Particle.news
Download on the App Store
4 ARTICLES
·
yesterday

Democrats Reintroduce Transgender Bill of Rights in House and Senate

Sponsors cast the measure as a federal blueprint countering Trump's two-sex policy.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 10: People gather in protest at the Stonewall National Monument after the Trump administration had the National Park Service remove the LGBTQ+ Pride flag from the site, which is considered the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, on February 10, 2026, in New York City. The monument recognizes The Stonewall Inn, a legendary Manhattan gay bar that was the site of a 1969 uprising credited as a turning point in the modern LGBTQ rights movement. The decision to take down the flag has drawn backlash from national civil rights groups, LGBTQ+ advocates, and New York officials, and there is currently a plan to reinstall the flag later this week. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
You can feel the energy
Image

Overview

  • Sen. Ed Markey leads the Senate resolution, with Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Sara Jacobs spearheading the House version alongside Rep. Mark Takano.
  • Nearly 100 House members have co-sponsored the measure, and Senate backers include Jeff Merkley, Elizabeth Warren, Mazie Hirono, Ron Wyden, Martin Heinrich, Alex Padilla, Bernie Sanders, and Peter Welch.
  • The resolution directs the federal government to craft and implement protections guaranteeing access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security for transgender and nonbinary people.
  • Proposed administrative changes would let people remove sex where not pertinent on federal IDs, update names and sex by self-attestation, and select an X gender marker on documents.
  • Sponsors say the effort responds to the 2025 executive order recognizing only two sexes, as watchdogs counted 1,022 state measures targeting trans rights in 2025, and passage faces steep political hurdles.