There are 7 article(s) tagged Transgender youth:

• June 2024

  • Supreme Court to tackle Tennessee law on gender-affirming health care

    The nation’s highest court has agreed to review a lawsuit that argues a Tennessee law blocking anyone under 18 from receiving transgender-related health care is discriminatory. 

    By Aisling Mäki June 25, 2024

• 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

• June 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

  • Tennessee’s ongoing trans rights lawsuits, explained

    Three lawsuits in Tennessee are testing the extent to which courts will protect transgender rights against a state legislature and executive branch that have aggressively sought to roll those rights back.

    By Ian Round June 25, 2023

• April 2023

  • DOJ sues Tennessee to block trans youth health care ban

    The DOJ Civil Rights Division argues SB1 violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment in part because it “denies necessary medical care to youth based solely on who they are.”

    By Ian Round April 27, 2023

• February 2023

  • ‘Stand up, fight back!’: OUTMemphis hosts LGBT rights rally

    The front lawn of OUT Memphis, 892 Cooper Street, bustled with attendees from 4 to 5 p.m., to protest pending passage of state laws affecting transgender rights.

    By Alicia Davidson February 24, 2023

  • Tennessee House passes trans youth care ban, Bill Lee expected to sign

    If the ban becomes law in Tennessee, doctors would be prohibited from providing gender-affirming care to anyone under the age of 18, including prescribing puberty blockers and hormones — and could even be penalized.

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    Health care groups and big political donors silent on trans youth bill

    By The Associated Press February 23, 2023