Category: Florida
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Delaware state senator Sarah McBride launches bid to be first trans member of Congress
The highest-ranking transgender elected official in the United States, Sarah McBride, has launched a bid to become Delaware’s sole member of the US House of Representatives. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 27, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)
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June Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map
A map of the risk for anti-trans laws. For Pride, America feels like it has cleaved into two countries – one which targets transgender people everywhere, and one that has taken huge protective steps. Rating: Transsupportive, Erin in the Morning, June 25, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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US judge strikes out cruel Florida rule on trans healthcare
A federal judge has struck down a rule that would have banned Medicaid payments for trans healthcare in Florida, in yet another win for LGBTQ+ rights. Rating: Transsupportive, Pink News, June 22, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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How extremists are exploiting transgender kids to undermine our free democracy
Here in Ohio and across the country, the promise of a representative legislative process has been shattered by anti-transgender extremists’ misinformation and censorship. Rating: Transsupportive, Ohio Capital Journal, June 22, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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U.S. court strikes down Florida transgender health rule
A U.S. judge on Wednesday struck down a Florida rule and a statute that banned state Medicaid payments for transgender healthcare, marking the second defeat in two weeks for anti-transgender legislation in the state. Rating: Transneutral, Reuters, June 22, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Federal judge blocks Florida ban on Medicaid funds for transgender treatment
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down Florida rules championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis restricting Medicaid coverage for gender dysphoria treatments for potentially thousands of transgender people. Rating: Transneutral, CBS, June 22, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)
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Ron DeSantis loses again in court on anti-transgender health law
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down regulations in Florida that banned government healthcare programs from paying for treatments like puberty-blocking medication and hormone therapy for transgender people. Rating: Transneutral, Business Insider, June 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Legal document)
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Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine OKs continuation rule on transgender care
Rating: Transneutral, WUSF, June 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Judge strikes down Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
A federal judge struck down Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for children as unconstitutional Tuesday, the first ruling to overturn such a prohibition as a growing number of Republican-led states adopt similar restrictions. Rating: Transneutral, Associated Press, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)