There are 6 article(s) tagged Gender-affirming care:

• November 2023

  • US Supreme Court asked to halt state’s youth gender-affirming care ban

    The request by plaintiffs in the case known as L.W. v. Skrmetti represents the first time the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on such a law.

    By Ian Round November 02, 2023

• July 2023

  • Sixth Circuit upholds anti-trans law, but ‘chilling effect’ decreased access months earlier

    This weekend’s ruling, allowing SB1 to take effect, isn’t what made gender-affirming care inaccessible for many people. That care had become less accessible in Tennessee — even for trans adults — since the bill was introduced in the General Assembly in November, before the legislative session even began.

    By Ian Round July 12, 2023

  • Tennessee can enforce ban on transgender care for minors, court says

    A federal appeals court has temporarily reversed a lower court’s ruling that had prohibited Tennessee from enacting a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

    By The Associated Press July 09, 2023

  • Judge refuses to reverse ruling on trans youth health care law on AG’s request

    The injunction will be in place until the lawsuit runs its course. Supporters of the law say they’re prepared to appeal all the way to the Supreme Court.

    By Ian Round July 03, 2023

• June 2023

  • State Attorney General begins appeal process in trans youth health care lawsuit

    The Tennessee Attorney General filed an emergency motion asking a federal judge in Nashville to reverse the preliminary injunction, and notified the court that it would appeal the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

    By Ian Round June 29, 2023

  • Federal judge blocks Tennessee law banning youth gender-affirming care

    Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming care for minors was mostly blocked Thursday, June 28, the latest in a string of decisions against anti-trans laws in at least four states.

    By Ian Round June 29, 2023