"Looking back to last January, it's hard to believe how much nonsense was crammed into just one year. Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term. He signed executive orders, one hoping to legislate trans people out of existence, and another to legislate them out of the military. He and his Cabinet have ruled by executive orders and policy changes that stretch the limits of legality, and they have gotten away with it because the checks and balances are falling apart."
"The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a ban on gender-affirming care in Tennessee, opening the legal door to more like it. They also allowed Trump's trans & nonbinary passport ban to go into effect while the ACLU still argues against it. Perhaps we're supposed to be grateful that they didn't actually take up the case against same-sex marriage on the tenth anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges."
2025 saw major rollbacks in trans and LGBTQ+ protections driven by federal executive orders, policy shifts, and court decisions. The U.S. federal government used executive orders and policy changes to target trans people, including attempts to remove recognition and military service, stretching legal limits. The Supreme Court allowed a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care and permitted a passport ban to stand while legal challenges continue. Cities responded with symbolic measures like removing rainbow sidewalks even as some municipalities pushed back. Many trans people and families relocated out of hostile states or the country. Hopes for improvement in 2026 are tempered by an expectation of ongoing legal and political struggle.
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