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A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration does not have a right to look at the medical records of transgender minors who are receiving gender-affirming medical care in New York. The Advocate has this story.
Moms For Liberty is suing a New Jersey school district which does not reveal to parents when their child has socially transitioned genders at sschool. This story comes from The Advocate.
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow it to expedite dismissing trangender people from the military. GladLaw has this story.
The state of California said that Medi-Cal, the atate’s Medicaid program, would pay for gender-affirming care, even if the federal government would not pay for such care. It turns out that such services will cost the state quite a bit. Parents are saying that the state should have anticipated this move, and should have been better prepared. This story comes from CalMatters.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has ended the policy under which the state allowed transgender criminals to continue receiving hormone replacement therapy while serving time in the state’s prisons. LGBTQ Nation.
Did you know that the late Dolly Parton hired a transgender man as her chauffeur? He served her in that capacity for over 30 years. This story comes from Them.
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