#transgender-rights

#transgender-rights

Five transgender plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit against Georgia corrections officials regarding a new law that prevents them from receiving gender-affirming medical care. The lawsuit claims this law violates the Eighth Amendment by constituting cruel and unusual punishment. The plaintiffs represent nearly 300 incarcerated individuals in Georgia prisons, arguing that the law has catastrophic consequences and forces trans individuals to detransition against their will.

The case was the first gender identity discrimination case to reach the federal court and centred on the definition of sex and what it means to be a woman.

I see this issue being used to divide. I see it being used to hurt people. It's especially hurtful for trans people and people with transgender members of their family who witness themselves or people they love being used as a political football.

Noa-Lynn van Leuven has voiced her pain regarding the World Darts Federation's policy that bans trans women from competing in the women's category, calling it a personal loss.

"It's not some abstract issue. This is about whether I get to live my life." After transitioning, everything shifted. My daughter found hope, felt joy, and had the energy to connect with new friends.

"He was selfish, sadist, and sexually obsessed," Capt. Stephanie Ryder, an Army prosecutor, stated, underscoring Batt's concerning psychological profile and the severity of his crimes.

The court finds that Petitioner's substantial interest in her liberty has been erroneously deprived by the Government without procedural due process through the series of Government actions.

A transgender girl housed in a male unit at Washington, D.C.'s Youth Services Center was hospitalized with a broken jaw after a fight last week that also injured another teen.

The 'transgender tipping point' of 2014, where trans visibility surged, now appears to be reversing with increased restrictions and bans on gender-affirming care.

The ACLU urged US transgender individuals to update their passports promptly after a judge blocked Donald Trump's anti-trans passport policy aimed at denying correct gender markers.

The California Department of Education on Monday refused to comply with a Trump administration demand to bar transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports, responding to a federal civil rights investigation.

Brady-Davis stated, "I feel that Republicans, the President of the United States, were elected on the backs of $250 million worth of lies," addressing the anti-trans ad campaigns.

Munroe Bergdorf became the first trans model on the cover of UK Cosmopolitan in 2022, further establishing her presence in the fashion industry and beyond.

"Wood's suit, by her own admission, challenges only the statute's application to her speech 'in the classroom.' That means the state law governs her actions as an employee of the state, and does not infringe on her rights as a private citizen."