Is This the Next Supreme Court Case on LGBTQ+ Rights?
The ruling from the Sixth Circuit is the first court decision in favor of a ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors.
July 11, 2023
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The ruling from the Sixth Circuit is the first court decision in favor of a ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors.
The preliminary injunction affects Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
The students can use the restrooms and locker rooms for their gender identity while their lawsuits proceed, an appeals court has ruled.
The law had been on hold until the judge could decide whether to block it while a suit against it is heard.
This follows a similar filing on a ban in Tennessee.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued its ruling Thursday, but the lawyers representing trans youth and families note that the fight is not over.
These aren't final decisions on the bans, but they can't be enforced while lawsuits against them are heard.
It’s a big victory for trans rights.
The Indiana governor's "license to discriminate" law and other aspect of his LGBT rights record didn't come up in the vice-presidential debate.
The Seventh Circuit lifted an injunction, letting the ban be enforced while a lawsuit against it proceeds.
State officials can't enforce most of the law's provisions while a suit against it is heard.
An appeals court ruled against the state's refusal to list both same-sex spouses on birth certificates.
The girl's school had told her parents she couldn't play on the team anymore after the passage of the state's anti-trans sports bill.
Students sued their Indiana high school after it would not allow the GSA to be an official club on campus.
The two Indiana boys were not allowed to use the male restrooms by school district employees and have repeatedly been referred to by their birth names, according to the lawsuit.
The new rule protecting LGBTQ+ students in schools accepting federal funds took effect in the rest of the country on Thursday.
The Sixth Circuit had ruled similarly in a case out of Tennessee.
Another court has stepped in to block Republican efforts to take away essential health care from transgender people.
Transgender students in Indiana can continue using the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity.