In the Trump administration's latest anti-transgender action, the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education Friday announced a Title IX Special Investigations Team to investigate what they call “the pernicious effects of gender ideology in school programs and activities.” By that they mean acceptance of transgender students. In a press release, they claimed they have received “a staggering volume of Title IX complaints.” Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 bans sex discrimination in educational programs that receive federal funding.

When I heard the news of passing at the age of 90, as it is with the passing of most of those from another era, my first response was, “It’s too bad no one knows who he is anymore.” If you are a man of a certain age, you no doubt had a crush on Chamberlain. He was incredibly good-looking, with that rich baritone voice. I think it was because of that “manly” voice, and the fact that so many women had a crush on Chamberlain that never in a...

The White House Correspondents’ Association is scrapping the traditional portion of its annual dinner, marking a striking departure from a decades-long practice of balancing press freedom with satire. The decision comes amid heightened tensions between the Trump White House and the , and just weeks after the WHCA announced that queer comedian and Emmy-nominated writer Amber Ruffin would headline the April 26 event in WHCA President Eugene Daniels shared the update in a letter to the White House press corps on Saturday. “At this consequential moment for journalism, I want...

Sophia Ahmed delivered the news on Monday with a two-word message in all capital letters: “WE WON.” A court had ruled that the annual, on-campus drag show she and classmates at Texas A&M University had organized could still happen this Thursday. Since May, the students had booked a theater, selected performers and started selling tickets — plans the university system interrupted last month by banning drag events on its campuses, citing President Donald Trump’s “Day 1” executive order on gender ideology. Blocking the show “because it offends some members of...

A federal judge has struck down Texas A&M's ban on drag shows, determining it to be a violation of the First Amendment. Motivated by Donald Trump's executive order denying the existence of trans people, the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents voted to ban drag performances across all 11 campuses earlier this month, claiming that the art form was somehow “offensive” and “inconsistent" with the “core values of its universities, including the value of respect for others.” The Board of Regents vote cancelled a performance of "Draggieland" (a combination...