Hunter Schafer says passport now lists her gender as male after Trump order
Model and actress Hunter Schafer said her new passport lists her gender as male despite selecting female while filling out paperwork.
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Model and actress Hunter Schafer said her new passport lists her gender as male despite selecting female while filling out paperwork.
The requests by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission mark a major departure from its prior interpretation of civil rights law.
The military announced in a social media post on Friday that it will no longer allow transgender people to enlist.
President Trump's executive action sought to restrict access to gender-affirming care for people under the age of 19.
A group of transgender people sued in federal court over an order that led to the halting of allowing gender markers to be changed on passports and barring the use of the "X" marker used by many nonbinary people.
The issue was a political lightning rod during the 2024 campaign, with Republicans spending tens of millions of dollars on ads focusing on transgender rights issues.
An Irving Independent School District administrator resigned this week after Texas Governor Greg Abbott called for his firing.
The executive order means Americans won't be able to select "X" on passports any longer.
The adoption ban would apply to at least 15 countries, most of them in Europe, and Australia, Argentina and Canada.
The campaign has spent more than $19 million on the ads in battleground states this month.
Attorneys representing Carroll ISD were in court Monday requesting to delay the enforcement date for the changes to Title IX.
The law prevents transgender minors from accessing treatments like hormone therapies and puberty blockers.
Title IX protects against sex discrimination in education programs.
Texas law SB 14 prohibits drug and surgical "gender transition" interventions for minors.
The Texas Supreme Court will allow the new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect.
A Texas judge has blocked Senate Bill 14, which bans transgender youth from from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapy.
At one point in the video, a man is seen throwing water onto someone walking to their car.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ceremoniously signed Senate Bill 15 into law on Aug. 7.
The new law takes effect in September.
Violators could face up to a year in jail, and businesses hosting performances deemed illegal could be fined $10,000 for each violation.
Texas is now poised to join at least 17 other states that have enacted similar bans.
Senate Bill 1029 would make it illegal for nearly all trans people in the state to receive both surgical and nonsurgical treatments.
The Governor vowed to pass a law banning students from competing on teams that do not match their assigned gender at birth.
"Trans kids are kids — they deserve to grow up without constant political attacks on their lives and health care," wrote the ACLU's Utah chapter on Twitter.
The latest annual report from the Human Rights Campaign acknowledges that the death toll is likely underreported.
