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      Texas Supreme Court Allows State's 'Cruel' Gender-Affirming Care Ban to Take Effect

      "The fight is far from over," said the groups that sued Texas over the ban.

      Jake Johnson
      Aug 31, 2023

      The Texas Supreme Court, made up entirely of Republicans, decided Thursday to allow a ban on gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth to take effect on September 1, rejecting an emergency effort by advocacy groups to block the law.

      The decision came a week after a Texas district judge temporarily halted the Republican-authored law, arguing that S.B. 14 infringes on the "fundamental right of parents to make decisions concerning the care, custody, and control of their children."

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      'Heartbreaking': Trump-Appointed Judges Allow Alabama Transgender Care Ban to Take Effect

      "These laws are a shocking example of government overreach and a jarring intrusion into private family decisions," said a coalition of advocacy groups. "This case is far from over, and we will continue to aggressively seek legal protection for these families."

      Julia Conley
      Aug 22, 2023

      LGBTQ+ rights advocates in Alabama said late Monday that they were "devastated" by a ruling handed down by three federal judges that, in the coming days, will permit a previously blocked law banning transgender healthcare for minors to go into effect—but pledged to continue fighting so transgender and nonbinary youths in the state can get the care they need.

      Applying reasoning from the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, a panel of three judges on the right-wing 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the so-called Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act can go into effect, making it a felony to prescribe or administer puberty blockers or other hormonal therapy to people under the age of 19 who suffer from gender dysphoria.

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      'Heartbreaking': Court Reinstates Tennessee Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

      "We want all the transgender youth of Tennessee to know this fight is far from over and we will continue to challenge this law until it is permanently defeated and Tennessee is made a safer place to raise every family," legal advocates said.

      Kenny Stancil
      Jul 09, 2023

      A 2-1 split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Saturday that Tennessee can enforce its ban on gender-affirming healthcare for minors—reversing a lower court's preliminary injunction, ignoring the guidance of every major medical organization in the United States, and delivering a crushing blow to trans youth and their supporters.

      Last month, U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson found that S.B. 1—which prohibits doctors from providing puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and other forms of gender-affirming care to minors and requires trans youth currently receiving such care to stop within nine months—discriminates on the basis of sex and is therefore unconstitutional, siding with plaintiffs who sued Tennessee. The Trump administration appointee blocked large swaths of the law, which was set to take effect on July 1, from being implemented.

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