Gender-Affirming Care

After a federal judge ruled Florida's restrictions on treatment for people with gender dysphoria was unconstitutional, 26Health clinic resumed booking appointments.

Lawyers for the state filed a notice that is a first step in asking the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle's decision. The state also filed a motion seeking a stay.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both support same-sex marriage, but have diverging views when it comes to LGBTQ+ people serving in the military and youth access to gender-affirming care. Ahead of the first presidential debate, PolitiFact FL looks into their stances.

The Biden administration has asked a federal judge to reject Florida's attempt to block a new health care rule about discrimination based on gender identity.

Noting that the appeals court recently tossed a similar ruling in Alabama, the governor says it's the state’s duty to protect children and to stand up for laws passed by elected legislators.

Federal judge Robert Hinkle, of the Northern District of Florida, said SB 254 was only passed out of a sense of “anti-transgender animus” from elected officials. The federal ruling comes too late for transgender adults who've already left the state.

The ruling in Doe v. Ladapo found that SB 254 and the related medical board rules violate the equal protection rights of transgender individuals and parents of minors in Florida.

Gov. DeSantis and many other Republican leaders across the country have made a priority in recent years of trying to restrict treatments for transgender people with gender dysphoria.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has filed a lawsuit challenging new federal rules that clash with the state's attempts to restrict the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender people.

Proposed bills in states from Florida to Montana would exclude transgender and nonbinary people from updating driver’s licenses, holding public office and accessing public restrooms.

The Transgender American Veterans Association is suing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs two years after the department said it would provide gender-affirming surgery.

At least 22 states have enacted bans on gender-affirming care for children, with most of them approved in the past year.