The Rubi Girls, a Dayton drag troupe that has raised more than $3 million over four decades, received an official Ohio historical marker despite a cut to federal funding for LGBTQ+-related markers.
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.
Scott Bessent shared the new commemorative coin image for the nation’s 250th anniversary, even as federal law generally bars living people from U.S. currency.
A Boise High School student’s mother says the claim was false, while a separate lawsuit now seeks damages and has revived debate over Idaho’s stalled restroom law.
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.
A Transgender Strategy Center leader argues that the current funding crisis and political attacks are exposing old fault lines inside the broader queer community.
The Fox host volunteered that he has not had the procedure after a discussion about college costs on The Five, then rejected Jessica Tarlov’s point about vasectomies and masculinity.
Siobhán Kirchstein says she has used the women’s restroom on campus for years and has no intention of following Kansas’s bathroom law.
The move erases a 2024 rule that would have required federally funded child welfare agencies to better identify safe placements for LGBTQ+ young people.
The first out transgender member of Congress used a 57-stop sprint to argue that she is delivering for Delawareans as inflation, energy bills and housing costs remain top concerns.
Artist Sergio Furnari says the piece will be shown in Times Square on September 10, one year after Kirk’s murder, while online critics predict it will be vandalized.
The deaths of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero have fueled outrage and demands for accountability as officials face questions over the use of force during immigration operations.
Governor Henry McMaster said Darline Graham Nordone will serve temporarily in the seat after her brother’s death, while a special primary is set for next month.
LGBTQ+ advocates say ads targeting Amish Shah distort a bill they helped write, while Marlene Galán-Woods’ campaign and the DCCC defend her support.
The MS NOW commentator criticized the handling of the Biddeford, Maine, shooting and said the lack of a secured scene could undermine accountability.
The former transportation secretary said the White House demolition controversy matters less to him than premium hikes that are leaving many people unable to afford coverage next year.
