/tags/transgender-rights Transgender rights en-US WLRN Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:30:00 GMT /health/2024-07-04/judge-blocks-federal-gender-identity-rule-from-taking-effect-in-florida A federal judge in Tampa blocked a new Biden administration health-care rule that would clash with Florida’s attempts to restrict treatments such as hormone therapy and puberty blockers for transgender people. Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:30:00 GMT /health/2024-07-04/judge-blocks-federal-gender-identity-rule-from-taking-effect-in-florida Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida /law-justice/2024-05-08/florida-gender-affirming-care Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has filed a lawsuit challenging new federal rules that clash with the state's attempts to restrict the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender people. Wed, 08 May 2024 13:52:19 GMT /law-justice/2024-05-08/florida-gender-affirming-care Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida /government-politics/2024-03-05/it-was-the-life-raft-transgender-people-find-a-safe-haven-in-floridas-capital-city Even as the state and others impose restrictions, people in need of housing have a home. Tue, 05 Mar 2024 13:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2024-03-05/it-was-the-life-raft-transgender-people-find-a-safe-haven-in-floridas-capital-city Nada Hassanein | Stateline /commentary/2024-01-25/florida-lgbtq-hb1639-drivers-license-dont-say-gay-fidel COMMENTARY Florida's orgy of homophobic lawmaking seeks to make LGBTQ people invisible in the 21st century — just as Cuba's Fidel Castro did in the 20th. Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMT /commentary/2024-01-25/florida-lgbtq-hb1639-drivers-license-dont-say-gay-fidel Tim Padgett /health/2023-12-22/desantis-spread-false-information-while-pushing-trans-health-care-ban-judge-says A federal judge said he will rule sometime after the holidays on whether DeSantis, the Legislature and the Department of Health deliberately targeted transgender people with the new law or whether the law simply imposed reasonable restrictions to protect the public. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:47:36 GMT /health/2023-12-22/desantis-spread-false-information-while-pushing-trans-health-care-ban-judge-says Associated Press /education/2023-12-12/transgender-athlete-florida-desantis-monarch-high-school-punishment Florida's state athletic board fined Monarch High School on Tuesday, placing the Coconut Creek school on probation after a transgender student played on the girls volleyball team, a violation of a controversial law enacted by DeSantis and the Republican-majority Legislature. Tue, 12 Dec 2023 23:28:25 GMT /education/2023-12-12/transgender-athlete-florida-desantis-monarch-high-school-punishment Gerard Albert /education/2023-11-28/transgender-athlete-school-monarch-broward-investigation The peaceful protest at Monarch High School in Coconut Creek came after the school's principal and four staff members were reassigned over allegations that a transgender student was allowed to play on a girls' volleyball team. Tue, 28 Nov 2023 20:18:03 GMT /education/2023-11-28/transgender-athlete-school-monarch-broward-investigation Julia Cooper /florida-news/2023-11-21/he-him-she-her-personal-pronouns-targeted-in-florida-workplaces In what could fuel a new round of legislative battles about gender identity, a House Republican on Tuesday filed a bill that would place restrictions on government agencies in the use of personal pronouns. Tue, 21 Nov 2023 20:50:00 GMT /florida-news/2023-11-21/he-him-she-her-personal-pronouns-targeted-in-florida-workplaces Jim Saunders/News Service of Florida /government-politics/2023-11-08/a-judge-has-rejected-a-challenge-to-floridas-trans-athlete-law 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. Wed, 08 Nov 2023 15:14:32 GMT /government-politics/2023-11-08/a-judge-has-rejected-a-challenge-to-floridas-trans-athlete-law The News Service of Florida /law-justice/2023-08-16/state-attempts-to-block-class-action-in-challenge-to-the-trans-treatment-law The lawsuit challenges a new law that banned doctors from providing treatments such as hormone therapy and puberty blockers to children. Wed, 16 Aug 2023 17:38:25 GMT /law-justice/2023-08-16/state-attempts-to-block-class-action-in-challenge-to-the-trans-treatment-law