Ron DeSantis Signs Four Bills Into Law Restricting LGBTQ+ Rights in Florida
The bills include an expansion of "don't say gay," a ban on gender-affirming care, restrictions on bathroom use, and restrictions on drag shows.
May 17, 2023
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U.K. bans puberty blockers for trans youth indefinitely
Government officials said the medication poses an "unacceptable safety risk," but study often referenced by British officials about the treatment has come under criticism.
December 11, 2024
Arkansas Close to Banning Hormones, Puberty Blockers for Trans Youth
The state's Senate approved a bill Monday and the House had passed it earlier this month, so it now goes to Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
March 29, 2021
U.K. Appeals Court Overturns Puberty Blockers Ban for Youth Under 16
"The judgment upholds established legal principles which respect the ability of our clinicians to engage actively and thoughtfully with our patients in decisions about their care and futures."
September 17, 2021
South Dakota Senate Passes Ban on Gender-Affirming Care
The legislation would ban hormone treatment, puberty blockers, and gender-confirmation surgery for minors.
February 9, 2023
Judge Blocks Arkansas Ban on Gender-Affirming Health Care for Minors
The law, banning hormone treatment and puberty blockers as well as gender-affirming surgeries, was set to go into effect July 28.
July 21, 2021
Kentucky Allowed to Enforce Trans Care Ban, Appeals Court Rules
The Sixth Circuit had ruled similarly in a case out of Tennessee.
August 1, 2023
Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly once again vetoes gender-affirming care ban for minors
Senate Bill 63 sought to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria while allowing the same treatments to continue for cisgender minors with other conditions.
February 12, 2025
Nancy Mace said she was 'pro-transgender rights' just last year: 'It's your body, your choice'
Nancy Mace's political stunt targeting Sarah McBride's bathroom use comes just a year after Mace said "I'm pro-transgender rights. I'm pro-LGBTQ."
November 26, 2024
Judges Block Tennessee, Kentucky Bans on Transition Care for Minors
These aren't final decisions on the bans, but they can't be enforced while lawsuits against them are heard.
June 28, 2023
Bill Banning Hormones for Trans Youth Vetoed by Arkansas Governor
The news was heralded by LGBTQ+ activists, but the legislature could still override the veto with a simple majority.
April 5, 2021
Nebraska Supreme Court upholds anti-trans care, anti-abortion law
The law bans most abortions after 12 weeks and restricts gender-affirming care for trans people under 19.
July 26, 2024
22 Republican AGs threaten to make it illegal for the American Academy of Pediatrics to endorse trans care
The letter, which was sent to the president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, attempts to use consumer protection laws to make it against the law to support puberty blockers.
September 28, 2024
Ohio appeals court strikes down ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth
The ban interferes with parental rights, according to a state-level court.
March 18, 2025
Texas to Face Lawsuit Over Its Recently Passed Ban on Gender-Affirming Care
Legislators gave final approval to the ban Wednesday, and Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to sign it into law.
May 18, 2023
New German, Swiss, and Austrian guidelines recommend gender-affirming care, slam Cass Review
The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when U.S. politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.
March 12, 2025
Missouri Judge Will Be Replaced in Transgender Health Care Case
The plaintiffs had sought to replace Steven Ohmer, and he agreed to step aside..
October 23, 2023
Nebraskans Ask State Supreme Court to Overturn Abortion, Trans Care Restrictions
The regulations were combined into one bill, which opponents say violates the state constitution's requirement for all bills to be single-subject.
August 20, 2023
John Oliver Blasts 'Garbage Lady' Kay Ivey for Anti-Trans Law
Alabama's law criminalizing the provision of gender-affirming care to minors "is absolutely appalling," Oliver said.
May 16, 2022
Elliot Page & Lilly Wachowski Help Fight a Trans Health Care Ban
The Arkansas law legally prohibits medical professionals from offering gender-affirming health care to trans youth.
January 20, 2022
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards Vetoes Three Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills
Gov. John Bel Edwards, a moderate Democrat, vetoed a gender-affirming care ban, a "don't say LGBTQ+" bill, and a pronoun restriction bill.
July 3, 2023