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Texas Court Expands Injunction Blocking State From Targeting Families of Trans Youth Who Are Members of PFLAG National

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By Lambda Legal

September 16, 2022

The Travis County District Court issued a third injunction today blocking the State of Texas from implementing a directive targeting trans youth and their families across Texas.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Texas
Grupos defensores de los derechos LGBTQ+ y de salud demandan a Florida para bloquear la regulación que niega cobertura de Medicaid a personas transgénero

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By Lambda Legal

September 9, 2022

Grupos que abogan por los derechos de las personas LGBTQ+ y en defensa de la salud

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Florida
Meet the Plaintiffs in Dekker, et al., v. Marstiller, et al.

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By Lambda Legal

September 7, 2022

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Florida
LGBTQ+ and Health Groups Sue to Block Florida’s Anti-Transgender Medicaid Health Care Rule

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By Lambda Legal

September 7, 2022

LGBTQ+ and health advocacy groups

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Florida
Transgender Public School Students Sue to Block Discriminatory Oklahoma School Facilities Law

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By Lambda Legal

September 7, 2022

Lambda Legal, the ACLU, and the ACLU of Oklahoma have brought a legal challenge on behalf of three transgender students to S.B. 615, which bans all transgender students in Oklahoma from using school restrooms consistent with their gender identity.

See Also: Transgender Rights, Youth and Schools, Oklahoma
LGBTQ and Health Groups Denounce Florida’s Adoption of Anti-Transgender Health Care Rule

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By Lambda Legal

August 11, 2022

Lambda Legal, Southern Legal Counsel, Florida Health Justice Project, and National Health Law Program today issued the following statement in response to the adoption of an anti-transgender healthcare rule by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which oversees Florida’s Medicaid Program, that will deny Medicaid coverage for all medically necessary gender-affirming care for both youth and adults:

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Florida
Advocates Urge Florida Board of Medicine to Reject Anti-Transgender Health Care Guidance

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By Lambda Legal

August 5, 2022

Health and LGBTQ Legal Advocates condemn State Surgeon General request that is based on junk science and cites discredited experts

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Florida
Victory! Court Rules for Transgender West Virginia Medicaid Participants Denied Health Care Coverage

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By Lambda Legal

August 2, 2022

Today, federal District Court Judge Robert C. Chambers ruled that West Virginia’s Medicaid program could no longer discriminate by excluding coverage for gender-confirming surgical care for transgender West Virginia Medicaid participants.

See Also: Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, West Virginia
Texas Court Blocks State From Investigating More Trans Youth and Their Families

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By Lambda Legal

July 8, 2022

Today the Travis County District Court entered a second injunction against the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) and Commissioner Masters, barring them from implementing the agency’s rule expanding the definition of child abuse to presumptively treat the provision of gender affirming care as child abuse against two more families, Mirabel Voe and her son Antonio, and Wanda Roe and her son Tommy.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender Rights, Texas
Victory! North Carolina to Issue Accurate Birth Certificates for Transgender People Without Requiring Surgery

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By Lambda Legal

June 23, 2022

“This is a victory for all transgender people born in North Carolina that will help enable them to navigate life with safety and dignity.”

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Transgender Rights, North Carolina

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Texas Court Expands Injunction Blocking State From Targeting Families of Trans Youth Who Are Members of PFLAG National

texas_state_flag-jpg.jpg

Grupos defensores de los derechos LGBTQ+ y de salud demandan a Florida para bloquear la regulación que niega cobertura de Medicaid a personas transgénero

fl.jpg

Meet the Plaintiffs in Dekker, et al., v. Marstiller, et al.

shutterstock_1976071175.png

LGBTQ+ and Health Groups Sue to Block Florida’s Anti-Transgender Medicaid Health Care Rule

image003.jpg

Transgender Public School Students Sue to Block Discriminatory Oklahoma School Facilities Law

shutterstock_1973084390.jpg

LGBTQ and Health Groups Denounce Florida’s Adoption of Anti-Transgender Health Care Rule

fl.jpg

Advocates Urge Florida Board of Medicine to Reject Anti-Transgender Health Care Guidance

shutterstock_590317868.jpg

Victory! Court Rules for Transgender West Virginia Medicaid Participants Denied Health Care Coverage

shutterstock_1429387109.jpg

Texas Court Blocks State From Investigating More Trans Youth and Their Families

trans_youth_flag_resized.jpg

Victory! North Carolina to Issue Accurate Birth Certificates for Transgender People Without Requiring Surgery

shutterstock_1844144053.jpg

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