‘Nakedly political’: US attempts to link trans support to authoritarianism in new HHS report

“By that standard, any medical recommendation becomes ‘authoritarian’. Any standard set by any licensing board becomes ‘authoritarian’,” Konnoth said. “What we’re seeing is this broadside attack on the scientific establishment more generally, and trans rights are being used as the vehicle to do this.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/07/hhs-report-trans-support-authoritarianism

Trump signs executive order banning trans athletes from women’s sports

Order to reinterpret anti-discrimination rules is latest move by Trump administration to roll back trans rights…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/05/trump-trans-athletes-ban

Judge temporarily blocks transfer of incarcerated trans women to men’s prisons

Judge rules Trump's executive order discriminates against trans people and violates their constitutional rights..

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/05/incarcerated-trans-women

Trump’s Definitions of “Male” and “Female” Are Nonsense Science With Staggering Ramifications – Mother Jones

"How can you so fully misunderstand basic human biology and then legislate about it?"… 

(d) "Female" means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell. 

(e) "Male" means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/trumps-definitions-of-male-and-female-are-nonsense-science-with-staggering-ramifications/

‘Death Star law’ to abortion: the new rightwing laws taking effect in Texas

Hundreds of new state laws come into effect on 1 September, including attacking trans rights, further limiting abortion and pushing back climate efforts

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/01/texas-new-laws-republican-legislature

'Enough Is Enough': Democrats Propose Plan to Combat GOP's Anti-Trans Onslaught

Amid a growing wave of Republican attacks on transgender rights—including a recently passed U.S. House bill targeting trans youth—a pair of progressive congressional lawmakers on Thursday prepared to reintroduce a resolution codifying protections for transgender Americans...

https://www.commondreams.org/news/transgender-bill-of-rights

Michigan GOP candidate says public schools are plotting to 'eliminate the white people' - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism

…"During a Facebook live video Tuesday, Mellissa Carone ... said that public schools and the government are trying to 'eliminate' white people in America," reported Allison Donahue. "'They're trying to eliminate the white people in America, particularly the white male in America,' Carone said after criticizing public schools for asking students for their pronouns and calling transgender rights 'government control.'"…

https://www.rawstory.com/mellissa-carone/