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![Testosterone enanthate vials lie on a table during the annual press conference of the Main Customs Office Frankfurt at Frankfurt Airport, Germany, on May 5, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-1240458952-400x300.jpg)
Testosterone Access Could Be Limited as COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ends
Options for patients in “care deserts” to remotely access gender-affirming care may soon dwindle.
![A transgender person holds a sign reading "Trans Folks Have Always Been Here" as LGBTQ+ activists march during the Los Angeles LGBT Center's "Drag March LA: The March on Santa Monica Boulevard," in West Hollywood, California, on April 9, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-1251215609-400x300.jpg)
Trans People in FL May Soon Be Charged With Misdemeanor For Using the Bathroom
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is widely expected to sign the bill into law.
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Indiana Governor Signs Bill Requiring Teachers to Out Trans Students to Parents
The law will create potentially harmful living situations for transgender youth in the state, critics contend.
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TX School Cancels Theater Trip After Parents Complain About “Cross-Gender” Roles
Actors have played roles that don’t align with their gender “since the creation of theater,” one theater employee said.
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Florida Republican Admits During Speech His Party Has Hatred for LGBTQ People
GOP Rep. Jeff Holcomb's speech earlier this week was met with audible gasps in the chamber.
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Nazis Carrying Banner That Says, “There Will Be Blood” Protest Ohio Drag Brunch
This neo-Nazi presence follows a similar Nazi protest of a drag story hour that took place in March in Wadsworth, Ohio.
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Trans Teen Receiving Award From Iowa Gov. Shouts “Trans Rights Are Human Rights”
Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed two anti-transgender bills into law this year, negatively impacting trans students in Iowa.
![Bread and Roses Legal Center's "Queers for Q" Fundraising Event held on April 21, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/FuS0MTOacAE6DPq-400x300.jpg)
Burnt by Charity Models, Club Q Shooting Victims Support Survivor-Led Mutual Aid
Survivors of the Club Q shooting allege that they have not received all the charity funds raised on their behalf.
![Montana Republican Governor Greg Gianforte speaks in Emigrant, Montana on July 24, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1234193445-400x300.jpg)
Montana Gov. Signs Gender-Affirming Care Ban, Ignoring a Plea From His Own Son
Gianforte's son, who is nonbinary, told him “these bills are immoral, unjust, and frankly a violation of human rights.”
![Nebraska State Sen. Megan Hunt speaks on LB574 and a complaint stating she has a conflict of interest because she has a trans child.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/2023_0427-megan-hunt-400x300.jpg)
Nebraska Senator With Trans Son Faces Outrageous “Conflict of Interest” Probe
“I will continue to advocate for our kids...no matter what harassment or intimidation comes my way,” Sen. Hunt said.