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Republicans spent an estimated $183 million on anti-trans television advertising through October 25, generating about 217,000 airings nationwide, AP reports, citing AdImpact. The October 28 report documents a large campaign investment in targeting trans people as the midterms…
Washington Initiative 26-638 would exclude trans girls from girls-only school athletic competitions and require a healthcare provider statement verifying sex for students seeking to participate. The legislature took no action on the initiative, sending it to the November…
Federal
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on October 21 to pause a lower-court injunction protecting gender-affirming healthcare in federal prisons, according to ACLU-DC, which represents the plaintiffs in Kingdom v. Trump. The injunction blocks enforcement of the Bureau of…
Federal
An October 14 investigation published by EL PAÍS with The Marshall Project reports trans women's accounts of harassment, isolation and interrupted hormone treatment across ICE detention facilities. The reporting includes interviews concerning facilities in Louisiana and Texas. DHS…
The Texas Tribune reports that the Transgender Education Network of Texas denied sending unsolicited texts linking to its resources and sent cease-and-desist notices to two messaging companies on October 14. TENT said it received hate and threats afterward.…
Federal
HHS said October 14 that it sent final information requests to major medical organizations, including WPATH, the AMA and the Endocrine Society. It asked them to clarify their positions on care for minors, identify planned guidance revisions and…
The Fifth Circuit denied rehearing en banc in Evans v. Garza on October 9, leaving the earlier panel disposition in place. The dispute concerns a woman seeking to prevent investigation or prosecution after she shared a photograph of…
Federal
Lawyers for transgender people in federal prisons filed an October 8 opposition to the administration's Supreme Court stay request in Trump v. Kingdom. They ask the Court to keep a preliminary injunction protecting hormone therapy and social-transition accommodations…
California guidance sets out a state-only funding route from October 13 for specified gender-affirming medications and surgery for Medi-Cal members under 18 and CHIP members under 19. HCAI directs providers with scheduled surgery or puberty-blocker services to contact…
Illinois HFS announced October 6 that it will use state-only funding to maintain coverage for gender-affirming youth care through state fiscal year 2027 after the federal reimbursement rule takes effect October 13. Providers may continue existing billing for…
Federal
October 13 is the effective date specified in the federal rule excluding federal Medicaid funding for puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgery for gender dysphoria in patients under 18, with a corresponding CHIP restriction for those under 19.…
Human Rights Watch reported October 6 that the Amarillo Area Transgender Advocacy Group operates a twice-weekly food pantry with funds from a 2025 settlement over an event-permit dispute. The organization says its broader food-distribution work serves more than…