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On day one of the new administration, President Trump signed EO 14183, titled “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness,” to remove all trans service members. The ban has far-reaching implications for trans service members and their families. We break down all the new policy changes in our latest online resource.

“This report, initiated by the Trump administration’s January 28 Executive Order, is a deeply ideological and politically motivated distortion of scientific evidence. It lacks the substantial time, rigorous and objective assessments, and strong methodological tools that literature reviews require, and it fails to maintain even a thin veneer of intellectual rigor or objectivity."

Trump's administration has been viciously attacking trans people and our most basic constitutional rights, but we're fighting back. We'll never stop fighting to protect trans lives.

Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) Executive Director, previously Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, announced that he will be leaving his role at the end of his contract on April 30, 2025. There is no current plan to fill the position.

Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) announced its endorsement of the Transgender Health Care Access Act, a bill sponsored by Rep. Becca Balint of Vermont

The Trump administration is trying to deprive trans people of the healthcare that we need. Tell this administration to get their hands off our healthcare!

Trump signed an executive order that unlawfully attempts to dismantle the US Department of Education and pressures agency officials to violate the civil rights laws the agency is tasked with upholding.

Today, as state legislatures across the country take up bills to ban trans youth from sports, California Governor Gavin Newsom weighed in on the topic on his debut podcast. In response, Advocates for Trans Equality Chief Strategic Programs Officer Anya Marino released the following statement:

The U.S. Department of State has opened public comment periods on three important passport applications, and we must flood all three with our opposition to anti-trans changes before it's too late.

The Senate majority failed to win the 60 votes necessary to advance S.9, a bill to ban transgender girls and women from participating in sports at federally funded schools and universities.