Florida House Passes 3 Bills to Restrict LGBTQ+ Rights
The bills targeted gender-affirming care, drag shows, and bathroom access for trans people.
April 19, 2023
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The bills targeted gender-affirming care, drag shows, and bathroom access for trans people.
The teen said she felt “normal now” after receiving gender-affirming care treatment.
Transgender adults in Ohio will now also be required to undergo psychiatric care before receiving gender-affirming treatment.
The reports seem to suggest further advances in the field of gender-affirming care can address shortcomings of treatments available today.
The spokesperson said that patients seeking surgical care are being referred to other facilities that still offer such procedures.
“If you pass this bill today, know that you’re forcing me to use the bathroom with your daughters, wives, mothers, and sisters,” a bearded transgender man told the lawmakers.
Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz is also expected to sign a bill banning conversion therapy.
It's now the 20th state to ban gender-affirming care for minors.
She issued a temporary injunction that lasts until after she’s had an opportunity to hear some arguments in the case.
The list of states with bans keeps growing.
LGBTQ+ activists in the U.K. are criticizing this restriction on care for transgender youth.
They claim that a state constitutional amendment enshrining abortion rights would allow minors to receive gender-affirming procedures without parental consent.
“The Heath Care Ban violates the constitutional rights of Tennessee adolescents and their parents, and — if it goes into effect — will cause severe and irreparable harm,” the complaint says.
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The ban on care for trans minors and certain adults is set to go into effect August 28.
The ban "is inimical to equality and equal dignity before the law," the American Bar Association's brief says.
Gov. Brian Kemp signed the bill Thursday.
Lawmakers overcame a filibuster to pass the measure. Civil rights activists are outraged and may sue.
A growing amount of gender dysphoria diagnoses in the U.S. suggest that more and more transgender people are seeking health care, even in states where the rate has gone down.
This follows a similar filing on a ban in Tennessee.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued its ruling Thursday, but the lawyers representing trans youth and families note that the fight is not over.