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228 items of 1822 · updated Oct 30, 2026, 6:10 AM ET
Iowa Democrat Christina Bohannan released a digital video ad pushing back against anti-transgender attacks in her race for Congress.
Source: them (them.us)
An Iowa candidate for Congress is pushing back against anti-transgender attacks in new ads without treating LGBTQ+ people as obstacles.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
Two Pennsylvania school boards approved policies restricting transgender athletes from sports aligning with their gender identity; Conestoga Valley School District approved its policy in a 7-1 vote.
Source: them (them.us)
Two school boards in Pennsylvania approved policies restricting transgender athletes from participating in sports that align with their gender identity.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestine activist, filed an appeal to SCOTUS to block the Trump administration from detaining him, saying his free speech rights are infringed.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
A transgender woman has sued Tennessee over its refusal to change the sex marker on her driver's license to match her Illinois birth certificate.
Source: The Advocate (advocate.com)
Progress Action Fund released an ad on October 13 responding to Republican political attacks on transgender people as Democrats equivocate on trans issues.
Source: them (them.us)
Nobel Peace Laureate Navi Pillay calls US's ICC sanctions totally unacceptable, having led the UN commission that concluded Israel committed genocide in Gaza.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Nobel Peace laureate Navi Pillay discusses the ICC, Gaza, rape as a war crime, her South African roots and Mandela.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
Voters in seven states will decide ballot measures on trans youth school sports participation and access to gender-affirming health care.
Source: Rewire News Group (rewirenewsgroup.com)
A former TX House Speaker is the latest Republican to cast doubt on anti-trans ads, saying they are not resonating.
Source: Erin in the Morning (erininthemorning.com)
Jasper Nathaniel recounts how Palestinian youth beat back Israeli settlers with stones, allowing him and others to rescue WaPo journalist Heidi Levine.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Trans people have been fleeing red states in response to anti-trans laws, and a Prism story looks at the circumstances and political work of those who stay.
Source: Prism (prismreports.org)
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that an initiative to bar transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports will remain on the state's ballot.
Source: them (them.us)
Sen. Ted Cruz blamed transgender witches for tight Senate polls ahead of a midterm election for Republicans, in an interview with Fox News.
Source: them (them.us)
LGBTQ+ teens too young to vote organize through Queer the Ballot to influence decisions about their lives amid attacks on rights, including headlines about transgender people.
Source: them (them.us)
An analysis of where the Supreme Court favors Trump on the emergency docket, including its refusal to lift injunctions on Title IX regulations expanding sex discrimination protections.
Source: SCOTUSblog (scotusblog.com)
Axios reports President Trump's moves to avoid new penalties on Russian energy are sparking diplomatic tensions and exposing divisions within his own party.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
Masked Israeli settlers backed by IDF soldiers assaulted Palestinian olive farmers in Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, and a Washington Post journalist was nearly killed.
Source: Democracy Now! (democracynow.org)
Voters in seven states will weigh more than half a dozen ballot initiatives affecting LGBTQ+ people, disproportionately transgender youth, in November's midterm elections.
Source: The 19th (19thnews.org)