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The charges against Dr. Ethan Haim were dropped after a personal appeal from Missouri Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley to President Donald Trump.
Student Max Hightower was told students had to be cast according to the gender they were assigned at birth. “I want every kid to be recognized and noticed and allowed to be themselves,” he said.
Families, health care providers, and LGBTQ+ groups had sued to block the bans, but they'll be enforced while the lawsuits proceed.
These actions violated federal antidiscrimination law, the ACLU of Texas says.
The anti-LGBTQ+ attorney general's demand threatens PFLAG members' constitutional rights, a Texas judge says.
The judge had previously issued a temporary block only for the family that brought a lawsuit against a policy that claimed gender-affirming care is child abuse.
The appeal puts on hold a judge's hearing on whether to broaden the temporary stop statewide.
The North Texas Transportation Network provides travel grants for families seeking out-of-state gender-affirming medical care.
The court reversed a lower court's decision blocking the ban while a lawsuit against it is heard.
Rep. Shawn Thierry broke with the Democratic Party to vote for a ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Now she's lost her primary to Black queer woman Lauren Ashley Simmons
Equality Texas, ACLU, GLAAD, and Human Rights Campaign seek global intervention in response to Texas’ systematic attack on transgender rights.
The suit comes two weeks after Paxton, known for his anti-LGBTQ+ views, filed the first case in the nation.
The governor's office removed the page from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services website after the governor was criticized for promoting "transgender ideology."
The president called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's order to investigate trans-supportive parents "government overreach at its worst."
A restraining order against the anti-LGBTQ+ attorney general's demand is set to expire Friday, so a temporary injunction granted Monday provides additional protection.
The ban is supposed to go into effect on September 1.
"This is the final straw," Musk wrote on X, reacting to California's recent law banning the forced outing of LGBTQ+ youth in schools.
There are major civil rights issues facing public school students in Texas. The ACLU Texas chapter is looking to support them.
The suit comes from notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill to this effect into law Friday.
Legislators gave final approval to the ban Wednesday, and Gov. Greg Abbott has promised to sign it into law.
