“Throughout this whole process, DPHHS has shown clear disdain for the courts, the will of the people, and especially transgender Montanans"
"A trans youth who is not openly out to family effectively would be forcibly outed which would cause serious harm in most cases"
The directive could have led to transgender youth being placed in foster care and their parents criminally charged with child abuse
DPHHS Director Charlie Brereton says new restriction on changing listed sex will remain in effect, despite a rebuke from a Billings judge
"Forcing anyone to carry documents that contradict their identity is unconstitutional and marks transgender people for further mistreatment"
64,800 transgender adults reside in states with the strictest forms of voter ID laws and could potentially be disenfranchised
The rule puts Montana among the strictest states in the U.S. effectively bars trans people from changing the sex on their birth certificates
Cole has become the poster child for far-right politicians and religious conservatives working to ban these lifesaving medical treatments
School security had to intervene when the crowd got rowdy after Mendez, 17, said she supported the recognition of LGBTQ History Month
Representing the company in both cases was Jonathan Mitchell, former solicitor general of Texas, a vocal opponent of LGBTQ+ rights
