Showing posts with label transgender. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transgender. Show all posts

Friday, February 9, 2024

Illinois bill would give tax credit to residents fleeing states with abortion, gender-affirming care bans


People and health care providers forced to leave states with laws limiting access to gender-affirming medical care and abortion may soon be eligible for a $500 tax credit if they move to Illinois.....Read More

Sunday, February 4, 2024

Florida banning changes of gender on driver’s licenses sparks confusion, backlash


Sasha Buchert, senior counsel and director of New York-based Lambda Legal’s Non-Binary and Transgender Rights Project, said Florida is the first state she has heard of prohibiting people from updating the gender markers on driver’s licenses to match their gender identity.

“This just creates this really harmful situation where people are going to have to walk through the world without an ID that matches who they are,” said Buchert, who is transgender.


Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Judge backs a teacher who misgendered a transgender student in Florida


An administrative law judge Monday backed a Miami-Dade County teacher who reportedly told a transgender student that, “I’m a Christian, and my God made no mistakes” while refusing to call the student by preferred pronouns.....MORE

Monday, July 10, 2023

Kansas judge orders state to stop changing sex listings on trans drivers’ licenses


A Kansas judge issued an order Monday that prohibits the state from allowing transgender drivers to change the sex listed on their driver’s licenses.....MORE

Saturday, April 29, 2023

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Florida GOP lawmaker apologizes after calling transgender people ‘mutants’ and ‘demons’


During a committee meeting Monday, a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives called transgender people “mutants” and “demons.”....MORE

Saturday, April 8, 2023

Senate passes bill banning gender-affirming care for minors and limiting it for adults


Florida is one step closer to establishing a permanent ban on gender-affirming care for minors and placing hurdles in the way for adults who want the care.

The Senate voted 27-12 to advance a bill (SB 254) that would codify rules passed by the state’s two medical boards to ban the procedures for minors. The bill would also codify a Medicaid rule banning reimbursement for the procedures for people of all ages.

More HERE

Friday, April 7, 2023

Florida health official must testify in transgender Medicaid fight, says federal judge


A federal judge has rejected a request by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to shield a top health official from testifying in a lawsuit challenging the state’s prohibition on Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care for transgender people.....MORE

Thursday, April 6, 2023

U.S. would bar full ban on trans athletes but allow exceptions


Schools and colleges across the U.S. would be forbidden from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes under a proposal released Thursday from the Biden administration, but teams could create some limits in certain cases — for example, to ensure fairness.....MORE

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Florida bill would make restrooms exclusive to males, females


A bill filed in the Florida House and Senate would make it a crime if a person refuses to leave a bathroom that does not match their sex assigned at birth.

CS/HB 1521, dubbed the “Safety in Private Spaces Act,” would make it a second-degree misdemeanor for people 18 years or older to use a restroom or changing facility designated for the opposite sex if they refuse to immediately leave when asked.

More HERE