September 26, 2026

Transgender Ideology

EXCLUSIVE: Blue State Privately Admitted Men Lie About Being ‘Trans’ To Live In Women’s Prison– dailycaller.com

pgnewser January 28, 2026 0

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Washington state prison officials privately acknowledged that “trans” men could have more sinister motives for wanting to be housed with females.

A group of “gender affirming” mental health specialists discussed how to prevent inmates from requesting sex-changes for “secondary gain” rather than gender dysphoria during an internal monthly meeting. Secondary gain is a psychiatric term that describes the benefits a person with a mental disorder gleans from their neurosis such as “extra attention, sympathy, avoidance of work, and domination of others,” according to the American Psychological Association.

“The topic was on secondary gain and how certain individuals want gender affirming services, but it is not due to gender dysphoria,” the September 2024 meeting notes show. “The question was asked how to prevent that,” the records state.

California children’s hospital stops ‘gender transitions’ due to Trump admin pressure– www.lifesitenews.com

pgnewser January 28, 2026 0

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Another major hospital is throwing in the towel and ceasing to “transition” gender-confused minors thanks to conditions on federal funding, this time in the heart of pro-LGBT territory.

Fox 5 KUSI reports that Rady Children’s Hospital (RCH) in San Diego has confirmed it will stop offering so-called “gender-affirming care” in response to the Trump administration’s crackdown. “[W]e were recently referred to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General for Investigation,” the hospital said. “Taken together, these developments affect our role and responsibilities as a provider participating in federal programs such as Medicaid and Medicare.”

Two More Hospitals Announce Children’s Gender Transitioning Programs Have Been Shut Down

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Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, CA has announced it will no longer conduct “gender affirming care” for children. They stated. “…these developments affect our role and responsibilities as a provider participating in federal programs such as Medicaid and Medicare. This was a very difficult decision, made to ensure we can continue serving all children and families across the communities we serve.”

Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma, WA has also announced it will be closing down its gender care clinic, stating, “This was an incredibly painful decision, and one that I wish we did not have to make. We recognize how important this care is to our gender health clinic patients and have a sense of the impact this will have on these patients and their families.”

For those who haven’t noticed, BOTH hospitals expressed regret they could not continue to offer children life-altering chemicals, and even surgeries, under the illusion that a child can “choose” their gender. Where possible, perhaps it is time to choose a hospital that doesn’t hold the philosophical view that a child can choose a gender, and doctors should help permanently alter them to satisfy that delusion.

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Tacoma’s Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital to close gender clinic – Post Millennial

In January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at restricting the controversial procedures.

Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital plans to shut down its gender care clinic this week, citing mounting federal pressure that hospital leaders say could jeopardize critical Medicaid and Medicare funding for its parent organization, MultiCare Health System.

In a memo sent to employees on Monday, obtained by The Seattle Times, MultiCare CEO Bill Robertson said “recent developments at the federal level” have raised the risk that the federal government could cut off payments to the entire health system if Mary Bridge continues providing gender-altering services to minors. “This was an incredibly painful decision, and one that I wish we did not have to make,” Robertson wrote. “We recognize how important this care is to our gender health clinic patients and have a sense of the impact this will have on these patients and their families.”

Chicago children’s hospital pauses distribution of ‘gender-affirming’ drugs for minors– www.lifesitenews.com

pgnewser January 27, 2026 0

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The Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, the largest children’s hospital in the city, announced last week that it would stop providing prescriptions for gender-mutilating drugs to minors in response to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) referring them and other hospitals for investigation.

In a January 20 statement shared with local media, the Lurie Children’s Hospital announced it would temporarily pause handing out prescriptions for so-called “gender-affirming” drugs such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy to children under 18 that the hospital had not previously treated. The children’s hospital stressed that the decision came in response to HHS’ January 15 announcement that the Chicago hospital, as well as several other prominent children’s hospitals, had been referred to the department’s Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) for investigation for failing to comply with the department’s official guidance emphasizing the danger of these “sex-rejecting drugs.”

