Florida's Medicaid Ban for Gender-Affirming Care Struck Down by Judge
"Gender identity is real," Judge Robert Hinkle wrote in finding the ban violated federal law and the U.S. Constitution.
June 21, 2023
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Suit Challenges Florida Medicaid's Exclusion of Gender-Affirming Care
Failure to cover such care is unconstitutional, says a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.
September 7, 2022
Florida Eliminates Medicaid Coverage for Gender-Affirming Care
The new rules go into effect later this month.
August 12, 2022
West Virginia Bans Gender-Affirming Care for Minors, With Exceptions
The state is just the latest one to pass such an anti-trans law.
March 30, 2023
Florida officials claim SCOTUS ruling allows them to deny trans adults health care
Did the Skrmetti ruling give states carte blanche to discriminate against all transgender people?
July 16, 2025
As the 'Don't Say Gay' Law Goes Into Effect, LGBTQ+ Lives Are Erased
"This bill is a direct attack on the LGBTQ+ community and its allies, and it will have a detrimental impact on the mental health and well-being of LGBTQ+ children in Florida."
July 1, 2022
HIV Panic in Florida Is Turning Into a Health Catastrophe
Transmission rates are higher than any other state, and bias-based laws are likely making things worse.
November 20, 2017
Federal court permanently blocks Florida's law against trans health care
The state had banned the care for minors and restricted it for adults.
June 11, 2024
Watch dildos dominate discussion during Moms for Liberty MSNBC interview
Tiffany Justice, the co-founder of the anti-government extremist group, appeared obsessed with the sex toy and kept repeating the word.
January 23, 2024
How the Juvenile Justice System Is Failing LGBTQ Youth
The failure puts these incarcerated young people at risk and is bad for society as a whole, writes Sean Cahill of Fenway Health.
October 29, 2018
Florida Rains Down Restrictions on LGBTQ+ Youth, Gender-Affirming Care
The state's Department of Health and its Department of Education have pushed to restrict trans rights.
August 1, 2022
5 takeaways from the Supreme Court ruling on gender-affirming care
It's a terrible ruling but could be worse. And it's not the end.
June 18, 2025
Video: Transgender activists stage die-in at Florida driver's license offices across the state
It comes as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration criminalizes changing one's gender on an I.D.
February 9, 2024
What states are the most dangerous for LGBTQ+ people? Here are the worst 15
A lot of states are passing laws that target the LGBTQ+ community — but these 15 are the absolute worst.
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March 4, 2025
7 Times White House's Karine Jean-Pierre Was a Total Badass
For Lesbian Visibility Week, we salute one of the nation's most visible lesbians, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who uses her platform to stand against bigotry.
April 30, 2023
Fla. Gov. Suspends Prosecutor Who Went Against Anti-Trans Proposal
Andrew Warren signed a pledge to not take part in efforts supporting anti-gender-affirming care policies or anti-abortion laws.
August 4, 2022
A Call for Reform on HIV Is Not a Crime Awareness Day
People living with HIV and their allies are making clear that HIV criminalization laws no longer make sense -- and that they do harm.
February 28, 2022
Florida Board of Education OK's Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies, Sanitized View of Slavery
The board expanded restrictions on lessons about LGBTQ+ identity and called for teaching that slavery benefited some African Americans.
July 21, 2023
The Right Is Using the Anti-Abortion Dobbs Ruling to Attack Trans Care. Will It Work?
After an appeals court cites the Dobbs ruling in upholding a trans care ban, there's cause for concern — but not panic, LGBTQ+ activists say.
July 15, 2023
Trump Hopes for a Chance to Replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Supreme Court
Or Anthony Kennedy, sources say, as both LGBT-supportive jurists are in their 80s.
January 3, 2017
