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The state's BMV quietly stopped accepting the form transgender Ohioans have used since 2009 to update the sex listed on their driver's license, requiring it to match a birth certificate or passport instead.
A federal judge sided with the Trump administration on most of Minnesota's Title IX challenge, but let a funding-conditions claim move forward that could decide whether billions in federal education dollars can be used to force states to change transgender athletics policy.
The White House has ended direct federal funding for HIV prevention at 96 community-based organizations, rerouting the money through state health departments with no requirement it reach the groups doing the work.
GLAAD's newly rebranded 'Where We Are in Film' study finds queer representation in major studio releases falling for the third straight year, dropping to 20.4% of films. The trans erasure is total.
A push to force schools to notify parents — and to bar teachers from using a student's chosen name or pronouns without consent — has moved from a handful of statehouses to the center of national politics in 2026.
Orlando marks ten years since the Pulse nightclub shooting on June 12. The original building came down in March. A permanent memorial is being designed. Brandon Wolf is back at Equality Florida. Here is where the remembrance stands two weeks out.
On May 15, plaintiffs in the long-running passport case filed a motion asking the court to halt enforcement of the State Department's policy denying transgender Americans accurate sex markers. A ruling could come within weeks.
The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights launched a Title IX investigation on May 4 into Smith's admissions policy, which has welcomed transgender women since 2015. The complaint was filed by a conservative legal group after the college honored Adm. Rachel Levine.
The Justice Department announced on May 1 that it is investigating whether dozens of Illinois public school districts taught what it calls 'sexual orientation and gender ideology' content without parental opt-outs. Governor JB Pritzker called it a 'sham investigation.'
The proposed rule, published April 28, replaces every reference to gender identity with a definition of sex pulled directly from Trump's executive order — and gives shelter operators new authority to demand 'evidence' of someone's sex.
A federal appeals court upheld Minnesota's policy allowing transgender students to play on teams matching their gender identity, and made the broader point that Trump's anti-trans executive orders don't override state law.
The Texas Supreme Court dismissed the temporary injunctions that had blocked the state from investigating families of transgender minors as child abusers. The ruling is procedural — but it leaves the underlying policy intact and the next case wide open.
The Supreme Court agreed on April 20 to hear St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, which asks whether religious preschools can receive state funding while refusing to admit children of LGBTQ+ parents.
In a striking reversal, Georgia's 2026 legislative session ended without a single anti-LGBTQ bill becoming law. Community organizing, coalition-building, and direct advocacy at the Capitol made the difference.