GOPers Kill Bill Defunding Abortion, Child ‘Trans’ Surgery Clinics– thefederalist.com

pgnewser January 27, 2026 0

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A day before the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., 76 House Republicans joined their Democrat colleagues in defeating a measure aimed at preventing taxpayer dollars from bankrolling facilities that perform abortions and “trans” surgeries on children.

The moment came late Thursday afternoon when the GOP-controlled House of Representatives killed an amendment put forward by Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., to a FY2026 government spending bill. The amendment sought to ax Senate-inserted earmarks that allocate millions in taxpayer money to entities that conduct harmful “trans” procedures on minors and abortions.

The final House vote was 136-291, with nine members not voting. Here’s the roll call showing how every member voted.

Letitia James Fires Woman Warning Against Trans Medicine– www.dailysignal.com

pgnewser January 27, 2026 0

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Some Democrats realize they have a problem with transgender orthodoxy, but not New York Attorney General Letitia James—she’s doubling down.

Last week, she fired Glenna Goldis, the assistant attorney general at the Consumer Frauds and Protection Bureau, apparently for the crime of expressing concern about the mutilation of children.

Goldis announced her departure in a lengthy post on X. She claimed James fired her “for speaking out against pediatric gender medicine.”

Josh Hawley’s Simple Pregnancy Question Traps Dems’ Expert Witness So Thoroughly That She’s Reduced to a Repeating, Looping Mess… and She’s a Medical Doctor– www.westernjournal.com

pgnewser January 16, 2026 0

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If you’re given almost four years to come up with an acceptable answer to a question that should be obvious, you’d think you’d maybe do a bit better than Dr. Nisha Verma did on Wednesday.

To understand how fatuous and avoidable Verma’s viral moment of infamy is, we have to backtrack to March of 2022. That’s when Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was appearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of her confirmation hearings to the Supreme Court.

She was asked to provide a definition of what a woman was. Simple, no?

“I’m not a biologist,” was the best that Jackson could manage.

Colorado Democrats Introduce Bill to Strip Parents of Rights on the Transing of Kids – PJ Media– pjmedia.com

pgnewser January 15, 2026 0

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To understand what leftists really mean, you always have to think in terms of opposites. They often say the exact opposite of what they mean or intend. This is to disarm you into potentially supporting them. This is the case in the naming of Senate Bill 26-018 in Colorado, dubbed the “Legal Protections for Dignity of Minors” bill.

The four Democrat sponsors of the bill are state senators Katie Wallace and Chris Kolker, and state representatives Meg Froelich and Lorena Garcia.

Their bill, if passed into state law, would allow a child to change his or her name, suppress records documenting a name change, and allow the court to strip away parents’ rights if they do not “affirm” their child’s name change.

Supreme Court Asked to Stop California Hiding Gender Confusion From Parents– www.standingforfreedom.com

pgnewser January 15, 2026 0

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[UPDATE] Thomas More Society has filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court on behalf of its clients, California teachers and parents, to block state law that requires teachers to hide students’ gender confusion from their parents.

The appeal was filed on January 8 after a panel of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit stayed an injunction blocking the laws.

Paul M. Jonna, special counsel for Thomas More Society and a partner at LiMandri & Jonna LLP, argued,

“Right now, California’s parental deception scheme is keeping families in the dark and causing irreparable harm. That’s why we’re asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene immediately. The state is inserting itself unconstitutionally between parents and children, forcing schools to deceive families, and punishing teachers who tell the truth.”

NC Schools Push Gender Ideology On Kids In Defiance Of State Law– thefederalist.com

pgnewser January 14, 2026 0

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A storm is brewing in North Carolina with national implications. Educators in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City schools (home to the University of North Carolina) were called to a hearing by state legislators for persisting in indoctrinating children on gender and sexuality, in defiance of established state law. How does the left accomplish such a feat on a local level?

A trail of clues is emerging that uncovers the path educators took to circumvent legislation overwhelmingly supported by a majority of North Carolina voters. The Parents’ Bill of Rights (SB-49) was passed in 2023 over then-Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto. It established that schools must notify parents if a child changes his name or pronouns, the beginning acts of social transition for gender change. Furthermore, it prohibits teaching gender and sexuality material to children in grades K-4.

