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“If our Constitution means anything, it means that the federal government can’t rifle through your child’s medical records in order to intimidate you,” a lawyer for the families told The Advocate.
Darrin Gayles became the first out gay Black federal judge in 2014 after he was nominated by Barack Obama.
In March, two trans men and one trans woman serving sentences in facilities in New Jersey, Minnesota, and Florida filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration and the Bureau of Prisons.
The Trump Justice Department is asking for an emergency stay to allow it to ban transgender people from the military.
The internet isn't having it with Pete Hegseth.
"There’s nothing in the record right now that tells me how many complaints there have been with respect to unit cohesion or military readiness with respect to gender dysphoria,” U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes told a Justice Department attorney.
"It's a trap," one legal expert told The Advocate.
The policy explicitly bans transgender service members from receiving gender-affirming medical care, including hormone therapy and gender-confirmation surgeries.
The judge directed the federal government to notify both the court and plaintiffs if the Department of Defense issues any policy or guidance enforcing the challenged executive orders impacting transgender service members.
The Air Force says transgender service members have to leave before the end of March or face an uncertain future.
“President Trump, we will see you in court again, and we will beat you again,” Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings said.
U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes was not having it.
New enlistments for transgender people are stopped, care for existing service members paused and promotions held up, according to the defense secretary’s latest memo.
The order will mean the inmate, identified under the pseudonym Maria Moe, will be transferred to a men's prison, putting her in immediate danger, the lawsuit says.
Some other teams and even a teammate had sought to bar the trans woman from participating in this week's Mountain West Conference tournament.
It’s a big victory for trans rights.
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.
