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Protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination overrides free speech considerations, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
The vague law, aimed at discouraging the teaching of issues around race, sex, LGBTQ+ identity, and more, is an impediment to education, according to the judge.
She will be the first woman of color and first out LGBTQ+ person on the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, but she had to endure some Republican grilling to get there.
Disney hasn't shown it was harmed by the state's takeover of a special district previously controlled by the company, Judge Allen Winsor said.
If the high court takes up the case, it would be the first one it hears on gender-affirming care.
"We just want to be accepted, and she just wants to be a kid. It shouldn’t be that hard to be a kid,” the girl's mom said.
The parents who sued in Maryland haven't shown that their children are being harmed by the policy, a judge wrote.
The students can use the restrooms and locker rooms for their gender identity while their lawsuits proceed, an appeals court has ruled.
The ruling from the Sixth Circuit is the first court decision in favor of a ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors.
The four trans plaintiffs in Tennessee had sought to change the sex designation on their birth certificates.
A federal judge has ruled that disclosing the three sources of the half-million dollar bond security George Santos’ freedom while he awaits trial is in the public’s interest.