Appeals Court Clears Florida to Bar Kids From Explicit Live Shows– www.standingforfreedom.com

pgnewser January 11, 2026 0

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Florida can now enforce a state law aimed at preventing children from attending what it defines as “sexually explicit” live performances, following a new ruling from a federal appeals court.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a lower court order that had blocked enforcement of the law for the past two years. In an order issued on December 15, the court said the state may enforce the 2023 law statewide, except against Hamburger Mary’s, the Orlando-based venue that challenged the law’s constitutionality.

The appeals court’s decision was influenced by a June ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that limited the use of universal injunctions, which previously allowed judges to block enforcement of laws for parties not directly involved in a case.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier praised the ruling in a post on X. “For two years, our law preventing children from attending sexually explicit drag shows was held up in court. Starting today, the law is in effect thanks to a win on appeal by our office. If you’re exposing children to lewd conduct, you’re on notice. We’re watching, Pensacola.”

No More Federal Dollars for Hospitals that Transition Kids

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President Donald Trump’s executive order cutting funding for hospitals that medically transition children is now baring teeth. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services  is proposing new rules to align with the xo that will effectively cut off federal funding from hospitals that medically transition kids. There is a 60-day public comment period before the rules can be made official.

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed new rules on Thursday barring hospitals from performing what the administration calls “sex-rejecting procedures on children” under age 18 from receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funding.

Nearly all hospitals in the U.S. accept Medicare and Medicaid funding, so the new rules would tie the hands of providers who have been supplying puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors, as well as those who perform gender transition surgeries, including mastectomies, phalloplasty, or vaginoplasty.

The new proposed rules follow through on an executive order from President Donald Trump from January that instructed agencies to restrict access to gender transition medical treatments for minors under 19.

Texas Judge Upholds Right Of Incarcerated Women to Be Housed Away From “Trans-Identifying” Men– legalinsurrection.com

pgnewser November 25, 2025 0

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Under the reality-denying concept of “transgender,” which was enshrined in federal regulation in 2012, more and more incarcerated men have been permitted to opt into women’s prisons based on self-identification. There have been some legal challenges to this, but, until now, these efforts have not yet been successful.

In the wake of President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) on Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government, two women incarcerated at the sole women’s medical center in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) system filed suit. This EO included a provision requiring federal agencies to “ensure that males are not detained in women’s prisons or housed in women’s detention centers.” Due to the DC district court issuing Preliminary Injunctions on behalf of male inmates demanding to continue to be housed in women’s prison, the EO has not been implemented.

Transgender friend claims responsibility after trans ‘Slender Man’ attacker escapes from group home | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

pgnewser November 25, 2025 0

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“She ran because of me,” Chad “Charly” Mecca said, adding that he had been cited for criminal trespassing and obstructing identification.

Authorities say the trans friend found with Morgan Geyser after her escape from a Wisconsin group home is a biological man who insists the 23-year-old fled because of their friendship, and because she believed staff were trying to keep them apart.

Police located Geyser and Chad “Charly” Mecca, 43, late Sunday night at a truck stop in Posen, Illinois, roughly 150 miles from the Madison area facility she walked out of the day before. Officers had responded to reports of two people lingering behind the building before confirming Geyser’s identity, reports the New York Post.

U.S. Catholic Hospital not to offer Transgender Surgery

pgnewser November 25, 2025 1

U.S. Catholic Bishops have voted against allowing transgender surgeries or the use of cross-sex hormones in treatments at their biannual plenary assembly. Dr. Michelle Cretella, a CMA member and president of the American College of Pediatricians said of the vote, “The explosion of young people seeking these interventions led to our recognition that this had become a true public health concern and needed to be addressed more prominently and with greater urgency,”

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U.S. Catholic bishops voted to prohibit transgender surgeries and the use of cross-sex hormones in Catholic hospitals, in a show of solidarity with Catholic physicians and medical groups who have advocated for an end to the procedures for more than a decade.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) met Nov. 11-13 in Baltimore, Maryland, for their biannual plenary assembly, in which bishops, individuals, and organizations determine and discuss church policy. On Nov. 12, bishops overwhelmingly voted to approve updates to the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs), including the prohibition of transgender surgical and hormonal manipulation.

