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A letter from the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles cites the state's statute prohibiting fake IDs, which makes use of a fictitious ID a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years of prison or probation and a $5,000 fine, to bar the changes.
At a rally on the steps outside the building on Wednesday, LGBTQ leaders and progressive lawmakers slammed legislation threatening to erase trans identities.
Officials made the announcement in celebration of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
The Tennessee law is unconstitutional because it forces citizens to engage in speech they disagree with, a federal judge ruled.
An appeals court lifted an injunction against the draconian "license to discriminate" law.
A federal judge declared that Kentucky's refusal to recognize legal out-of-state same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, but stopped short of establishing marriage equality in the state.
The California supreme court ruled Thursday that lesbian and gay couples are entitled to the right to marry in California. San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom joined gay activists and litigators for a victory celebration in the city where it all began.
The change comes after recommendations from a commission formed by the NHS.
The court won't hear challenges to Mississippi's "license to discriminate" law, but advocates expect to bring new ones.
The Department of Health and Human Services said it would okay discrimination with adoption, health care services. Officials are now pushing back.
The bill would void the anti-LGBT discriminatory provisions in HB 1523 from taking effect.
But how will homophobic President Jair Bolsonaro respond?
The rule comes as LGBTQ+ rights groups sue Montana over another anti-trans rule made earlier this year.
The ruling applies to the city of Philadelphia's contract with Catholic Social Services to provide foster care certifications.
The state had asked Judge Robert Hinkle to put his June ruling against the restrictions on hold, but he said no.
The judge also held the state in contempt for violating a court order regarding sex designation rules.
Under a proposed rule announced by Ben Carson, federally funded shelters could turn away trans people or force them into unsafe situations.
