Supreme Court orders judges to reconsider protections for transgender people in four states
The decision will impact LGBTQ+ populations in Idaho, North Carolina, Oklahoma and West Virginia.
July 1, 2025
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The decision will impact LGBTQ+ populations in Idaho, North Carolina, Oklahoma and West Virginia.
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.
The defendants in the case previously argued that requiring insurance coverage of PrEP access was similar to supporting homosexuality.
The Advocate asked the community to tell us how the Obergefell ruling impacted them and their relationships. Here's what they said.
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.
The case challenged a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for trans youth in the state.
The Supreme Court's decision makes it easier for lawsuits on "reverse discrimination" to be brought.
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.
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.
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.
Here's what’s at stake in the latest Obamacare challenge that the original plaintiffs claimed encouraged people to be gay.
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.
Unlikely, but not impossible.
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.
Marlean Ames claims that she suffered “reverse discrimination” as a straight white woman when her queer colleagues were promoted over her.
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.
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.
2024 was a historically difficult year for transgender people, but there were some major victories. Erin Reed lists the biggest ones here.
Olson took on marriage equality as a principle of conservatism, he said.
The ruling is a significant setback for the anti-abortion movement in what was the first major Supreme Court case on reproductive rights since the court’s conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.