“Indiana legislators have had one goal all along, to use our laws to control what youth can and cannot read, what they can and cannot learn"
Public school teachers do not have the right to misgender a trans student & religious accommodation could not justify the harm to students
The ACLU also states in the suit that SB 480 violates the federal requirements of the Medicaid Act and the Affordable Care Act
The ruling clarifies that the parents' freedom of speech/religious beliefs do not trump the child's medical and/or psychological needs
"The government should not be making health decisions for women," said Rep. Robin Shackleford, D-Indianapolis
The injunction requires that A.M., a 10 -year-old trans girl, must be allowed to rejoin her school’s all-girls softball team
Seven men — all Proud Boys — entered the library and began arguing with staff and patrons. Several displayed white supremacist symbols
This law makes Indiana the 8th state to ban trans youth from playing sports in 2022 by legislative action — and the 16th in the country
He believes key civil rights decisions of the past 70 years were wrongly decided & an improper usurpation of states' rights
"This victory belongs to the Trans youth of Indiana, who deserve to live as their authentic selves & to play sports free from discrimination"
