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The battle over LGBTQ+ inclusion in school curricula is heating up at the U.S. Supreme Court with several rights groups filing amicus briefs in support of a Maryland school district.
Transgender young people and their parents can breathe a sigh of relief for now.
The letter, introduced by Rep. Becca Balint and signed by 89 House Democrats, asserts that the ban "threatens the lives and well-being of the young people who need this care, which is supported by every major medical association."
Those who sued have "shown they will face irreparable harm" if the order is allowed to stand, a federal judge wrote.
A Trump voter is worried that his trans son will lose gender-affirming care access.
Trans adults, families of trans youth, and organizations have filed suit.
Marriage
equality in Maryland came one step closer to reality on
Friday when a circuit court judge declared a
33-year-old law banning same-sex marriage in that state unconstitutional.
Max Brennan had been barred from using the boys' locker room for gym class.
Lambda Legal and OutServe-SLDN filed a joint suit today, and the ACLU filed one as well.
Transgender surgeries are life-saving for people suffering from gender dysphoria. That's why the ACLU of Minnesota is fighting to lift the state's ban on the use of Medicaid funds for them.
"As governor, I will uphold my oath of office to respect these court rulings," Gov. Pat McCrory said.
The death of a transgender woman held in solitary confinement in a Florida men's prison highlights the dire consequences of so-called protective custody.
"A capricious, arbitrary, and unqualified tweet of new policy does not trump the methodical and systematic review by military stakeholders," Judge Marvin J. Garbis wrote.
“We’ve seen over the last several years a militant effort in red states by the government to discriminate against trans folks, in particular, and the broader LGBTQ community, and even to go so far as to try to deny trans people's existence,” said Mike Zamore, national director of policy and governmental affairs at the ACLU.
U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick had previously blocked the policy only for those who sued, but now it will cover almost all trans and nonbinary passport applicants.
Not a single judge in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals wanted to reconsider a ruling that declared 16-year-old Gavin Grimm should be allowed to use the boys' bathroom at his Virginia high school.
The judge stopped the administration from stripping funding from medical providers that provide medical care to transgender minors.
