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Gender-Affirming Care
December 9, 2024
Zane McNeill
The Next War Against Trans People Is Already Being Waged in Texas
The Lone Star State’s legal attacks on gender-affirming care hold major consequences for 2025—and beyond.
December 4, 2024
Matt Ford
The Lives of Transgender Americans Are in the Supreme Court’s Hands
The high court appeared ready to deal a savage blow to the rights and livelihoods of a group that conservatives have spent the year targeting.
December 4, 2024
Malcolm Ferguson
Amy Coney Barrett’s Mind-Boggling Question in Supreme Court Trans Case
Surprise! The conservative Supreme Court justices don’t seem to have any basic understanding of trans rights in this country.
June 24, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Supreme Court Sets Up Major Battle Over Transgender Health Care
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether states can ban gender-affirming care for minors.
June 11, 2024
Talia Jane
Ron DeSantis’s Signature Anti-Trans Law Brutally Shut Down in Court
A judge has struck down Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s ban on transgender care on the grounds that it is wildly unconstitutional.
April 12, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Court Allows Anti-Trans A.G. to Access Planned Parenthood Records
Missouri’s attorney general called the decision a “big day” for the state.
December 29, 2023
Tori Otten
Ohio’s Republican Governor Vetoes Bill Blocking Care for Trans Minors
Mike DeWine bucked his party, which has grown increasingly hostile to the LGBTQ community in recent years.
May 19, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
Christian Nationalism Has Prevailed in Texas. Trans Teens Will Suffer.
As Governor Greg Abbott prepares to sign a law banning gender-affirming care, teens face the possibility of being detransitioned against their will.
March 20, 2023
Tori Otten
Missouri Becomes Latest State to Attempt a Ban on Gender-Affirming Care
The state’s attorney general pulled the trigger on an emergency order despite the fact that the legislature is currently debating a bill.
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