The ruling came in a federal lawsuit challenging trans youth participation policy of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference
Kacsmaryk, appointed by former President Trump in 2019, has a long history of extreme opposition to LGBTQ+ & women's reproductive rights
He ruled the Biden administration wrongly interpreted a provision barring health care providers from discriminating against LGBTQ+ Americans
Ruling in a suit brought by Texas vacated guidance on gender-affirming care, pronouns, dress and bathroom protections for LGBTQ workers
“There is nothing in Title VII that prohibits employers from discriminating because of the employee’s sexual or romantic partners”
“For Rep. Ragan to instruct one of our public universities what to do, that’s not his job. His job is to make state laws”
"So, 20 Republican attorneys general have filed a lawsuit arguing LGBTQ children should starve?" Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom
Proposed rule would ensure communities who have had barriers to accessing health care would be able to obtain it
The Court refused to dismiss the suit but the preliminary injunction effectively stops the Biden Admin from protecting transgender students
The proposal is certain to be challenged by the right-wing and it is expected to lead to new legal fights over the rights of trans students
