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Under the new Trump administration, this year’s Transgender Day of Visibility has a different tenor

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President Donald Trump has signed a slew of policies aimed at wiping transgender people out of government records, sports and even history.

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Republican Mike Johnson reelected House speaker in dramatic floor vote

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Republican Mike Johnson has narrowly won reelection to the House speakership on a dramatic first-ballot vote, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts in a tense standoff.

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Takeaways from AP's reporting on Sarah McBride, the first openly trans person elected to Congress

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Sarah McBride made history in Delaware, as the first openly transgender state senator in the United States.

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Transgender trailblazer Sarah McBride heads to her debut in Congress, hoping for a touch of grace

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U.S. Rep.-elect Sarah McBride will be sworn in as the first openly transgender member of Congress on Jan. 3.

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The Supreme Court will hear arguments over Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Read full article: The Supreme Court will hear arguments over Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the constitutionality of Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

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Speaker Johnson declares support for banning Sarah McBride's access to women's restrooms

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House Speaker Mike Johnson declared that lawmakers and staff will have to use the restroom corresponding with their biological sex.

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House Republicans signal support for proposal to ban bathroom access for 1st transgender member

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House Speaker Mike Johnson signaled support for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah McBride — the first transgender person to be elected to Congress — from using women’s restrooms in the Capitol once she’s sworn into office next year.

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Black women notch historic Senate wins in an election year defined by potential firsts

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For the first time ever, two Black women have been elected to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Senate.

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Biden casts 2024 election ballot near his Delaware home, waiting in line with other voters

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President Joe Biden on Monday cast an early ballot in the 2024 general election.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Delaware's state primaries

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The impending departures of Gov. John Carney and U.S. Sen. Tom Carper are having ripple effects throughout the ballot in Tuesday’s state primaries in Delaware.

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If this Delaware senator wins a US House seat, she'll be the 1st trans member of Congress

Read full article: If this Delaware senator wins a US House seat, she'll be the 1st trans member of Congress

Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride says she’s running for the U.S. House of Representatives.

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LGBT activists not excited by Jenner's campaign for governor

Read full article: LGBT activists not excited by Jenner's campaign for governor

Though Caitlyn Jenner is one of the most famous transgender people in America, the announcement of her candidacy for California governor was greeted hostilely by one of the state’s largest LGBTQ-rights groups.

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In blue and red states, milestone wins for LGBTQ candidates

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According to the LGBTQ Victory Fund, which recruits and supports LGBTQ candidates, that leaves only Alaska, Louisiana and Mississippi as states that have never elected an LGBTQ legislator. With the addition of Jones and Torres, there will be nine openly LGBTQ members of the House as of January. Two other Democrats became the first openly transgender people to win seats in their states’ Houses: Taylor Small in Vermont and Stephanie Byers in Kansas. And in New York, Jabari Brisport, a gay math teacher, became the first openly LGBTQ person of color elected to the legislature. And in southwestern Michigan’s 6th District, Jon Hoadley, seeking to become the state’s first openly gay congressman, lost to 17-term GOP Rep. Fred Upton.

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Sarah McBride becomes the first openly transgender person to be elected state senator

Read full article: Sarah McBride becomes the first openly transgender person to be elected state senator

While most Americans continued awaiting the presidential election results, history was silently being made in Delaware. Sarah McBride, 30, made history on election night by becoming the first openly transgender person to be elected to the state Senate in U.S. history. “I hope tonight shows an LGBTQ kid that our democracy is big enough for them, too,” McBride tweeted Tuesday night after the election was called. McBride is a former spokesperson for the LGBTQ advocacy group Human Rights Campaign and also became the first trans person to speak at a major political convention. McBride will represent parts of Bellefonte, Claymont and Wilmington, the state’s largest city.

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For transgender activists, election stokes hopes and fears

Read full article: For transgender activists, election stokes hopes and fears

(AP Photo/Jason Minto)Among transgender-rights activists, there’s a powerful mix of hope and fear heading toward the Nov. 3 election. “The stakes are extremely high,” said Shannon Minter, a transgender attorney with the National Center for Lesbian Rights. — Support from administration attorneys for efforts to prevent transgender girls from competing in Idaho K-12 girls' sports and university women sports and from doing so in Connecticut high school girls' sports. There have been at least 33 violent deaths of transgender or gender nonconforming people this year in the U.S., according to the Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBTQ-rights organization. “If Trump loses, I’m hopeful we’ll see federal agencies reversing the many anti-trans policies that the Trump administration has adopted,” Strangio said.

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Transgender activist wins Delaware state senate primary

Read full article: Transgender activist wins Delaware state senate primary

Transgender activist Sarah McBride, who hopes to win in the primary for the Delaware Senate, watches a computer screen at her watch party in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Jason Minto)

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Transgender activist wins Delaware state senate primary

Read full article: Transgender activist wins Delaware state senate primary

Transgender activist Sarah McBride, who hopes to win in the primary for the Delaware Senate, watches a computer screen at her watch party in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. – Transgender activist Sarah McBride won a Democratic state Senate primary in Delaware on Tuesday and is poised to make history as the first transgender person elected to the state's General Assembly. If elected, McBride would join a handful of other transgender legislators around the country but would be the first transgender state senator. “I’m bringing my whole self to this race,” McBride told The Associated Press in an interview before Tuesday’s primary. Jack Markell and the late former state Attorney General Beau Biden.

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