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
Showing posts with label transgender. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transgender. Show all posts
Friday, February 9, 2024
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
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