Public School Teachers Win Big After School Punished them for rejecting multi-gender ideology

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Grants pass School district 7 has settled with two teachers, Rachel Sager and Katie Medart, who were punished for not using children’s preferred preferences. The teachers received a $650,000 settlement from the school.

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In a major win for the free speech rights of public school educators, Grants Pass School District No. 7 will admit that they wrongfully terminated Rachel Sager and Katie Medart and pay $650,000 in damages and legal fees.

[UPDATE]  An Oregon school district has agreed to pay $650,000 and issue formal apologies after two teachers won a major free speech settlement over their public comments on gender identity education policy.

The settlement ends a multi-year legal battle between Grants Pass School District 7 and former North Middle School educators Rachel Sager and Katie Medart. Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and the Pacific Justice Institute represented their case, arguing that district officials violated their First Amendment rights and punished them for expressing views on matters of public concern.

Male players take over women’s hockey in Minnesota — one team has 4 men– www.theblaze.com

pgnewser November 21, 2025 0

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The Women’s Hockey Association of Minnesota appears to be for women in name only.

The league, which touts itself as the largest women’s hockey league in the world, follows USA Hockey guidelines, which allow for the participation of men.

‘Pretending it’s OK for men to play in a women’s league insults women’s sports.’

USA Hockey allows athletes to “participate on a team that is consistent with their gender identity” in order to allegedly “help maintain a fair and safe environment.”

The policy, issued in 2021, adds that “gender identity” refers to one’s “internal psychological identification as a male or female, both, neither, or anywhere along the gender spectrum.”

Faculty Senate at U. Michigan Urges School to Continue Performing Sex Changes for Minors– legalinsurrection.com

pgnewser November 19, 2025 0

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Progressives in higher education are not listening to the country on this topic; they just keep doubling down.

UMich faculty senate urges school to continue performing sex changes for minors

The Faculty Senate at the University of Michigan passed a resolution at its Nov. 3 meeting that pushes the university to resume performing sex changes on minors.

The resolution argues that because “cisgender” patients receive hormone blockers, the university is discriminating against transgender-identifying individuals by refusing to give them care. The resolution does not elaborate further, but could be referring to treatments for precocious puberty, a condition in which young children go through puberty at a very early age.

The university paused “gender-affirming care” at Michigan Medicine for patients under 19 on Aug. 25, due to federal pressure. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January that threatened loss of federal funding for institutions that failed to eliminate the practice.

HHS Report Shows Why Transgender Activists Silence Debate– www.dailysignal.com

pgnewser November 19, 2025 0

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Advocates of transgender medical interventions euphemistically referred to as “gender-affirming care” often seek to silence critics, rather than engaging in a debate on the science—and one of the authors of the Department of Health and Human Services’ report on the issue says he thinks he knows why.

HHS published a review of the evidence regarding medical transition for minors in May, finding “extremely weak evidence” for any benefits from “gender-affirming care.” HHS sought peer review, submitting its report to medical professionals and pro-transgender health associations. Yet two of the three pro-transgender groups HHS approached refused to engage, and the remaining organization appeared not to have read the full report.

The back-and-forth appears in a supplement to the final review, published Tuesday.

University of Michigan Faculty Senate Wants More Trans Surgeries, ‘Treatments’ for Youth – PJ Media– pjmedia.com

pgnewser November 19, 2025 0

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The University of Michigan Faculty Senate is aggressively urging the school to ignore federal rules — and science — to continue castrating minors in the name of transgender ideology.

The motion claims that so-called gender-affirming care is “medically necessary,” which is preposterous, since it is impossible to change one’s biological sex. Thus attempting to do so cannot be necessary; indeed, it can only be harmful. It is disturbing that the faculty senate is so blinded by ideology that they are determined to mutilate children at all costs and against all evidence.

