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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let it limit passport sex marker choice for trans and nonbinary Americans
By Devan Cole, John Fritze Updated Sep 19, 2025 The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to let it limit passport sex markers for transgender and nonbinary individuals, its latest effort to get the justices to intervene in a fight over restrictive policies targeting LGBTQ+ Americans. Just after taking office in January, President…
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LGBTQ advocates react to increase in transphobic rhetoric
BY Siobhan Harms PUBLISHED 5:00 AM ET Sep. 19, 2025 CLEVELAND — As Americans reckon with recent gun violence, some are trying to draw an unfounded connection between the transgender community and violence. What You Need To Know Researchers at Hamline University found that in the last decade, fewer than 1% of shootings with four or more…
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Seattle’s ‘CARE’ team expected to double in size under Mayor Harrell’s 2026 budget
by KOMO News Staff Thu, September 18th 2025 at 12:49 PM SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and other city officials shared details on new investments to expand public health, emergency response, treatment, and diversion programs during a press conference on Thursday. During the press conference at Fire Station 10, the CARE department, Seattle’s third branch…
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams targets transgender student bathroom access
By Alex Zimmerman and Amy Zimmer September 18, 2025, 3:58pm CDT New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday that the city’s public school system should rethink its policy of allowing transgender students to use bathrooms and other facilities that align with their gender identity. “We’re going so far away from common sense,” Adams said at…
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WA will replace Planned Parenthood’s lost Medicaid funding with state dollars
Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard Jerry Cornfield/Washington State Standard September 18, 2025 / 12:26 pm Washington state will backfill lost Medicaid dollars for Planned Parenthood after a court ruling last week. At the same time, advocates continue to push for restored funding for abortion access that lawmakers cut in Washington’s new state budget. In the so-called “big, beautiful…
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The Newsfeed: New overdose treatment center serves most vulnerable
In mid-August, a new Opioid Recovery and Care Access (ORCA) Center opened on the second floor of the Downtown Emergency Service Center in Seattle. Paris Jackson Shannen Ortale Sep 12, 2025 There’s a new opioid recovery center in Seattle, operating out of a location that’s been around for decades serving unhoused residents. In mid-August, a…
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Rural Washington hospitals brace for fallout from Medicaid cuts
Many institutions in Eastern Washington are kept solvent by federal funding, but changes under H.R. 1 could irreparably damage rural health care. Amanda Sullender Monica Carrillo-Casas Mitchell Roland Orion Donovan Smith Sep 11, 2025 If the hospital in the historic southeast Washington town of Dayton has to close, Acadia Murphey thinks the town will “probably…
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Court Rules Georgia County Didn’t Discriminate by Denying Coverage of Gender-Affirming Surgery
A federal appeals court has reversed earlier rulings that found a Georgia county illegally discriminated against a sheriff’s deputy by not covering her gender-affirming surgery By Associated Press Sept. 10, 2025, at 3:57 p.m. ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court has reversed previous court rulings that found a Georgia county illegally discriminated against a sheriff’s deputy by…
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The national suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth shut down. States are scrambling to help.
By: Annie Sciacca, KFF Health News September 1, 2025 5:00 am This article first appeared on KFF Health News. If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” On July 17, the option shut down for LGBTQ+ youth to access specialized mental…
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