The US Department of Health and Human Services released a report connecting 'gender ideology' to leftwing authoritarianism and political violence, which scientists have criticized as poorly conducted research.
The Trump administration filed a lawsuit against Kansas City Public Schools, alleging the district has a policy that would allow students to socially transition genders without parental notification. The DOJ characterizes this as the first federal lawsuit of its kind targeting school gender policies.
A federal appeals court ruled the Justice Department can proceed with a subpoena against a Washington state provider of gender-affirming care to minors, while the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ended federal Medicaid funding for such treatments. The moves are part of the Trump administration's broader campaign to restrict transgender healthcare for young people.
The Trump administration finalized a rule prohibiting Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program from covering gender-affirming surgeries and hormone treatments for transgender minors, threatening to pull federal funding from states that continue such coverage.
The U.S. Department of Justice is abandoning its appeal of a federal court decision that rejected its subpoena seeking medical records of young people who received gender-affirming care at UPMC. Advocates are celebrating the move as a victory for patient privacy.
The Trump administration finalized a rule ending Medicaid and CHIP funding for gender-affirming surgeries and hormone treatments for transgender minors. The policy change, announced Tuesday, is the latest in a series of actions by the administration targeting transgender people.
A group of U.S. federal employees, supported by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, filed a class-action lawsuit in Washington, D.C. federal court on Monday challenging the Trump administration's ban on health insurance coverage for gender-affirming care under federal employee health plans. The lawsuit alleges the policy violates federal prohibitions on sex discrimination.
German authorities say the suspect in a deadly attack near Berlin's Pride festival had recorded a video pledging allegiance to ISIS before driving a van into crowds and going on a knife rampage. The 21-year-old suspect, Abdul Ballout, was shot dead by police during arrest and had been released from detention in May despite previous ISIS-related convictions, prompting calls for tighter terrorism laws.
The Iranian American Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the Trump administration illegally shared confidential information about Iranian asylum seekers with the Iranian government, potentially endangering pro-democracy protesters, religious minorities, and LGBTQ individuals.
More than 10,000 Hungarians participated in Budapest's 31st annual Pride march on Saturday, the first since right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was voted out of office in April 2026. Participants braved record heat to celebrate what many described as a 'new era' after 16 years of government restrictions on LGBTQ+ rights and the event itself.
The European Court of Justice found that Hungary's 2021 law restricting LGBTQ+ content is discriminatory and breaches Article 2 of the EU Treaty, which sets out the bloc's fundamental values. The ruling comes as an early test for Hungary's new Prime Minister Péter Magyar.