The UMich faculty senate asserted in a motion that its obligation “to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future” necessitates transgender mutilation for minors. Sounds as if another university needs to lose federal funding.

Olympics to free Women from Men in Sports

pgnewser November 12, 2025 1

The International Olympic Committee will not allow men presenting as women to compete with women in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. In addition to trans “women,” women with unusually high masculine features will also not be allowed to compete.

The announcement came through an International Olympic Committee (IOC) statement, declaring the reason for the policy shift is because “An update was given by the IOC’s director of health, medicine and science to the IOC Members last week during the IOC commission meetings. The working group is continuing its discussions on this topic and no decisions have been taken yet.”

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The US will deny visas for trans-identified males seeking to compete in women’s sports at the 2028 LA games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is expected to ban biological males from competing in women’s sports ahead of the 2028 Olympics that will take place in Los Angeles. President Donald Trump has said that the US will deny visas for trans-identified males seeking to compete in woen’s sports at the 2028 games.

Current rules leave decisions on whether trans-identified males can compete in the women’s division up to each individual sport, however, the IOC under new president Kirsty Coventry is reportedly in discussions about changing this policy, per the Daily Mail.

New Hampshire’s First Transgendered Lawmaker is convicted of child porn possession, solicitation

pgnewser November 10, 2025 0

NH State Representative Stacie Laughton (D) has pled guilty to charges of sexual exploitation of children. The representative is the state’s first-ever transgendered elected official. Laughton is a man choosing to present as a woman. The trans rights activist confessed to asking his girlfriend, who worked at a daycare, to send him nude pics of kids. She admitted to complying with his request.

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The first so-called ‘transgender’ legislator in New Hamsphire, Rep. Stacie Laughton (who is a man), has been charged with sexual exploitation of children.

Who would have seen that coming?…

Specifically, Laughton asked his ‘lover’ who worked at a daycare to send him naked pictures of the toddlers.

Today, he pleaded guilty to those sickening charges.

U.S. Court strikes down school rule compelling children to use trans pronouns only

pgnewser November 10, 2025 0

The U.S. 6th District Court has ruled an Ohio school district does not have a right to punish students for not using the “preferred” pronouns of students, including transgendered students. The majority wrote, “Our society continues to debate whether biological pronouns are appropriate or offensive — just as it continues to debate many other issues surrounding transgender rights.”

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‘[T]he mere use of biological pronouns does not entail ‘aggressive, disruptive action’

The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this past week that an Ohio school district cannot punish students who refer to their transgender peers by biological pronouns.

The Columbus Dispatch reports the court determined by a party-line 10-7 vote in Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education that the defendant “did not demonstrate that the use of the pronouns to refer to transgender and nonbinary students would ‘materially and substantially disrupt school activities or infringe on the legal rights of others in the school community.’”

Texas Law Banning Drag Shows for Kids Upheld by 5th Circuit

pgnewser November 10, 2025 1

One of the main instigators of a Texas law that banned sex shows for kids, including drag shows, is celebrating the 5th circuit’s ruling upholding that same law. Sarah Gonzalez, Vice President of Texas Family Project, was one of the main drivers behind the creation and passage of the bill.

She said of the ruling, “As I said, it has been tied up in the courts for years and we have been waiting for this moment. It is upheld. In the state of Texas, you cannot dance provocatively and sexually in front of young children. Obviously, we worked very hard to expose these all-ages shows that were happening in the state of Texas. Those exposés, those videos, were instrumental in the fight to prevent this from happening. I worked directly with legislators to craft the language of this bill. So this is very, very personal for me.”

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Vice President of Texas Family Project and BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales helped craft a law years ago that is finally being upheld in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals — and it’s a really, really good one.

The law prevents drag queens and all adults from performing sexually in front of children….

