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 state's legislature could still override the veto.
Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb had expressed some doubts about the legislation but ultimately signed it.
Gov. Eric Holcomb seems likely to sign the bill, which civil rights advocates call hateful and harmful.
The ACLU of Indiana has already filed suit against the new law.
The girl's school had told her parents she couldn't play on the team anymore after the passage of the state's anti-trans sports bill.
Republicans and the American Family Association worked to remove the specific groups from the proposed legislation, but the GOP governor voices opposition to the change.
Gov. John Bel Edwards opposes the measure, but he will neither sign nor veto it, as his veto would be overridden, he said.
It's not just Florida -- Alabama, Tennessee, South Dakota, Utah, and Indiana have anti-LGBTQ+ laws coming into force now.
State officials can't enforce most of the law's provisions while a suit against it is heard.
Sponsors of the bill were able to get 10 GOP lawmakers in the House and five in the Senate who had previously voted against the ban to vote to override the veto.
Bradley Curry's has been respected by teachers and students throughout high school but his principal is standing between him and walking across the stage.
"I don't understand what [trans student athletes] are going through or why they feel the way they do. But I want them to live," Utah Gov. Spencer Cox wrote in a letter explaining his decision.
It's the second consecutive year that Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a trans-exclusionary sports till.
The court had temporarily stayed a block on the law in February and now has lifted it altogether.
"Transgender children deserve public officials' efforts to demonstrate that they are valued members of our community," Gov. Andy Beshear wrote.
Transgender student-athletes, gender-affirming procedures, and more are the targets of their legislation.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (pictured) signed trans-exclusionary sports legislation, as did Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt. Ducey also OK'd health care restrictions.
A new mural of the beloved drag queen and star of John Waters movies such as Hairspray and Pink Flamingos sends a larger-than-life message that queer people can't be erased.