# trans youth (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover trans youth. Page: Feed: --- ## [Natalie Harp calls Trump her ‘guardian and protector.’ She is MAGA’s ideal woman](https://www.advocate.com/opinion/donald-trump-natalie-harp-daddy) _2026-08-27 · Josh Ackley · Advocate.com_ Natalie Harp needs help — not the world’s worst father figure or his knuckle-dragging sycophants. In July 2020, Harp’s father, Robert, died by suicide. According to her estranged brother, Preston Harp, Natalie Harp and their mother wanted to tell people he died in his sleep . Preston Harp refused, insisted on telling the truth, and reportedly helped trigger a rift between the siblings that… ## [LGBTQ+ students speak out after becoming a political target](https://www.advocate.com/print-issue/lgbtq-students-anti-lgbtq-bills) _2026-08-27 · Christopher Wiggins · Advocate.com_ School has long been where American culture wars are rehearsed before they play out everywhere else. This year, LGBTQ+ students are once again the rehearsal’s central subject — and, as usual, its least consulted party. Lawmakers are debating over queer kids in hundreds of bills, yet strikingly few adults have thought to ask what the students themselves make of it. The scale is enormous. The ACLU… ## [Self-described ‘twink fascist’ posted Nazi and KKK images. He worked for Trump’s Georgia U.S. Senate nominee](https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/mike-collins-twink-fascist) _2026-08-27 · Christopher Wiggins · Advocate.com_ A conservative operative who called himself a “ twink fascist” posted a swastika made from the word “twink,” repeatedly used an anti-Black slur and shared an image depicting him in clothing closely resembling Ku Klux Klan regalia. He also worked for Rep. Mike Collins, the Trump-endorsed Republican running in one of the most consequential Senate races in the country. Preston Parra, 24, interned in… ## [Inserting Logic Into an Illogical Framework: Advocates Discuss the Purpose of Shield Laws](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/new-jersey-shield-law/) _2026-08-27 · Valorie Van-Dieman · Assigned Media_ New Jersey becomes the latest state striving to protect trans and reproductive health from political attacks. ## [Trump administration tells judge: Let us put his name on the Kennedy Center, or we’ll tear it down](https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-demolish-kennedy-center) _2026-08-26 · Christopher Wiggins · Advocate.com_ The Trump administration has set a condition for preserving the Kennedy Center: President Donald Trump must be allowed to put his name on it, or the erstwhile prestigious cultural arts institution will be torn down. The logic resembles a child who, told playtime is over, kicks apart the sandcastle they can no longer control. In a 26-page court filing Monday, the Justice Department warned that the… ## [This right-wing Idaho saloon hosted a failed ‘Hetero Awesome Fest.’ It could become a gay bar](https://www.advocate.com/news/old-state-saloon-gay-bar) _2026-08-26 · Jacob Ogles · Advocate.com_ A GoFundMe has been set up to buy an Idaho bar with famously anti- LGBTQ+ owners and turn it into a gay bar. Barely a year after Old State Saloon owner Mark Fitzpatrick hosted “ Hetero Awesome Fest ” for an audience of mere dozens, he has put the Boise-area bar on the market. Now, Montgomery Kuykendall has just the idea for what to do with it. “We're raising money to buy Old State Saloon in Eagle,… ## [Kansas law voided her license because she’s transgender. The state’s chaos helped her win it back](https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/kansas-transgender-license-restored) _2026-08-26 · Jacob Ogles · Advocate.com_ A Kansas judge says one transgender driver can take the wheel again. After Jamie Miller’s license was suspended under a new state law, Douglas County District Judge James McCabria temporarily restored her driving privileges, ruling that the state likely violated her right to due process when it invalidated the license, according to the Kansas Reflector . The ruling followed Miller’s legal… ## [Georgia elects its first out LGBTQ+ member of Congress — for just four months](https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/everton-blair-wins-georgia) _2026-08-26 · Christopher Wiggins · Advocate.com_ Everton Blair , a Black gay Democrat who told The Advocate earlier this year that his party needed leaders willing to fight harder against President Donald Trump , is headed to Congress after pulling off an upset in a Georgia special election Tuesday. Blair defeated Marcye Scott, the daughter of the late Democratic U.S. Rep. David Scott, 53 percent to 47 percent in the runoff for Georgia’s 13th… ## [Judge cites Dolly Parton’s bosom in ruling blocking Texas drag ban](https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/judge-blocks-texas-drag-ban) _2026-08-26 · Jacob Ogles · Advocate.com_ A federal judge cited Dolly Parton’s