Alabama Families Continue to Appeal to Block Transgender Care Ban
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled the ban can go into effect. The families want a rehearing by the full court.
September 13, 2023
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A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled the ban can go into effect. The families want a rehearing by the full court.
Several Georgia students, led by the ACLU and Advocate Person of the Year Kerry Pacer (pictured), have sued for the right to have the gay-straight alliance meet on campus.
Another court has stepped in to block Republican efforts to take away essential health care from transgender people.
A Georgia constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage approved by voters in 2004 was struck down Tuesday because it violated the constitution's procedural requirements.
An anti-trans ruling in Alabama paved the way for the Georgia setback.
A federal judge is allowing the state more time to prepare its defense.
Georgia "perpetuated cruel and unusual punishment" by banning gender-affirming care for inmates, attorney Emily Early says.
The billβs sponsors blamed the groupβs new βMarxist lesbianβ president for the legislation.
They want an emergency order to prevent it from going into effect.

The state's abysmal treatment of incarcerated trans people was the subject of a scathing Department of Justice report last year that was withdrawn last month by the Trump administration.
An official state committee concluded that 28-year-old Amber Nicole Thurman's death was βpreventable,β and the hospitalβs delay in performing an abortion had a βlargeβ impact on her passing.
Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill into law in 2022, and it was the subject of a lawsuit almost immediately.
βThe Heath Care Ban violates the constitutional rights of Tennessee adolescents and their parents, and β if it goes into effect β will cause severe and irreparable harm,β the complaint says.
The legislation, signed Monday by Gov. Kevin Stitt, includes the possibility of felony charges for violation.
The state is advancing Rep. Leigh Finke's bill to protect young trans people and their parents from out-of-state actions that would prevent or punish gender-affirming care.
The ban means public employees are forbidden to advise young people even on social transition.