restrooms…
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