bosom as he blocked Texas’ drag ban, proving that even in death, the LGBTQ+ icon can still defend the rights of queens. U.S. District Judge David Hittner ruled that a 2023 state law criminalizing “sexually oriented” performances in public or in the presence of minors violated Texans’ constitutional rights. As it happens, one of the plaintiffs, Austin drag queen… ## [Top commanders told Hegseth not to cut civilian protection program, poll showed. He did it anyway.](https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/hegseth-cuts-civilian-protection) _2026-08-26 · Megan Rose - Propublica · Advocate.com_ This story was originally published by ProPublica . Shortly after taking office last year, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth polled the nation’s top commanders about cutting a program designed to protect civilians during U.S. military operations. Hegseth had bet senior officers would endorse his view that focusing on civilian security was “woke” and out of step with “maximum lethality,” current and… ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qTNTzAWd9Bc2) _2026-08-26 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [How LGBTQ+ people can fight back against gerrymandering](https://www.advocate.com/print-issue/how-lgbtq-people-fight-gerrymandering) _2026-08-26 · Allen Morris · Advocate.com_ Gerrymandering is often discussed as if it were a technical nuisance, a strange geometry problem tucked inside politics. Lines on a map. Districts on a page. A process often framed as being so procedural that it alienates voters from engaging. But a map is not just a map; it is the architecture of power. It decides the strength of a community’s voice and can influence whose community is… ## [President Bafflingly Declares Transgender Surgeries Reversed](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/president-bafflingly-declares-transgender-surgeries-reversed/) _2026-08-26 · Aly Gibbs · Assigned Media_ Speaking at a political rally in South Carolina, Donald Trump claims hospitals are "doing reverse surgery" on transgender patients. ## [Trump wanted a senator who says national security is ‘not my thing.’ Republican voters delivered](https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/darline-graham-wins-runoff) _2026-08-26 · Christopher Wiggins · Advocate.com_ South Carolina Republicans have chosen U.S. Sen. Darline Graham to defend her late brother’s Senate seat, rewarding President Donald Trump’s handpicked candidate days after she admitted that national security was “not my thing.” Decision Desk HQ projected Graham the winner of Tuesday’s runoff against U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman at 8:38 p.m. EDT. With roughly 90 percent of the expected vote reported at… ## [Donald Trump is lowering flags for Dolly Parton while desecrating her legacy of inclusion and respect](https://www.advocate.com/politics/dolly-parton-donald-trump-flags) _2026-08-25 · Samantha Allen · Advocate.com_ This story originally appeared on Them . There are few celebrities whose passing could inspire such universal mourning as Dolly Parton. The country music legend and renowned philanthropist died today at age 80, turning all of our social media feeds into a sea of black-and-white portraits and tearful remembrances. Surprisingly, those grieving Parton’s passing included one figure whose entire… ## [A Virginia university fought against its first gay student group — and lost. Now it’s honoring them](https://www.advocate.com/news/education/vcu-honors-gay-student-group) _2026-08-25 · Jacob Ogles · Advocate.com_ Virginia Commonwealth University leaders tried more than 50 years ago to prevent the formation of their school’s first gay student group. Now, the organization’s history will be honored with a historical marker. VCU will unveil the commemorative marker on campus in October, according to Richmond ABC affiliate WRIC . It will recount the history of VCU’s Gay Alliance of Students, which was founded… ## [Meet Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the handsome politician breaking a sweat on the campaign trail](https://www.advocate.com/politics/abdul-el-sayed-workout-videos) _2026-08-25 · Ricky Cornish · Advocate.com_ This story originally appeared on Out . The campaign trail is heating up! Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic nominee making waves as he advocates for equal rights and liberal policies in his quest to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate. The progressive politician, who recently bested moderate Rep. Haley Stevens in the state’s Democratic primary, made headlines again this week after his… ## [Marni von Wilpert had breast cancer. Now she wants to fight for health care in Congress](https://www.advocate.com/politics/bisexual-democrat-congress-marni-vonwilpert) _2026-08-25 · Christopher Wiggins · Advocate.com_ Marni von Wilpert did not expect a routine mammogram to become part of her campaign story. But in late spring, the San Diego City Council member learned she had stage 2, grade 1 breast cancer. After surgery, she said, the cancer was gone, her lymph nodes were clear, and she would not need chemotherapy. “Because we caught it early, my surgery was incredibly successful,” von Wilpert says. The… ## [Trump and Linda McMahon lie about trans kids — in front of schoolchildren](https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-linda-mcmahon-transgender-school) _2026-08-25 · Christopher Wiggins · Advocate.com_ President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon used a White House back-to-school celebration Monday to spread lies about transgender children and education in front of students. Trump then inexplicably invited attendees to tour the construction of his helipad and ballroom, returning to his White House construction obsession. Schoolchildren made up half of the Rose Garden audience,… ## [Small Win Against Kansas Driver’s License Law Brings Hope for Future Wins](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/leading-off-kansas-lawsuit-log-cabin-wnba/) _2026-08-24 · Assigned Media · Assigned Media_ Leading Off: A lawsuit in Kansas pushes against the anti-trans license law, Log Cabin Republicans drop the T, and the New York Liberty publicly supports trans folk. Our top headlines as we start off the week. ## [Trump wildly claims hospitals are performing ‘reverse surgery’ on trans patients ’at my order'](https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-reverse-transgender-surgery) _2026-08-22 · Christopher Wiggins · Advocate.com_ President Donald Trump falsely claimed Friday that American hospitals are performing “reverse surgery” on transgender people because he ordered them to do so. “In fact, hospitals now are doing reverse surgery at my order,” Trump told supporters at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in South Carolina . “They’re doing reverse surgery. Nobody ever heard about it.” Trump made the claim while… ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WDyNMlVIFDDn) _2026-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Gay Republican group abandons transgender people, calling decision a return to ‘moral’ clarity](https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/log-cabin-republicans-drop-transgender) _2026-08-21 · Jacob Ogles · Advocate.com_ The Log Cabin Republicans officially abandoned the transgender community, pulling the ladder of progress and support that benefited its members up behind themselves. Ross Hemminger, president of the nation’s most prominent gay Republican organization, announced that Log Cabin had reversed a decision from 2015 to include transgender rights in its mission statement. In an op-ed published by Townhall… ## [Missouri Republicans are trying to repeal abortion rights by leaning into anti-trans sentiment](https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/missouri-abortion-rights-trans-healthcare) _2026-08-21 · Jeremy Kohler - ProPublica · Advocate.com_ This story originally appeared on ProPublica . Two years ago, abortion opponents in Missouri tried to defeat Amendment 3, a ballot initiative to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution, by falsely telling voters that it would allow gender transition surgeries for minors — even though it wouldn’t. Voters approved Amendment 3 anyway , overturning the near-total abortion ban enacted by… ## [Former CIA officers warn Trump's administration is reviving the Lavender Scare, endangering national security](https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/cia-officers-warn-lavender-scare) _2026-08-21 · Christopher Wiggins · Advocate.com_ Three former CIA officers are warning that President Donald Trump’s campaign against diversity initiatives and transgender federal employees threatens to recreate one of the darkest periods in the history of the nation’s intelligence agencies. In a historical account published Thursday by Lawfare , Trace Ballard, Julia Curlee , and Todd Johannessen trace the CIA’s transformation from an agency… ## [Lindsey Graham’s sister Darline, a current U.S. senator, admits national security is ‘not my thing’](https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/darline-graham-uninformed-national-security) _2026-08-21 · Christopher Wiggins · Advocate.com_ A sitting Republican U.S. senator was asked whether Taiwan and the South China Sea matter to American national security. Her answer was jaw-dropping. “I’m just going to be honest here,” Sen. Darline Graham told voters during Tuesday night’s South Carolina Senate debate. “I’m not that informed on national security.” Graham admitted she did not understand one of the world's most consequential… ## [TWIBS: QueerDoc Case Sent Back to District Court](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/twibs-queerdoc-case-sent-back-to-district-court/) _2026-08-21 · Aly Gibbs · Assigned Media_ A Justice Department probe case quashed in October has been