Showing posts with label Florida Transgender Community. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida Transgender Community. Show all posts

Saturday, February 10, 2024

New Florida ban escalates the attacks on trans rights — what’s next?


Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles recently released a new policy banning transgender people from changing the gender listed on their driver’s license or ID card.....Read More

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Someone please tell Ron DeSantis that ‘trans’ is not a verb


I would quote the complete article here if there was room but instead, I recommend you read it HERE, if you are not too quick to anger.

Thursday, December 28, 2023

A judge will rule “as quick as I can” on healthcare restrictions for transgender Floridians


Focusing on what has become one of the most emotionally charged issues in the state and nation, a trial ended Thursday in a constitutional challenge to Florida restrictions on medical care for transgender children and adults.

The challenge centers on a 2023 law and rules approved by state medical boards prohibiting the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy to treat children for gender dysphoria. The restrictions also made it harder for transgender adults to receive hormones and surgical procedures and required signing lengthy informed-consent forms with warnings about the use of puberty blockers and hormones.


Friday, December 22, 2023

Judge: DeSantis spread false information while pushing trans health care ban, restrictions


A federal judge hearing a challenge to a transgender health care ban for minors and restrictions for adults noted Thursday that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly spread false information about doctors mutilating children’s genitals even though there’s been no such documented cases.....Read More

Saturday, December 16, 2023

Teachers challenge a new Florida law restricting the use of pronouns in schools


Three teachers on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit alleging a new state law restricting titles and pronouns at schools unconstitutionally discriminates against transgender and nonbinary educators.....Read More

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Trial Starts In Battle Over Transgender Treatments In Florida


With the mother of a transgender girl testifying that it would be “devastating” if the child could not get treatment, a federal judge Wednesday began a trial in a constitutional challenge to Florida restrictions on such things as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender people.....Read More



Friday, October 20, 2023

Class Action Granted In Florida Trans Treatment Case



A federal judge said on Wednesday that a lawsuit challenging new Florida restrictions on treatments for transgender people will move forward as a class action.....Read More

Friday, September 29, 2023

Transgender and nonbinary people sue Florida over its “discriminatory” bathroom law


A group of transgender and nonbinary people on Friday filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new Florida law requiring people to use public restrooms that align with their sex assigned at birth, asking a judge to block enforcement before an upcoming march in Orlando.

The lawsuit, filed in the federal Middle District of Florida, alleged that the restroom restrictions are discriminatory and violate free-speech rights.

More HERE

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Polk leaders consider removing sexual orientation, gender identity wording from new policy


Stephanie Yocum, President of the Polk Teachers Association said she believes schools and teachers are being put in a bad spot.

“Instead of worrying about making sure all people are included and educated and feel welcome, our school boards are having to respond to this hateful rhetoric coming from our state,” Yocum said.

More HERE

Friday, September 15, 2023

Judge refuses to block Florida’s law making it more difficult for transgender individuals to access medical treatments


Pointing to a recent appellate-court ruling in an Alabama case, a federal judge on Monday issued an order refusing to block a new Florida law making it more difficult for transgender adults to access hormone therapy and surgeries.

U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle issued the order after indicating during a Sept. 1 hearing that he would not issue a preliminary injunction against the law, passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature this spring and championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

More HERE

Florida medical boards issue new rules for trans health care


Transgender people in Florida are facing more restrictions to their medical care, even after two recent court rulings lambasted the state's approach to gender-affirming health care regulation.....MORE

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Alabama Ruling Could Bolster Florida Trans Law


Florida is urging a federal appeals court to clear the way for a new law preventing transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers and hormone therapy, citing a decision last month in a “virtually identical case” from Alabama.....MORE

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Florida is considering a rule that would force state colleges to require restroom use “based on biological sex at birth”


State education officials on Wednesday are slated to weigh approval of a proposed rule that deals with the designation of restrooms and changing facilities at Florida colleges, amid broader efforts to require people to use bathrooms that line up with their sex assigned at birth.....MORE

Monday, August 21, 2023

Is Florida Next? Federal judge pauses Georgia law banning hormone therapy for transgender minors


A federal judge has temporarily blocked part of a Georgia law that bans gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

In a ruling late Sunday, Judge Sarah E. Geraghty in the Northern District of Georgia said the state’s law banning hormone therapy “is substantially likely to violate the Equal Protection Clause.”

More HERE

Monday, August 14, 2023

Florida medical boards issue new rules for trans health care


Transgender people in Florida are facing more restrictions to their medical care, even after two recent court rulings lambasted the state's approach to gender-affirming health care regulation.

The state boards of medicine and osteopathic medicine issued new rules last week for trans adults to undergo hormone replacement therapy and surgery. The guidance is part of an informed consent process required by Senate Bill 254, which went into effect in May.

More HERE

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Florida school district says trans employees can’t use pronouns, bathrooms that match their gender identity


Florida’s Orange County Public Schools sent out a memo on Monday that says its transgender employees and contractors can’t use the pronouns or bathrooms that match their gender identity due to state law.....MORE

Friday, July 21, 2023

Florida Board of Education to weigh approval of rule limiting use of preferred pronouns in schools


The State Board of Education is slated next week to weigh approval of a slew of proposed rules, including measures that would prohibit use of the social media app TikTok on campuses and bar teachers from asking students about their preferred pronouns. Some of the proposals, which will go before the board during a meeting Wednesday, stem from new laws that came out of the 2023 legislative session.....MORE



Friday, July 7, 2023

Targeted legislation in Florida affecting mental health of transgender community



The rising rate of mental illness and suicide is concerning many in the psychology community. Many transgender people in our state cite the recent spotlight shined on them by targeted legislation out of Tallahassee.

Full Story HERE

Click HERE for LGBTQ-friendly mental health resources

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Federal Judge Rejects Florida Trans Coverage Ban


Calling the state’s policy “invidious discrimination” against transgender people, a federal judge ruled that Florida’s prohibition against Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy is unconstitutional.....MORE

Saturday, May 20, 2023

National lobbyists drove anti-trans legislation in Florida, other states


Do No Harm, a nonprofit that launched last year to oppose diversity initiatives in medicine, has evolved into a significant leader in statehouses seeking to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youths, producing model legislation that an Associated Press analysis found has been used in at least three states, including Florida.....MORE