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
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Did the Skrmetti ruling give states carte blanche to discriminate against all transgender people?
The defendants in the case previously argued that requiring insurance coverage of PrEP access was similar to supporting homosexuality.
The case challenged a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for trans youth in the state.
Here's what’s at stake in the latest Obamacare challenge that the original plaintiffs claimed encouraged people to be gay.
Unlikely, but not impossible.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could allow guardians to prohibit students from hearing lessons or using books involving LGBTQ+ identities.
2024 was a historically difficult year for transgender people, but there were some major victories. Erin Reed lists the biggest ones here.
The decision will impact LGBTQ+ populations in Idaho, North Carolina, Oklahoma and West Virginia.
The Advocate asked the community to tell us how the Obergefell ruling impacted them and their relationships. Here's what they said.
The Supreme Court's decision makes it easier for lawsuits on "reverse discrimination" to be brought.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson told Columbia that its ban on the discredited practice of conversion therapy was unconstitutional, but critics questioned the timing and motivation of the letter.
Opinion: Justice Amy Coney Barrett's choice: to be bold like former Justices Souter and Blackmun, or irrational and loathed like Justices Alito and Thomas, writes John Casey.
The Biden administration has said it would not enforce the law when it takes effect on Sunday, and it's unclear what the incoming Trump administration will do.
Olson took on marriage equality as a principle of conservatism, he said.
The decision ultimately means that laws can restrict the free speech of adults in service of protecting children.
Parents in Mahmoud v. Taylor won the right to opt-out of classes where LGBTQ-themed books were taught.
Opinion: "When activists fought for the queer community in years past, existing rights were not at risk. Our community had nothing to lose. We could only gain rights that society and laws had long denied us. In 2025, we stand to lose the rights we have achieved," argues Jim Obergefell.
A split decision keeps in place a lower court ruling barring St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School in Oklahoma from accessing funds in the state's charter school program.
LGBTQ+ and public health advocates warn that a ruling in favor of the plaintiffs would allow insurers to begin denying or charging for services currently guaranteed to be free—like STI testing, diabetes screening, contraception, and maternal care.
The battle over LGBTQ+ inclusion in school curricula is heating up at the U.S. Supreme Court with several rights groups filing amicus briefs in support of a Maryland school district.
Marlean Ames claims that she suffered “reverse discrimination” as a straight white woman when her queer colleagues were promoted over her.