revived by a judge who says the government can try to eradicate transgender healthcare if it wants. ## [Advocates entered a Georgia ICE detention center to visit a queer detainee and felt ‘darkness’](https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/georgia-ice-detention-visit) _2026-08-20 · Christopher Wiggins · Advocate.com_ When two Georgia advocates reached Pauline Nadege Binam on the other side of a glass partition Thursday, the queer Cameroonian immigrant appeared exhausted. “I could tell that she’s very tired,” organizer Noël Heatherland told The Advocate after the visit. “She just seems very exhausted.” The conversation at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, south of Columbus, lasted about 40 minutes… ## [The closetocracy? 11 anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans dogged by gay rumors](https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/republicans-gay-rumors) _2026-08-20 · Ariel Messman-Rucker · Advocate.com_ The Republican Party is full of politicians who actively fight to strip LGBTQ + people of their rights and humanity. But it is often those same politicians who get caught up in gay sex scandals or have their sexualities whispered about on Capitol Hill, while proclaiming their heterosexuality and adherence to “traditional family values.” Rumors that conservatives like Lindsey Graham and Mike… ## [Florida voters deliver wins for LGBTQ+ candidates and losses for Moms for Liberty](https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/moms-for-liberty-losses-florida) _2026-08-20 · Jacob Ogles · Advocate.com_ Florida voters advanced several out candidates on Tuesday and, perhaps just as importantly, handed losses to candidates aligned with the once-dominant Moms for Liberty . Equality Florida cheered after 81 percent of the candidates it endorsed won their races Tuesday. Those winners included five out LGBTQ+ Democrats seeking seats in the Florida House: Jane Aman, Felipe Sousa Lazaballet, Samuel… ## [New Jersey shields abortion and gender-affirming care from out-of-state investigations](https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/new-jersey-medical-shield-law) _2026-08-20 · Christopher Wiggins · Advocate.com_ New Jersey has drawn a legal line around its doctors, patients and families. Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill on Thursday signed an extensive shield law protecting people who provide, receive or help others obtain reproductive and gender-affirming healthcare that is legal in New Jersey. The law, S2260/A2218 , generally prevents state agencies and courts from assisting out-of-state investigations and… ## [Ex-Virginia cop demands $15 million after sharing locker room with trans colleague](https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/virginia-cop-lawsuit-transgender-colleague) _2026-08-20 · Jacob Ogles · Advocate.com_ A former Virginia police officer has sued her department, alleging officials violated her privacy by requiring her to share a locker room with a transgender colleague. Now, she wants $15 million in damages. Former Norfolk Police Officer Meghan Grabow filed the lawsuit alleging that the department did not inform her she would be sharing a women’s locker room with a transgender woman. While Grabow… ## [A Friend Gave You $30 (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xh8vMlsI64pP) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Sign up, deposit $5 within 30 days, and start investing with expert guidance. ## [Kansas law forced these men into women's bathrooms. Their compliance highlights the absurdity](https://www.advocate.com/politics/kansas-trans-guy-bathroom-ban) _2026-08-20 · Quispe López · Advocate.com_ This story originally appeared on Them . Not all heroes wear capes. Some just use the bathroom. A group of transgender men who call themselves the “compliance crew” have been using women’s bathrooms in protest of a Kansas law that mandates that they do so. The new law, Senate Bill 244, went into effect in February of this year, after the state legislature successfully overrode Democratic governor… ## [Maryland school district caves to Trump and adopts forced outing policy to expose LGBTQ+ students](https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/maryland-school-forced-outing) _2026-08-20 · Jacob Ogles · Advocate.com_ A school district in Maryland has given in to Trump administration demands to out students’ sexual orientation or gender identity if revealed at school but not at home, regardless of the student’s wishes. Anne Arundel County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell, in a letter to school personnel, said the district would amend its “Safe and Inclusive Environments for LGBTQ+ Students” regulation.