Appeals court lets Indiana's gender-affirming care ban go into effect
The Seventh Circuit lifted an injunction, letting the ban be enforced while a lawsuit against it proceeds.
February 27, 2024
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The Seventh Circuit lifted an injunction, letting the ban be enforced while a lawsuit against it proceeds.
The students can use the restrooms and locker rooms for their gender identity while their lawsuits proceed, an appeals court has ruled.
Roncalli High School in Indianapolis was within its rights to fire Shelly Fitzgerald because her marriage goes against Catholic doctrine, a federal appellate court rules.
The Seventh Circuit becomes the first federal appeals court to base a ruling on trans student rights on Title IX and the U.S. Constitution.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act does cover sexual orientation discrimination, the Seventh Circuit rules, making it the highest court to arrive at this determination.Â
After an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, most county clerks have begun issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
The president's administration had tried rolling back protections for transgender students.
The decision from a federal appeals court comes in the case of a lesbian who says she was physically and verbally assaulted other tenants at her senior housing facility.
An appeals court ruled against the state's refusal to list both same-sex spouses on birth certificates.
If the high court takes Jameka Evans's case, it will decide whether existing federal law bans sexual orientation discrimination.
The case of Jameka Evans would have given the high court the opportunity to decide if federal law already bans discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Or Anthony Kennedy, sources say, as both LGBT-supportive jurists are in their 80s.
The same judge who ruled against the state's ban on marriage equality affirmed that decision Tuesday in a separate case, requiring Indiana to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.