Is This the Next Supreme Court Case on LGBTQ+ Rights?
The ruling from the Sixth Circuit is the first court decision in favor of a ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors.
July 11, 2023
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The ruling from the Sixth Circuit is the first court decision in favor of a ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors.
The preliminary injunction affects Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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.
These aren't final decisions on the bans, but they can't be enforced while lawsuits against them are heard.
This follows a similar filing on a ban in Tennessee.
The Sixth Circuit had ruled similarly in a case out of Tennessee.
If the high court takes up the case, it would be the first one it hears on gender-affirming care.
The law had been on hold until the judge could decide whether to block it while a suit against it is heard.
The new rule protecting LGBTQ+ students in schools accepting federal funds took effect in the rest of the country on Thursday.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled the ban can go into effect. The families want a rehearing by the full court.
Her legal team throws a Hail Mary pass in hopes she won't have to obey a court order when she returns to work Monday.
Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill into law in 2022, and it was the subject of a lawsuit almost immediately.
Another court has stepped in to block Republican efforts to take away essential health care from transgender people.
Elliot Page is one of 57 transgender adults asking the nation's highest court to block Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
The court had temporarily stayed a block on the law in February and now has lifted it altogether.
A federal judge today ordered the state to cover the fees for lawyers representing the couples who sued Davis when she shut down marriage license operations.
The antigay Kentucky county clerk claims a new law gives her all the "religious accommodation" she ever desired.
The assertion provides further evidence that all bodily autonomy rights are under attack.
The Biden administration wants to fight this discrimination using the federal law known as Title IX, but Republican-dominated states are trying to stop the move.