The big picture
Who is moving the causes CSWH follows forward, who is pushing back, and where: from the news, bills and events the daily update finds, and what members share. Every number opens the items behind it, and every item links to its source.
Last 14 days: Oct 16, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
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Totals
No comparison: we don't have data for all of the 14 days before.
Over time
By cause
Each cause group, busiest first; open one for its causes and their newest items either way. An item about several causes counts once in each.
- Advancing: 43Working against: 35Neutral: 25
1 cause with items
- Advancing: 43Working against: 35Neutral: 25
Newest advancing
- Billionaire tax, transgender rights, voter access among key midterm ballot measuresABC News (abcnews.com) ·
- The Campaign To Defend Trans Healthcare in Missouri Is Slow Going, on PurposeKFF Health News (kffhealthnews.org) · · MO
Newest working against
- A Clash Over Trans Women in Sports Erupts at a Pro Soccer GameThe New York Times Politics (nytimes.com) ·
- State ballots let voters decide on abortion, taxes, transgender restrictionsNPR (npr.org) · · MO
- Advancing: 43Working against: 35Neutral: 25
Newest advancing
- Billionaire tax, transgender rights, voter access among key midterm ballot measuresABC News (abcnews.com) ·
- The Campaign To Defend Trans Healthcare in Missouri Is Slow Going, on PurposeKFF Health News (kffhealthnews.org) · · MO
- Ahead of midterms, Missourians defend transgender healthcareNPR (npr.org) · · MO
- Judge clears path for trans rights group to uncover who’s behind fake mailers to Texas familiesThe Advocate (advocate.com) · · TX
- WI SB 380: Relating to: eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim’s gender identity or sexual orientation.Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · WI
Newest working against
- A Clash Over Trans Women in Sports Erupts at a Pro Soccer GameThe New York Times Politics (nytimes.com) ·
- State ballots let voters decide on abortion, taxes, transgender restrictionsNPR (npr.org) · · MO
- WI AB 103: Relating to: school board policies related to changing a pupil’s legal name and pronouns.Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · WI
- Who Sent Fake Trans Advocacy Mailers to Inflame Texas Republicans? A Trail Leads to an Illinois Printerthem (them.us) · · TX
- Who sent fake trans advocacy mailers to inflame Texas Republicans? A trail leads to an Illinois printerThe Advocate (advocate.com) · · TX
Where
In the United States, a state counts its own items and local items in it. Colour the map by activity or balance.
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U.S. states
By level
By kind of item
- Meetings and hearingsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Protests, rallies and marchesAdvancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
- Legal newsAdvancing: 18Working against: 5Neutral: 2
- Company newsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- General newsAdvancing: 13Working against: 25Neutral: 21
- Bills and lawsAdvancing: 12Working against: 4Neutral: 2
- Other events and actionsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Bills moving
1 bill on these causes had an action dated Oct 16, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026 (of 577 bills tracked).
- PA HR 674: A Resolution recognizing November 20, 2026, as "Transgender Day of Remembrance" in Pennsylvania.In committee · Oct 23, 2026 · PA · official page
Coming up
7 events on these causes in the next 30 days: rallies, marches, town halls and meetings. All events.
- Faith Organizing Community Call: Protect Trans YouthThu, Oct 29, 2026, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM MDT · Online (Colorado organisers) · Trainings and teach-ins · Mobilize
- Pass the Women's Health Protection Act and Protect AbortionFri, Oct 30, 2026, 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM EDT · Online · Advocacy (calls, letters, petitions) · Mobilize
- PA-08 Drag Me to the PollsFri, Oct 30, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT · Scranton, PA · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
- Drag Out The VoteFri, Oct 30, 2026, 9:00 PM – 11:30 PM EDT · Detroit, MI · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
- Transgender Memorial Garden Cleanup in SarasotaSat, Nov 7, 2026, 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM EST · Sarasota, FL · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
- WEBINAR: Reproductive Justice for Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming and Intersex People!Thu, Nov 12, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST · Online · Trainings and teach-ins · Mobilize
What members are posting
10 posts shared with everyone on these causes, last 14 days, by topic hashtag.
About these numbers
- Every morning CSWH's update reads public news, bills and events and judges each one: which causes it is about, whether it advances a cause or works against it, or is a neutral report, and where it happens. The newest 14 days are in Your feed; a daily record keeps every day's items for 400 days so trends can be followed (it holds 23 days, from Oct 10, 2026).
- Each number is a count of items and opens exactly those items, each with a link to its source. Days with no data are hatched, not counted as zero.
- "Advances" and "works against" are judged per item against each cause it is about, by an AI model that is asked to stay neutral and to cite; the source is always one click away to check.
- Members' posts are those shared with everyone, counted by their topic hashtags; posts have no direction or place.
- Map: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Cartographic Boundary File, States, 1:20,000,000 (public domain), drawn here; no map service is contacted.