California stands up for trans youth, We recap new anti-trans laws, and the National Rainbow...

Описание: This week on the Queer News podcast, our top story contains a round up of anti-trans laws states are attempting to pass this year. In politics, We remember Jay Lee, and stand with California as they fight for trans youth. In culture and entertainment, The National Rainbow College Fund Launches Their 2026–27 Scholarship Program and Magic: The Gathering players raise more than $600,000 for Trans Lives.



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05:34 Anti-Trans Law Roundup: A Brief Summary Of the New Anti-Trans Laws States Are Attempting To Pass

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This week’s episode of Queer News is packed with historic milestones, urgent calls for justice, and accountability. Here is your social-media-ready breakdown of every story from Episode 323.

This Week’s Top Story



Anti-Trans Law Roundup: A Brief Summary Of the New Anti-Trans Laws States Are Attempting To Pass

For our top story this week, in this day and age it's important to stay up to date on the laws in this country as they seem to change almost everyday. We’ve rounded up four anti-trans laws that states are trying to pass in 2026.



In Kansas, bills SB 244 and HB2426 are making big strides towards the senate. Those bills would allow private citizens to act as bounty hunters, encouraging them to search for trans people utilizing private business restrooms and sue them for as much money as possible. Nebraska is also trying to implement a whole slew of anti trans laws including bathroom bans for state owned buildings such as colleges, restrictions in gender-affirming care, and the possible ban of HRT for youth under 19 years old. As if Minnesota hasn’t already been through enough, the Trump administration is targeting Trans athletes in the state. And Indiana is targeting incarcerated trans people with the bill SB 182.



This Week In Politics



Remembering Jay Lee

Back in 2022, cherished member of the LGBTQ+ community in Oxford Jay Lee vanished without a trace. His remains were found last year. For years his family searched for answers, and now all has been revealed. Dateline released a 2 hour episode detailing Lee,s disappearance and two trials that led to the conviction of Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr, Lee’s murderer.



The State of California Takes Legal Action After the Termination of Trans Youth Care

One of the largest hospitals that offered gender affirming care to youth in the state of California, Rady Children’s Hospital, announced last month that they’d no longer be offering those services. This was a devastating blow to trans youth in California as the hospital served over 1,900 patients seeking gender-affirming care with approximately 1,450 of those patients under 19 for the past 14 years. The state of California is now suing them. California Attorney General Rob Bonta is leading the lawsuit against the Rady Children’s Hospital. Bonta’s leading complaint aims to “address Rady Children’s Health’s (RCH) unlawful refusal to fulfill its legal obligations to the Attorney General to the detriment of its patients.”



This Week In Culture & Entertainment



The National Rainbow College Fund is...