 

Texas Doctor Loses License After Illegal Child Gender Treatments Exposed– www.standingforfreedom.com

pgnewser November 10, 2025 0

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Texas has entered a new stage in enforcing its ban on gender transition procedures for minors, after a Dallas pediatrician accused of violating the law surrendered her medical license, state officials announced.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton stated that Dr. May Lau requested the cancellation of her license from the Texas Medical Board this month and the board approved the request. Paxton called the move “a major victory for our state” and said it “permanently bars Lau from experimenting on children in Texas in the future.”

The attorney general’s office sued Lau in October 2024, accusing her of illegally prescribing cross-sex hormones to 21 minors “for the direct purpose of ‘transitioning’ the child’s biological sex.”

A press release added that “The doctor allegedly used false diagnoses and billing codes to mask these unlawful prescriptions.”

Christian Employee Sues Oregon School for Banning Biblical View on Gender– www.standingforfreedom.com

pgnewser November 10, 2025 0

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Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has appealed the case of licensed clinical social worker Rod Theis to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, arguing that an Oregon school engaged in discrimination and violated his right to express his beliefs like other staffers.

Theis has worked with the InterMountain Service District in Oregon for 17 years. Theis is an education specialist, a position that requires him to travel to the 17 school districts that InterMountain serves. He administers standardized tests to students and evaluates their academic level and behavioral assessments to determine their needs.

The schools Theis works in provide him an office to perform the assessments, where his only interaction with students is administering the tests. His office is marked with a sign which reads “Staff Only”.

Minnesota Court Rules Powerlifting Ban on Transgender Athletes Is Discrimination– www.standingforfreedom.com

pgnewser November 5, 2025 0

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The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously ruled that USA Powerlifting discriminated against a male athlete by barring him from competing in a women’s competition, marking a major decision in the ongoing debate over transgender participation in women’s sports.The court’s decision last Wednesday found that the organization’s policy of explicitly excluding men identifying as women from women’s events violated Minnesota’s Human Rights Act. All seven justices agreed with the ruling. Five were appointed by current Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and two by former Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton.

Dem trans activist wins mayoral race in PA, suggested armed violence against government is coming | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

pgnewser November 5, 2025 0

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“I foresee violent pushback from an armed citizenry in the future. The 2nd amendment folx were very clear that weapons are meant to oppose a tyrannical government…”

A Democrat trans activist has won the mayoral race in Downingtown, PA, a small town of about 9,000 people in Chester County, west of Philadelphia. Deuso defeated Republican Richard Bryant.

Erica Deuso, who is openly transgender, had recently suggested armed violence against the federal government after footage came out of illegal immigrants being detained.

“Tonight, the numbers are clear,” Deuso stated early Wednesday morning, according to WHYY. “We won. Voters chose hope, decency, and a community where every neighbor matters. I am honored to be elected as Pennsylvania’s first openly transgender mayor. I carry that responsibility with care and with purpose.”

New Pentagon Rules Will Supercharge the Exit of Transgenders From the Military – RedState– redstate.com

pgnewser November 5, 2025 0

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A new Pentagon policy will severely restrict the ability of so-called transgender members of the Armed Forces to avoid discharge by convincing a separation board to retain them on active duty. Under previous policy, transgenders identified for discharge could appeal to a separation board to overturn the administrative process. The new policy permits commanders to set aside the separation board recommendation and require discharge.

One of President Trump’s earliest acts was to issue an executive order titled Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness. This order revoked a Joe Biden, or perhaps an autopenned, executive order which had encouraged transgenders to join the military and protected those currently on duty; see Executive Order 14004—Enabling All Qualified Americans to Serve Their Country in Uniform. That, in turn, had revoked an memorandum issued by President Trump during his first term that barred transgenders from service; see Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security Regarding Military Service by Transgender Individuals.

[Let me digress here for a moment to examine how the administrative process works under Republican versus Democrat administrations. Biden was able to revoke a Trump memo without issue. On the other hand, the memo written by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano that created the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals, or DACA/Dreamer, program has proved impervious to all attacks. Go figure.]

The current estimate is that about 4,200 transgenders haunt the ranks and about 1,000 of those have requested voluntary separation.