Transgenderism

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Kansas Capitol.

Kansas governor vetoes bill to protect religious liberty of adoptive parents on gender issues

Apr 8, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

The bill would have prohibited the state from requiring prospective adoptive or foster parents to first affirm support for gender... Read more

National Institutes of Health building in Washington, D.C.

Trump White House directs NIH to study ‘regret’ following gender transition treatments

Apr 7, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

The administration is ordering the NIH to resume some transgender research but with the goal of examining potential negative consequences... Read more

A liturgical procession outside the Freiburg Cathedral on Nov. 17, 2024.

German diocese allows use of ‘gender star’ symbol in messaging for certain ministries

Apr 5, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Here is a roundup of Catholic world news that you might have missed this week. Read more

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden.

South Dakota governor signs bill to keep men out of girls’ locker rooms, restrooms

Mar 21, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

“South Dakota is a place where common sense values remain common, and these bills reinforce that fact,” South Dakota Gov.... Read more

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Bill banning men from women’s showers, spaces in jails signed into law in Mississippi

Mar 21, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

The legislation prohibits men who self-identify as transgender women from accessing women’s changing rooms, restrooms, showers, sleeping quarters, and other... Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2025, as Vice Preseident JD Vance (back left) and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (back right) look on.

In joint session address, Trump urges Congress to continue fight against transgenderism

Mar 5, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

“I want Congress to pass a bill banning and criminalizing sex changes on children and forever ending the lie that... Read more

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issues Health and Human Services guidance: ‘There are only two sexes’

Feb 20, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The announcement comes in the wake of President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14168, which affirmed the biological reality of sex. Read more

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions.

Vatican doctrine chief warns against ‘claim to omnipotence’ of gender ideology

Feb 18, 2025

By AC Wimmer

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández addressed scholars at the Cologne School of Catholic Theology about gender ideology’s “claim to omnipotence.” Read more

An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 11, 2021.

U.S. defense secretary pauses allowing transgender troops to enter the military

Feb 11, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum outlining the new policy on Friday, Feb. 7, which was made public... Read more

Demonstrators rally on the steps of the United States Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024, as justices heard oral arguments in a challenge to a Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries for minors.

Justice Department ends lawsuit against Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries

Feb 7, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

In a letter written to the clerk of the United States Supreme Court, Deputy Solicitor General Curtis E. Gannon said... Read more

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House.

Trump signs executive order keeping men out of women’s sports 

Feb 5, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

“With this executive order, the war on women’s sports is over,” Trump said as, surrounded by young female athletes, he... Read more

Demonstrators rally on the steps of the United States Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024, as justices heard oral arguments in a challenge to a Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries for minors.

Trump signs order restricting transgender ‘chemical and surgical mutilation’ of children

Jan 29, 2025

By Daniel Payne

The president has vowed that the United States “will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support” controversial transgender procedures. Read more

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Justice Department drops HIPAA charges against doctor who exposed trans child surgeries

Jan 24, 2025

By Daniel Payne

In May 2023 Christopher Rufo reported that Texas Children’s Hospital had “secretly continued to perform transgender medical interventions … on... Read more

President Donald Trump holds an executive order he just signed during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025.

Trump signs executive order affirming ‘biological reality of sex’

Jan 21, 2025

By Peter Laffin

The order officially affirms that “women are biologically female, and men are biologically male,” and overturns an array of transgender-related... Read more

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Texas sues NCAA over men in women’s sports, alleges ‘deceptive’ practices

Dec 27, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

The NCAA allows biological men who identify as transgender women to participate in women-only sports competitions if they bring down... Read more

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House on July 25, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

Biden signs defense bill that eliminates funding for underage transgender drugs

Dec 26, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 provides $895 billion in defense and military spending. Read more

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Ohio school district pays $450,000 for forcing teacher to resign over transgender dispute

Dec 19, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

“No school official can force a teacher to set her religious beliefs aside in order to keep her job,” stated... Read more

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U.S. bishops: Federal ‘gender identity’ rule could block Catholics from government contracts

Nov 22, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

The HHS has proposed a rule to prohibit “discrimination” against a person based on his or her “sexual orientation” and... Read more

Stephen Hildebrand, vice president for academic affairs at Franciscan University (left); Deborah Savage, professor of theology at Franciscan University (center); and Father Dave Pivonka, TOR, president of Franciscan University (right), at a panel discussion at the Oct. 24-26, 2024, “Man and Woman in the Order of Creation Conference.”

Franciscan University to launch Institute for the Study of Man and Woman

Nov 14, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

University President Father Dave Pivonka announced the launch of the Institute for the Study of Man and Woman during an... Read more

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an event at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Sept. 20, 2024, in Atlanta.

Trump attacks Harris on her support of tax-funded transgender surgeries for prisoners

Oct 14, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

“Even the liberal media was shocked Kamala [Harris] supports taxpayer-funded sex changes for prisoners and illegal aliens,” the ad says. Read more