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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed six LGBTQ-related bills on September 26. The package includes AB 1775, which expands specified professional-licensing access for service members discharged solely under the federal transgender military ban and directs state veteran programs to…
Federal
Seven House Democrats have asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to explain reported delays in separation pay owed to transgender service members removed under the federal military ban. In a September 24 committee release, the lawmakers cited reporting that…
Dominican Republic
TRANSSA and the Trans People Human Rights Observatory held a September 17 discussion in Santo Domingo with activists, civil society, government institutions, and international-cooperation participants. The organizers reported barriers to healthcare, education, employment, and justice for LGBTI people,…
A federal judge has temporarily barred the University of California from applying parts of its harassment policy to members of Defending Education who use names or pronouns inconsistent with a trans person’s gender identity. The September 19 Los…
The Madrid regional high court upheld a ruling that a company unlawfully dismissed a trans woman during her gender transition, Cinco Días reported on September 22. The court confirmed her reinstatement and €20,000 in compensation for moral harm.…
Europe
A new Council of Europe report finds uneven criminal-law protection against hate speech targeting LGBTI people. It says 18 member states explicitly cover gender identity, compared with 35 covering sexual orientation; six cover gender expression, and only three…
Europe
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has adopted its first Strategy for Equal Rights for LGBTI People, covering 2027 through 2032. The September 23 announcement includes trans people and sets priorities for countering disinformation, preventing violence, and…
Spanish Civil Guard investigators have arrested a fifth suspect in the January assault of a trans woman in Piedras Blancas, Asturias, El País reported on September 20. The woman needed hospital care after the attack. Two suspects were…
North Dakota’s Supreme Court upheld the state’s existing ban on specified gender-affirming medical care for minors in a September 17 decision. In T.D. v. Wrigley, the court affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the challenged provisions of North…
A Denver judge denied a contempt request against Children’s Hospital Colorado, finding that the hospital complied with a preliminary order by returning gender-affirming care for minors to its scope of services. The September 23 report from Colorado Newsline…
Federal
A challenge to federal restrictions affecting transgender patients in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program went to a bench trial on September 23. Lambda Legal, which represents the plaintiffs, says HHS and HRSA funding conditions prevent program recipients from…
Connecticut, Federal, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas
At least six major hospital systems have reached agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice that commit them to stop providing specified puberty blockers, hormones, or surgeries as gender-affirming care to patients under 19, according to the Associated…