Transgender

A federal judge heard arguments in a court battle over a law restricting educators’ use of personal pronouns and titles in schools.

The lawsuit contends the pronoun restrictions violate a federal civil-rights law and the First Amendment.

The federal lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of a new Florida law that blocks teachers from using preferred pronouns and titles while on the job.

A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit challenging a 2021 Florida law banning transgender female students from playing on women’s and girls’ sports teams.

A federal judge has issued an order refusing to block a new Florida law making it more difficult for transgender adults to access hormone therapy and surgeries.

The latest ruling involves a lawsuit filed on behalf of two adults and two minors. An estimated 9,000 transgender people in Florida use Medicaid to fund their treatments.

$200,000 has been donated since January to GoFundMe fundraisers started by trans people seeking to leave Florida, according to data from the platform.

Transgender patients say their doctors have been holding off on prescribing treatments as they wait for new consent forms. Medical boards are proposing to allow them to continue for now.

LGBTQ advocates in Central Florida have started a fund that will help transgender people get gender affirming care in other states.

A Tampa area mom says her family is preparing to move away if lawmakers make it harder for her daughter to access health care. But she also wants to fight for families.