Politics · February 9, 2023
Conservative States Consider Banning Gender Affirming Medical Care for Young People
"Gender affirming medical care under attack in conservative states. #TransRights #HealthCareForAll #ProtectTransYouth
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Law & Courts · Aug 27
Court: Arkansas can’t ban treatment of transgender kids
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday said Arkansas can’t enforce its ban on transgender children receiving gender-affirming medical care. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appe…
Health · Aug 26
Arkansas loses bid to revive ban on gender transition for minors
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday refused to revive Arkansas’s first-of-its-kind law prohibiting doctors from providing puberty blockers, hormones and surgery as part of gender transition treatment for min…
Article · Jan 21
Hormones help trans teens, U.S. study finds, as state bans loom
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Transgender teenagers prescribed cross-sex hormones are less likely to have suicidal thoughts and other mental health problems as adults, research showed this week as lawmakers in…
Politics · Aug 30
20 states sue over Biden admin school, work LGBT protections
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys general from 20 states sued President Joe Biden’s administration Monday seeking to halt directives that extend federal sex discrimination protections to LGBTQ people, ranging from trans…
Travel · Jun 29
California adds 5 states to list of places where state-funded travel is banned
June 29 (Reuters) - California has added five more states to its list of places where state-funded travel is banned because they have laws that discriminate against the LGBTQ community, California Attorney General Rob B…