Shutdown day is here, and there has been a lot of competing coverage on Republican priorities, Democrat's demands, and what shutdown politics means for LGBTQ+ people in America.| www.erininthemorning.com
The judge will block the Trump administration's attempt to restrict funding for sex education from schools that teach it in an inclusive way.| Erin In The Morning
Representative Moulton is challenging Senator Markey for his senate seat in 2026.| Erin In The Morning
Our service for the week to cover the news we did not carry but do not want you to miss.| Erin In The Morning
“U.S. DOE’s threat to cut off tens of millions of dollars in magnet funding unless we cancelled our protections for transgender and gender expansive students is contrary to |law|"| Erin In The Morning
Sports bodies have enacted trans-exclusionary policies, saying they had no choice. Legal scholars have raised doubts about just how “required” these policies really are.| Erin In The Morning
The claim, which originates from far-right professor Eric Kaufmann, appears to have made a glaring error: the survey actually shows more people have come out, not fewer.| www.erininthemorning.com
“This is a fundamental betrayal to the core mission of Fenway and the patients they serve.”| Erin In The Morning
The right-wing commentator is now the head of CBS.| Erin In The Morning
The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.| Erin In The Morning
The 2 minute ad features Sylvia Rivera's story, Mamdani's commitment to transgender people, and even music from the legendary late trans artist SOPHIE.| Erin In The Morning
A Republican state lawmaker called Texas “the biggest funder of transgenderism in America”...wishful thinking.| Erin In The Morning
Our service for the week to cover the news we did not carry but do not want you to miss.| www.erininthemorning.com
“A government that can reward colleges and universities for speech it favors today can punish them for speech it dislikes tomorrow.”| Erin In The Morning
The bill passed by a wide margin in the Senate and will be the starting point for negotiations with the House, which contain more severe anti-trans riders.| Erin In The Morning
While American lawyers pushed the anti-trans Cass Review this week, Australia’s top scholars rebuked it.| Erin In The Morning
Last week, conservatives tried to cancel Netflix to force the carrier to remove transgender characters.| Erin In The Morning
The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.| Erin In The Morning
The announcement comes after a flurry of reports that Trump would weaponize the FBI against groups supporting LGBTQ+ people.| Erin In The Morning
From sports to passports, these cases may determine the vitality of trans rights in the U.S. for generations to come.| www.erininthemorning.com
The issue also ranked lowest among issues polled. The CNU poll is the second poll showing Spanberger pulling ahead.| Erin In The Morning
After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.| www.erininthemorning.com
Our service for the week to cover the news we did not carry but do not want you to miss.| www.erininthemorning.com
A new poll released in the Virginia governors race shows that the anti-trans attack ads led by Republican Earle-Sears is failing: Spanberger is up 10, and people don't care about trans issues.| www.erininthemorning.com
Campus officials claim to have no choice but to censor the mere mention of trans people. But that’s not actually the law.| www.erininthemorning.com
Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.| www.erininthemorning.com
Around 2,000 BCH employees and untold numbers of patients were targeted by the DOJ. A judge just told them, “No.”| www.erininthemorning.com
News and discussion on trans legislation and life. Click to read Erin In The Morning, by Erin Reed, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.| www.erininthemorning.com
For the safety of patients and doctors alike, health care institutions can—and must—fight back.| www.erininthemorning.com
The memo isn’t law, but it is the latest escalation in Trumpian efforts to wage war on trans people.| www.erininthemorning.com
Trump released over 70 executive orders on Monday. While orders on immigration and climate got a lot of attention, his anti-transgender order could have sweeping impacts as well.| www.erininthemorning.com
“[The] DOJ’s intent in issuing the subpoenas is not enforcement of the specific prohibitions of those laws but the chilling of medical care with which the administration disagrees ideologically.”| www.erininthemorning.com
If Planned Parenthood withholds treatment, many trans people may lose access to gender affirming care altogether, experts warn.| www.erininthemorning.com
Kaiser represents the latest battlefront in a wave of health systems either pressing pause or closing their doors on trans-affirming care for youth.| www.erininthemorning.com
The outdated myth has been debunked time and time again—but it keeps coming back.| www.erininthemorning.com
Today, SCOTUS released its ruling on Skrmetti, allowing Tennessee to ban transgender healthcare. The ruling was both devastating and limited, leaving many fights unsettled.| www.erininthemorning.com
The review, which was made possible by an executive order calling transgender healthcare "mutilation," reached its predetermined conclusion on its May 1st publication date.| www.erininthemorning.com
“After a brief pause, we are pleased to announce the continuation of our Gender Affirming Care services,” the organization said.| www.erininthemorning.com
With the latest trans military executive order, the administration has given up all pretense of "evidence-based care," and has moved to the kind of dehumanization meant to justify atrocity.| www.erininthemorning.com
Narratives of transgender regret have been prevalent in anti-trans media. A recent 90,000 response survey of trans people, however, shows most people are satisfied with transition.| www.erininthemorning.com
Dr. Cass's latest statements are likely to cast more doubt on the validity of the study, which has come under fire for disregarding substantial evidence on trans care.| www.erininthemorning.com
The recent report borrows from DeSantis bans on transgender care in Florida and appears designed to provide political justification for further attacks on transgender care.| www.erininthemorning.com
News and discussion on trans legislation and life.| www.erininthemorning.com
Updates come to both the transgender youth and transgender adult maps as we prepare for the 2024 election cycle.| www.erininthemorning.com
West Virginia saw dozens of anti-trans bills proposed in 2024, including a bill to close an exception allow some trans youth to obtain care. Now, virtually all of those bills are dead.| www.erininthemorning.com
On Monday, anti-trans groups released a set of highly editorialized and decontextualized leaks dubbed the "WPATH Files." A fact check reveals 216 errors, misrepresentations, and faulty citations.| www.erininthemorning.com
Rowling took to Twitter on Monday to call trans journalist and broadcaster India Willoughby "a man," "cosplaying a male fantasy," the latest in a long list of transphobic remarks from the author.| www.erininthemorning.com
Chaya Raichik, creator of the anti-LGBTQ+ account Libs of TikTok, was appointed to the state's Library Media Advisory Committee. Her posts frequently are followed by bomb threats on schools.| www.erininthemorning.com
With 16 days in the legislative session, there are some states whose risk levels must be updated to account for trends in legislatures across the United States. This map updates that risk.| www.erininthemorning.com
This is one of the most common arguments brought up in anti-trans hearings. The idea that 80% of trans people "will desist" is a complete lie that is easy to debunk.| www.erininthemorning.com
For the first time, a randomized controlled trial has been completed on gender affirming care and the results are stunning: 55% of those on care saw reduction of suicidality vs 5% of control.| www.erininthemorning.com
The map of anti-trans risk has polarized into two Americas - one where trans people have full legal protections, and one where they are persecuted by the state.| www.erininthemorning.com