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A photo of Trump signing an executive order to keep trans women out of women's sports, surrounded by seven news headlines (and one opinion headline) chronicling anti-trans federal and local actions over the past year of Trump's second term in office. Clockwise, starting with the leftmost, they read: Trump calls executive order targeting trans athletes 'common sense'; More states pass laws restricting transgender people's bathroom use; Kansas Republicans add bathroom ban to anti-trans proposal, shuffle bills to avoid public hearings; Iowa's civil rights protections no longer include gender identity as new law takes effect; Liberals should read the HHS review of pediatric 'gender affirming' care | Opinion; Trump's executive actions curbing transgender rights focus on 'gender ideology'; Supreme Court lets Trump block transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers.

‘Almost media silence’: National, local news ignores trans Americans amid 2025’s anti-trans attacks

By Aleksandra Vaca

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February 2, 2026

The failures of newsrooms to substantively cover anti-trans legislation in 2023 and 2024 have compounded over the first year of Trump's second term in office.