Vance’s Bluesky debut sparks swift backlash and mass blocking from users
The vice president joined the platform with a post about gender-affirming care and quickly became the most-blocked account in Bluesky’s history, according to Clearsky.
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The vice president joined the platform with a post about gender-affirming care and quickly became the most-blocked account in Bluesky’s history, according to Clearsky.
A New York parent says a DOJ demand for his daughter’s records felt like intimidation as the Trump administration expands subpoenas targeting transgender children’s health care.
Community organisations, a state lawmaker and faith leaders say at least two incarcerated trans people were removed from prescribed medication after Missouri officials signaled they would not enforce a court ruling.
At an Education and Workforce Committee hearing, GOP lawmakers repeatedly fixated on “pregnant people,” drawing pushback from a UCSF dean and renewed scrutiny of anti-trans rhetoric.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled annual testosterone testing for service members 30 and older, with replacement therapy available when military doctors recommend it.
The Wall Street Journal editorial board argues that Donald Trump’s attacks on Thom Tillis helped create a more competitive Senate map for Democrats. The fallout also reaches health policy, with the GOP megabill still carrying Medicaid and transgender care provisions after a parliamentarian ruling.
The Trump administration is asking the 9th Circuit to overturn a decision that said the insurer’s limits on gender-affirming care violated the Affordable Care Act.
The department walked away from a plan that could have put Medicare and Medicaid funding at risk for hospitals offering gender-affirming treatment to minors.
Lucien Greaves says the movement’s non-theistic framework, focus on bodily autonomy and rejection of Christian nationalism have helped draw queer and trans people seeking a religious home.
Reid Rasner says a former state senator and an Iowa Republican spread false accusations that he was a paedophile, leading to death threats, missed forums and a defamation fight.
An opinion essay argues that two fatal encounters involving federal immigration agents in recent days are part of a broader shift toward expanded surveillance, deferred accountability and intensified state power.
A new report looks at trans Republicans and independents who say guns, distrust of the left and long-held ideology keep them aligned with conservatism, even as anti-trans policies mount.
A new profile examines Sandra Kaye, Kamryn Wilson, Barbara Minney and Alaina Kupec, four trans women whose conservative politics put them at odds with much of the LGBTQ community.
Micah Leroy, a transgender University of Minnesota student with cerebral palsy, says Instagram and Facebook removed his accounts after a shirtless post about top surgery drew abuse and reports from conservative critics.