The petition names Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, who filed the emergency rule on April 13 to stop trans healthcare in the state
"No parent should be forced to sit by, powerless, while they watch their child experience unnecessary trauma and distress"
“I am not going to go back to those days of hiding in the closet,” Justin Brace, executive director of Transgender Kansas, said
The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court on behalf of Samantha & Brian Williams of Nashville and their 15-year-old transgender daughter
A bill that would have forced the outing of trans students introduced by two California Republican legislators is dead for the year
"The ugly truth is that politicians set their sights on kids who take up few to no resources in the school system"
"The bill goes against expert guidance on best-practice trans youth medical care & allows government to override personal medical decisions"
The ACLU also states in the suit that SB 480 violates the federal requirements of the Medicaid Act and the Affordable Care Act
Transgender kids and their parents traveled to the White House from states that have attacked the rights of transgender kids
Gender affirming care is on the chopping block in 11 states, including — most recently — Iowa and Kentucky