Marjorie Taylor Greene says that GOP leadership promised they’d have the House vote on her anti-trans bill next week

The trade: House Republican leadership made several deals with hardline Republican members to get their votes for the military appropriations bill this week, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) says that one of the promises made was to hold a vote on her bill to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors, something she has been pushing for years without much success.

Why it matters: Families of trans kids have been fleeing red states for years as they enact tougher policies attacking their rights. If this bill passes, doctors could be thrown in prison for providing safe and effective health care no matter what state they practice in.

Marjorie Taylor Greene says GOP leader promised a vote on her bill to put pro-trans doctors in jail

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Some anti-trans provisions removed from military appropriations bill

Why some Republicans are complaining: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) was outraged that some of the anti-trans riders in the 2026 NDAA were removed in order to get it passed by both the House and the Senate. She said the bill “still forces women in our military to compete against (and shower with) biological men pretending to be women.”

Why it matters: Even though Republicans control everything at the federal level, defenders of LGBTQ+ equality are still able to eke out small victories like this one, taking the teeth out of a college-level sports ban.

Lauren Boebert rages at Defense bill for not fully banning trans athletes: “DEI madness”

Trump administration deadnames history-making transgender admiral on her official government portrait

Who she is: Admiral Rachel Levine served as the assistant secretary for health under President Joe Biden and she was the first transgender official to be appointed to a Senate-confirmed position. After she spent years working to help Americans stay healthy, the Trump administration changed the name on her official portrait to her deadname as a petty insult.

Why it matters: The Trump administration can try to dress up their anti-trans policies as “protecting women” or “protecting children” or whatever, but fundamentally, this incident shows that they have antipathy for a historically oppressed minority.

Trump deadnames history-making transgender admiral on her official government portrait

University dismisses second professor over anti-trans essay drama as students protest

What’s going on: The University of Oklahoma dismissed a professor for letting students attend a protest in support of a trans teaching assistant who was put on leave for giving a bad grade to a Christian student who wrote a shoddy essay that cited the Bible and called trans people “demonic.”

Why it matters: Some universities cracking down on academic freedom in order to advance an anti-woke agenda.

University dismisses 2nd professor in kerfuffle over anti-trans student’s essay

Anti-LGBTQ+ activist allegedly hired two men to kidnap her developmentally disabled daughter to teach her what “evil” is

It was harrowing: Authorities believe Tammi Hamby hired the two men who drove her daughter to a field, zip-tied her wrists to a tree, and then demanded money from her, all while the mom watched. The daughter escaped to a nearby house, where residents called 911.

Why it matters: Hamby’s activism focused on removing LGBTQ+ books from libraries because she claimed those books “groomed” children by exposing them to ideas their parents don’t want them to be exposed to. The mentality – that parental authority is more important than children’s well-being, that children are their parents’ property and not human beings – is what’s actually damaging to children.

Homophobic mom allegedly hired thugs to kidnap her own daughter to teach her about “evil”

And here are some interesting queer and trans reads

Deputy Editor Molly Sprayregen talked to Professor Kaila Adia Story on how queer spaces aren’t the same amount of safe for everyone.

Restoring the rainbow: How cis white gay folks must show up for trans & queer people of color 

Columnist Faefyx Collington explains that transphobia extends far beyond the current president.

The anti-trans movement is sadly going to outlive Trump’s presidency

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