Transgender rights

On the first day of his administration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to no longer consider a person’s gender and to recognize people as either male or female, as defined by the size of their reproductive cells

A transgender college student declared “I am here to break the law” before entering a women’s restroom at the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee and being handcuffed by police.

The Departments of Education and Justice said the new team will “protect students, and especially female athletes, from the pernicious effects of gender ideology.”

The annual Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) was very different this year coming on the heels of the Trump administration’s flurry of actions restricting the rights of transgender people. TDOV annually celebrates transgender people and raises awareness on discrimination internationally. President Donald Trump’s actions to restrict the rights of transgender people started in his first term and picked up...

The annual Trans Day of Visibility celebrates the transgender people and raises awareness on discrimination. This year’s celebration is very different as the rally lands on the heels of the Trump administration’s flurry of actions. News4’s Drew Wilder talked to supporters and members of the community. 

March 31 is Transgender Day of Visibility. NBC4 highlights local trans and non-binary voices in a deep dive with News4’s Jummy Olabanji.

Activists and allies came together ahead of Transgender Day of Visibility to put a spotlight on trans rights. News4’s Arielle Hixson reports.

As a transgender man, Nicolas Talbott’s lifelong dream of joining the U.S. military was put on hold when President Donald Trump signed the transgender military ban. After suing for the right to serve his country, Talbott is now suing the Trump administration again– this time, to stay enlisted.

This is the first time South Dakota has had a state law restricting transgender people’s bathroom access.

Advocates spoke about the importance of transgender service members, after a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on those who identify from serving in the military. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

The Trump administration is pausing $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania over its transgender athlete policies, the White House announced Wednesday in a post on X.

A House hearing ended abruptly ended Tuesday after an exchange between a Republican and a Democratic committee member over the GOP chair’s misgendering Rep. Sarah McBride.

Legislation that aimed to bar transgender women and girls nationwide from participating in school athletic competitions designated for female athletes failed to advance Monday.

Texas is suing three physicians over claims that they violated the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, calling the doctors “scofflaws” in lawsuits filed last fall that threaten to impose steep fines and revoke their medical licenses.

The complaint marks an escalation of the Republican administration’s criticism of the judiciary, which has been weighing a slew of legal challenges to Trump’s actions.

The back-and-forth came in the middle of the president’s remarks welcoming the nation’s governors to the White House.

During a meeting of governors at the White House on Friday, President Trump asked Maine Gov. Janet Mills if she would comply with his order barring transgender female athletes from competing at schools receiving federal funding.

The Trump administration recently issued guidance that uses sex assigned at birth to determine gender markers on newly issued passports.

Just last year, the EEOC updated its guidance to specify that deliberately using the wrong pronouns for an employee, or refusing them access to bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity, constituted a form of harassment.

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to restrict transgender health care for anyone under 19.