Robert De Niro's daughter Airyn De Niro has come out as transgender. The aspiring actress, whose mother is Toukie Smith, opened up about her transition to Them magazine in a personal interview published April 29.

The 29-year-old came out as a trans woman in a recent interview and shared how Black women have been instrumental to her identity.

The US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights ruled Monday that the University of Pennsylvania violated Title IX guarantees against sex discrimination when it allowed a transgender woman to compete on its women’s swimming team.

The Trump administration says the University of Pennsylvania illegally denied women equal opportunities by letting a transgender swimmer compete on the school’s women’s team and into team facilities

The Trump administration said Monday that the University of Pennsylvania violated Title IX by letting a transgender swimmer compete on the school’s women’s team and enter into women’s facilities. It gave Penn 10 days to voluntarily resolve the violations,