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A Florida law banning transgender youth from getting medical treatment is temporarily on hold after a surprise decision by a federal judge

From Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein's opinion yesterday in Olympus Spa v. Armstrong (W.D. Wash.): The Olympus Spa is a Korean spa "specifically designed for women," and the services offered there "are closely tied to the Korean tradition," meaning patrons are "require[d] … to be naked" during certain services. The facilities…

Court order eviscerates Florida administration’s arguments: ‘Dog whistles ought not be tolerated’

From Doe v. Ladapo, decided today by Judge Robert Hinkle (N.D. Fla.): This action presents a constitutional challenge to a Florida statute and rules that (1) prohibit transgender minors from receiving specific kinds of widely accepted medical care and (2) prohibit doctors from providing it. The treatments at issue are…

In the fall of 2022, a German court heard an unusual case.

Actor Elliot Page, who came out as transgender in 2020, suffered a 'traumatic' transphobic attack while popping out to a shop in LA and now doesn't feel safe walking around the city without security

Transgender people are more than four times as likely to be the victim of a crime as cisgender people

A controversial bill — that at one point had been presumed dead — banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youths in Louisiana was passed by the Senate on Monday and is likely to reach the governor’s desk

Opposing legal groups have vowed to sue to stop the new law from taking effect