Trump's FCC is eyeing warnings for trans TV content. Civil rights groups are pushing back
Source: The Advocate
Trump's FCC is eyeing warnings for trans TV content. Civil rights groups are pushing back
More than 40 groups are condemning a Trump administration inquiry into whether TV programs featuring trans and nonbinary people should include content warnings.
By Christopher Wiggins
May 26, 2026
For decades, LGBTQ+ Americans fought to be visible on television screens that either erased them entirely or treated them as punchlines, predators, or cautionary tales. Now, a coalition of more than 40 civil rights, free expression, and LGBTQ+ advocacy groups says the federal government is flirting with reviving that history in a new form. This time, the government wants to put warning labels on shows that include transgender and nonbinary people.
In a joint filing submitted Friday to the Federal Communications Commission, organizations including GLAAD, Human Rights Campaign, PEN America, PFLAG National, Lambda Legal, and others, warned that a recent FCC inquiry into television ratings could pave the way for government-backed stigmatization of LGBTQ+ representation on screen.
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The organizations behind the filing argued that the proposal does not merely tweak television ratings but risks framing LGBTQ+ identity itself as inherently suspect or inappropriate for general audiences.
“Together, we affirm that depictions of LGBTQI+ identities, including specifically transgender and non-binary identities, belong in our television programs,” the coalition wrote. “We believe that all people — including all LGBTQI+ youth — deserve to see themselves represented in the media. And we also believe that parents and guardians, not government regulators, should be the ones deciding what their children are able to watch.”
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Read more: https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-fcc-transgender-warnings
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Never mind what the pinheads think they are doing. I call it free advertising. 