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Montana Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling that allows gender-affirming care for minors
1 week, 4 days ago

Montana Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling that allows gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

— A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors will remain temporarily blocked, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, after justices unanimously agreed with a lower court judge who found the law likely violates the state’s constitutional right to privacy. “In upholding the district court’s flawed decision to temporarily block a duly enacted law, the Supreme Court put …

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The Hidden Danger of the Supreme Court’s New Trans Rights Case
54 years, 11 months ago

The Hidden Danger of the Supreme Court’s New Trans Rights Case

Slate  

The Supreme Court hears arguments on Wednesday in Skrmetti v. U.S., a case of such immense importance to constitutional equality and with such devastating potential consequences that it’s hard to even describe. It is also, fundamentally, a case about gender equality, and whether constitutional limitations on sex discrimination can survive the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority. The statute itself declares that …

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States that have passed laws restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth
54 years, 11 months ago

States that have passed laws restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth

CNN  

CNN — Twenty-six states have passed bans on gender-affirming health care for transgender children and teenagers, according to a CNN analysis of data from the Movement Advancement Project, a nonprofit think tank that advocates for LGBTQ rights. After the first gender-affirming care ban for minors became law in 2021, a flurry of states passed similar measures. While 19 states passed …

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Supreme Court Weighs Future Of Trans Youth Health Care
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Supreme Court Weighs Future Of Trans Youth Health Care

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments for the most important transgender rights case it has ever reviewed — one that could have significant consequences on the future of lifesaving gender-affirming care for youth in the country. The Tennessee law, Senate Bill 1, encourages minors to “appreciate their sex” by prohibiting puberty blockers or hormone …

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Transgender rights take center stage at the US Supreme Court. Here’s what to know
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Transgender rights take center stage at the US Supreme Court. Here’s what to know

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Supreme Court will dive headfirst into the politically fraught issue of transgender rights on Wednesday when it hears a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors in the highest-profile case of the fall. “This is going to be their first opportunity to address the rights of the transgender community under the equal protection clause, …

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How a Supreme Court decision on health care bans for transgender youth could impact trans people nationwide
2 weeks, 6 days ago

How a Supreme Court decision on health care bans for transgender youth could impact trans people nationwide

CNN  

CNN — When Tennessee banned gender-affirming care for transgender youth last year, Sarah began taking days off work to drive hundreds of miles from her home in Nashville to a North Carolina clinic that could treat her transgender son. Parents like Sarah and transgender communities across the United States will be paying close attention Wednesday as the US Supreme Court …

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Trans health care under Trump may follow the abortion playbook and its Hyde amendment
1 month ago

Trans health care under Trump may follow the abortion playbook and its Hyde amendment

NPR  

Trans health care under Trump may follow the abortion playbook and its Hyde amendment toggle caption Sue Ogrocki/AP Ringing in voters' ears in the final weeks of the presidential campaign was the tagline: "Kamala is for they/them. Sponsor Message A federal ban on gender-affirming care for minors is likely, says Jon Schweppe, policy director at the American Principles Project, a …

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Trump pledged to roll back protections for transgender students. They’re flooding crisis hotlines
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump pledged to roll back protections for transgender students. They’re flooding crisis hotlines

Associated Press  

Transgender youth in the United States have been flooding crisis hotlines since the election of Donald Trump, who made anti-transgender themes central to his campaign. And his administration can swiftly start work on one major change: It can exclude transgender students from Title IX protections, which affect school policies on students’ use of pronouns, bathrooms and locker rooms. It is …

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Walz touts Democratic record of defending LGBTQ+ rights, says Harris will advance cause if elected
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Walz touts Democratic record of defending LGBTQ+ rights, says Harris will advance cause if elected

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz touted Vice President Kamala Harris’ record of defending LGBTQ+ rights on Saturday night, pledging to a supportive crowd that she will advance their cause if elected president. Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, headlined the national dinner for the Human Rights Campaign, which he praised as “the best party in the nation.” He entered …

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Supreme Court will decide if states may prohibit hormones for transgender teens
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court will decide if states may prohibit hormones for transgender teens

LA Times  

People attend a rally as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility by the Capitol in Washington in 2023. In the last three years, however, many Republican-led states have enacted laws that forbid medical treatments intended to help youths under 18 transition to what the measures describe as a “purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex.” The Biden administration, the …

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Proposal to limit transgender youth rights fails to qualify for California’s November ballot
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Proposal to limit transgender youth rights fails to qualify for California’s November ballot

LA Times  

LGBTQ+ advocates protest at a rally held in Los Angeles in March to support a ballot measure proposal that would have required schools to notify parents about student gender identity decisions and limited other support for trans youth. A measure that would have required schools to notify parents about their child’s gender identity and limited transgender youth medical care has …

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Supreme Court Allows Idahos Ban On Transgender Youth Care
8 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Allows Idahos Ban On Transgender Youth Care

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING 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. Under the court’s order, the two transgender teens who sued to challenge the law still will be able to obtain care. The law’s backers have said it is necessary to …

