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News Articles: trans rights

President Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House last week.

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Trans community fears Trump's actions will upend legal precedent on prison protections

One of President Trump's first executive orders impacts transgender inmates incarcerated in federal facilities. It's just one in a series of actions signed by Trump that target the trans community.

January 30, 2025
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
In this 2024 file photo, Sen. Ben Watson speaks to reporters about his bill banning puberty blockers from transgender minors. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Trans Georgians and allies brace for another year of culture wars in state Legislature

With all the hustle and bustle of the holidays and the preparation for the new year, many Georgians were not thinking about the state Legislature’s plans for when they meet up Jan. 13 for their annual lawmaking session.

January 06, 2025
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Rep. Nancy Mace (right) has authored a bill that would ban trans women from women's bathrooms at the U.S. Capitol, just weeks before Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (left) — the first openly trans person elected to Congress — is set to be sworn in.

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  • Politics

A GOP lawmaker introduces a Capitol bathroom rule before her trans colleague arrives

South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace says the resolution aims to protect women's rights. Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first out trans person elected to Congress, has slammed it as a distraction.

November 19, 2024
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By:
  • Elena Moore and
  • Rachel Treisman
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks about the necessity to expand Medicaid in the state during a rally on March 6 in Topeka. Kelly on Friday vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

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  • National

Kansas governor vetoes proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly also vetoed a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a "vague" bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion.

April 13, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
(L to R) Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, William "Roddie" Bryan

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  • Politics

Georgia Today: Ahmaud Arbery killers appeal; Banning foreign land owners; Transgender bathroom bill

On the Wednesday, March 27 edition of Georgia Today: Ahmaud Arbery's killings have filed an appeal; lawmakers want to prevent foreign governments from buying farmland in Georgia; Peter Biello talks with the mother of a transgender student about a proposed bill that focuses on transgender kids and the bathrooms they should use. 

 

March 27, 2024
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Jeremy Powell
 A pro-trans crowd gathers at the Georgia Capitol ahead of a Senate vote on an anti-trans bill. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Transgender sports and bathroom rules targeted in waning days of Georgia 2024 legislative session

Transgender Georgians and supporters gathered in downtown Atlanta Tuesday to mark the second annual transgender liberation day at the state Capitol, hours before the state Senate passed legislation on party lines banning transgender children from playing sports and using restrooms aligning with their gender identity as well as several other conservative priorities.

March 27, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
2023 Transgender Day of Visibility gathering

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  • Politics

Bill to provide overdose remedies in Georgia’s public buildings hijacked to ban puberty blockers

Georgia state Senate Republicans advanced language that would ban puberty-blocking medication for transgender minors through a key committee Monday after grafting it to a bill requiring overdose reversal drugs in government buildings.

March 12, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
Perhaps no presidential candidate has leaned more into talking about schools than Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

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  • Politics

How schools (but not necessarily education) became central to the Republican primary

GOP candidates talk about schools a lot on the campaign trail. But that doesn't mean they are talking a lot about education, instead focusing on culture war issues on the battleground of K-12 schools.

December 20, 2023
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Makyyla Holland sued New York's Broome County, the Broome County sheriff and officials at the Broome County Jail for violence, threats, denial of medical care and discrimination that she alleges she experienced while incarcerated.

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  • Law

At a time of anti-trans sentiment, a New York lawsuit brings hope for the community

Makyyla Holland reached a settlement over abuse she says she suffered in New York's Broome County Jail. The settlement requires the jail to adopt a policy that houses inmates based on gender identity.

August 24, 2023
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Supporters of Georgia's transgender and non-binary community stroll through the city's Midtown district during Gay Pride Festival's Transgender Rights March in Atlanta on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019.

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  • News

Judge blocks Georgia ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender minors

A federal judge in Atlanta has blocked Georgia from enforcing a new law that restricts doctors from prescribing hormone therapy to transgender people under the age of 18. Judge Sarah Geraghty granted a preliminary injunction on Sunday.

August 21, 2023
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  • Associated Press
In a video posted to TikTok and Instagram, trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney described the months of fear and bullying she has encountered amid backlash to her sponsorship from Bud Light.

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  • Business

In a new video, Dylan Mulvaney says Bud Light never reached out to her amid backlash

Mulvaney, a trans influencer, says she waited for things to get better: "But surprise! They haven't really." Sales of the beer tanked after conservatives blasted Bud Light's sponsorship.

June 30, 2023
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Christina Lusk, a transgender woman and inmate at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Moose Lake, poses for a portrait on Sept. 7, 2022. Lusk and the Minnesota Department of Corrections have settled her lawsuit, and she is set to move to a women's prison.

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  • Law

A trans inmate wins health care and will move to women's prison after suing Minnesota

Christina Lusk sued over harassment, assault and discrimination she says she experienced while incarcerated. In its settlement of the case, Minnesota will grant her access to gender-affirming care.

June 01, 2023
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
GPB News NPR

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  • National

A trans girl will miss graduation because school officials told her to dress as a boy

The Mississippi 17-year-old is not participating in her high school graduation ceremony because school officials told her to dress like a boy and a federal judge did not block the officials' decision.

May 20, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Rasheeda Williams (Koko Da Doll)

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  • News

Atlanta trans woman Koko Da Doll, documentary subject, slain

Koko Da Doll, an Atlanta woman who gained notice in a documentary about transgender Black women, was shot to death in Atlanta. Her sister Kilya Williams and other relatives said police told them the 35-year-old transgender woman appears to have been shot after leaving an apartment complex.

April 24, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, seen delivering the State of the State address on Jan. 25, has signed a bill that would ban most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people under 18.

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  • National

Georgia governor signs bill banning most gender-affirming care for trans children

The state will ban most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people under 18 with a new bill signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp.

March 23, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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