… ## [Two covers and 15 years: How a portrait of Nancy Pelosi brought my career full circle](https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/nancy-pelosi-advocate-cover-photographer) _2026-08-20 · Mike Nelson · Advocate.com_ November 17, 2011, was an unusually exciting day in my young career as a photography assistant. Working in a creative field meant I didn’t usually wear a button-down shirt and tie on the job, but that blustery autumn afternoon was different. I was at the U.S. Capitol in the large, ornate office of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi . I had just finished setting up the lighting for photographer Tim… ## [Advocacy While Incarcerated: The Indomitable Spirit of Varia Merritt](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/interview-advocacy-incarceration-varia-merritt/) _2026-08-20 · Pax Ahimsa Gethen · Assigned Media_ The founder of Be the Change, an LGBTQ+ community in a Tennessee prison, inspires ‘purpose that cannot be confined.’ ## [The VA listened when this transgender veteran demanded better care. Then Trump returned](https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-transgender-veterans-care) _2026-08-19 · Christopher Wiggins · Advocate.com_ A decade ago, Giovonni Santiago asked the Department of Veterans Affairs for something groundbreaking: a place where transgender veterans, like him, could see doctors who understood them. The government listened. Now, Santiago says, it is dismantling the system he helped build. “It’s frustrating, but not surprising,” Santiago tells The Advocate . “We did all of this hard work to get here, and… ## ['Strange Fruit' in 2026: Why LGBTQ+ people cannot look away from racial terror](https://www.advocate.com/opinion/strange-fruit-racial-terror-opinion) _2026-08-19 · Josh Ackley · Advocate.com_ In 1937, Abel Meeropol, a Jewish high school teacher from the Bronx, saw a photograph he could not shake. The image showed Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith hanging from a tree after they had been lynched in Marion, Indiana. Haunted by what he saw, Meeropol wrote "Strange Fruit." Two years later, Billie Holiday transformed it into one of the most devastating protest songs ever recorded. “Southern trees… ## [New HHS Report on Gender-Affirming Care Rife With False Information](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/new-hhs-report-on-gender-affirming-care-rife-with-false-information/) _2026-08-19 · Walker Bragman and Billie Jean Sweeney · Assigned Media_ “As soon as you politicize any sort of healthcare it's a really slippery slope.” ## [Portland Mom Sues School for Trespassing Her and Teaching Inclusivity](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/portland-mom-sues-school-for-trespassing-her-and-teaching-inclusivity/) _2026-08-19 · Aly Gibbs · Assigned Media_ After being banned from her kids' school for being disruptive, Allison Roberts is taking them to court about it. ## [Is Trans Loneliness Causing an Epidemic of AI Use in Our Community?](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/trans-loneliness-ai-use/) _2026-08-18 · Alys S Brooks · Assigned Media_ How members of the trans community rely on chatbots for support, according to the experts. ## [Ellie Krug Planned a Road Trip to One of the Worst States for Trans People](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/ellie-krug-interview-idaho/) _2026-08-17 · Evan Urquhart · Assigned Media_ “The suffering was palpable immediately,” she told Assigned Media ## [TWIBS: NBA Has-Beens Interject Themselves into Women’s Sports](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/twibs-nba-has-beens-interject-themselves-into-womens-sports/) _2026-08-14 · Aly Gibbs · Assigned Media_ Amid tiresome WNBA drama about trans women, two former NBA dweebs have decided to mock women athletes to get back into the spotlight. ## [Viral Post by Anti-Trans Activists Claims WPATH “Conceded” on Standards of Care](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/wpath-ftc-court-segm-misinformation/) _2026-08-13 · Evan Urquhart · Assigned Media_ The group’s filings cite legal precedent stating published medical guidelines are protected speech. ## [Justice Department Withdraws from Trans Patient Probe](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/justice-department-withdraws-from-trans-patient-probe/) _2026-08-12 · Aly Gibbs · Assigned Media_ The latest in a string of failures for Trump's weaponized Justice Department. ## [Information is Scarce for Trans Women Behind Bars](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/prison-incarceration-information-anxiety/) _2026-08-11 · B Speaks · Assigned Media_ Inside the Georgia Department of Corrections, information does not move the same way it does outside prison walls. ## [Trump’s ATF Continues the War Against Trans Second Amendment Rights](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/trumps-atf-continues-the-war-against-trans-second-amendment-rights/) _2026-08-10 · Valorie Van-Dieman · Assigned Media_ In yet another move to restrict trans people's constitutional rights, the ATF has proposed a new rule that would restrict trans people's ability to arm themselves.