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In the United States, the rights of transgender people vary considerably by jurisdiction. In recent decades, there was an expansion of federal, state, and local laws and rulings to protect transgender Americans until 2025; however, many rights remain unprotected, and some rights are being eroded.
The first transgender public officeholder in the United States was Joanne Marie Conte, elected to Arvada, Colorado's City Council in 1991. As of January 2025, the highest-ranking public official is Sarah McBride , who represents Delaware's at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives .
U.S. Army Maj. Alivia Stehlik, a transgender officer assigned to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., knows how it feels to face a challenge. “I’m Ranger-qualified, I’m ...
On August 9, 2017, [102] [103] five transgender United States military personnel sued Trump and top Pentagon officials over the proposed banning of transgender people from serving in the military. The suit asks the court to prevent the ban from going into effect.
Activists for transgender rights gather in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 1, 2023. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images/File)
Dr. Susan Lacy had been caring for transgender patients for several years in Tennessee when, in 2023, everything changed. In the span of a few months, the Republican-governed state banned ...
This article addresses the history of transgender people in the United States from prior to Western contact until the present. There are a few historical accounts of transgender people that have been present in the land now known as the United States at least since the early 1600s.
There are more than 13 million people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender in the U.S. ages 13 and older, including about 300,000 young people and 1.3 million adults who identify as ...