WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower courts. Lawyers for the teens wrote in court papers that the teens’ “gender dysphoria has been dramatically alleviated as a result of puberty blockers and estrogen therapy.” The American Civil Liberties Union, representing the …
Ron DeSantis’ initatives restricting free speech, abortion and healthcare for transgender residents keep getting challenged in court — and often losing. “For many years, Florida’s Medicaid system paid for medically necessary treatments for gender dysphoria,” Judge Robert L. Hinkle wrote on June 21. The Medicaid agency ruling was followed by legislation prohibiting the use of state funds, including Medicaid, for …
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Transgender children in Florida will be barred from receiving hormones or undergoing surgeries to treat gender dysphoria under a rule approved Friday by state medical officials at the urging of Republican Gov. The Florida Board of Medicine and the state Board of Osteopathic Medicine voted at a joint meeting in Lake Buena Vista to finalize rules governing …
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal ruling that gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act could help block conservative political efforts to restrict access to gender-affirming care, advocates and experts say. “This decision destigmatized a health condition — gender dysphoria — and it says that what Congress did in 1990 wasn’t OK,” Barry said. The court cited advances …
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