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Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth
8 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth

Associated Press  

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 …

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Transgender rights vs. parent rights. California goes to court to settle school divide
8 months, 1 week ago

Transgender rights vs. parent rights. California goes to court to settle school divide

LA Times  

Miran Magptyan, left, a supporter of parent-notification policies, confronts Micki Simon, who wants to protect the privacy of transgender students, outside the Orange Unified School District board meeting in September. Rob Bonta saw things differently when his office chose the name signature gatherers must use: “Restricts Rights of Transgender Youth.” Among its provisions, the initiative in question — which has …

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It’s Much Harder And More Expensive To Get Gender-Affirming Care Than Ever Before: Report
8 months, 2 weeks ago

It’s Much Harder And More Expensive To Get Gender-Affirming Care Than Ever Before: Report

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Families of transgender youth in the South have to spend much more time and money to access gender-affirming care than they used to because of anti-trans legislation that has been passed in the last two years, according to a new report from the Campaign for Southern Equality. Two dozen states, predominantly in the South, have passed bans …

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South Carolina House OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors
11 months ago

South Carolina House OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Hindustan Times  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors was overwhelmingly approved Wednesday by the Republican-led South Carolina House. COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday debated proposed restrictions on health care for transgender youth, while a Missouri legislative committee discussed a slew of like-minded proposals. Democratic South Carolina Rep. Marvin Pendarvis said Republicans should stick …

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South Carolina House OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors, Missouri panel sees similar bills
11 months ago

South Carolina House OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors, Missouri panel sees similar bills

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Republican-led South Carolina House overwhelmingly approved a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors on Wednesday, while a Missouri legislative committee discussed a slew of like-minded proposals. But Republican South Carolina Rep. John McCravy, a co-sponsor of the bill, said Wednesday that “unpublished evidence” shows puberty blockers increase self-harm and decried the banned treatments as irreversible. …

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For transgender youth in crisis, hospitals sometimes compound the trauma
11 months, 3 weeks ago

For transgender youth in crisis, hospitals sometimes compound the trauma

Associated Press  

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Four days of waiting under the flickering fluorescent lights of UNC Hospitals’ emergency room left Callum Bradford desperate for an answer to one key question. “That moment of crisis and shock and fear, I would wish anything that that hadn’t happened, because I truly think that I took a step backwards from where I was before …

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Ohio Senate clears ban on gender-affirming care for minors, transgender athletes in girls sports
1 year ago

Ohio Senate clears ban on gender-affirming care for minors, transgender athletes in girls sports

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Republican-backed proposal that would drastically affect how LGBTQ youth in Ohio live their everyday lives cleared the state Senate on Wednesday, despite adamant opposition from parents, medical providers and education professionals who call it cruel and potentially life threatening. State senators, by a vote of 24-8, approved a multifaceted bill that would ban gender-affirming care for …

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Judge to rule on temporary block of North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors
1 year, 1 month ago

Judge to rule on temporary block of North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota district judge said Tuesday he’ll decide soon on whether to temporarily block the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for children, among the latest in a series of similar lawsuits playing out across the U.S. Three families and a pediatrician are the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed in September. They say the ban violates the …

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ACLU Asks Supreme Court To Block Tennessee Ban On Gender-Affirming Care For Trans Youth
1 year, 1 month ago

ACLU Asks Supreme Court To Block Tennessee Ban On Gender-Affirming Care For Trans Youth

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case involving the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. However, the ACLU, medical providers and families of transgender youth in the state say that the law has already affected patients who began gender-affirming care prior to the enforcement of …

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This State Tried To Pass Anti-Trans Laws For Years. Then A Right-Wing Media Star Got Involved.
1 year, 1 month ago

This State Tried To Pass Anti-Trans Laws For Years. Then A Right-Wing Media Star Got Involved.

Huff Post  

Last September, Riley headed to their clinic at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which was usually brimming with chatter about the day’s research and patient needs. All day people whispered about the social media posts by right-wing blogger Matt Walsh, which had gone viral the day before for claiming that doctors at Vanderbilt’s transgender health clinic “castrate” and “sterilize” children. Riley …

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Montana judge temporarily blocks enforcement of law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors
1 year, 2 months ago

Montana judge temporarily blocks enforcement of law to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors

Associated Press  

— A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors is temporarily blocked, a state judge ruled Wednesday, just four days before it was to take effect. District Court Judge Jason Marks agreed with transgender youth, their families and health care providers that the law passed by the 2023 Montana Legislature is likely unconstitutional and would harm the mental …

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Montana judge blocks law to ban hormone and other medical care for transgender minors
1 year, 2 months ago

Montana judge blocks law to ban hormone and other medical care for transgender minors

LA Times  

Demonstrators gather on the steps of the Montana state Capitol in Helena to protest anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in 2021. A Montana law banning hormone treatment and other medical care for transgender minors is temporarily blocked, a state judge ruled Wednesday, just four days before it was to take effect. District Court Judge Jason Marks agreed with transgender youth, their families and …

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