The judge found 349 individual facts supported the continued provision of gender-affirming care. Judge Carl Folsom III [Photo Credit: Linkedin] This weekend, a Kansas judge issued a scathing 117-page rebuke of the state's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth—and in doing so, methodically dismantled the case against that care. In his ruling, Judge Carl Folsom III worked through the testimony of the state's witnesses one by one, finding that its anti-transgender..

The ruling is a landmark ruling in keeping gender-affirming care legal and available in blue states. Colorado Supreme Court [Photo Credit: Jeffrey Beall] Today, the Colorado Supreme Court ordered Children’s Hospital Colorado to resume gender-affirming care for transgender youth, ruling 5-2 that the hospital discriminated against transgender youth patients when it shuttered its care program earlier this year in capitulation to Trump. The decision reverses a district court that

Christopher Michael Leahy turned himself into Bellevue police on Wednesday night. Credit: SPD A man suspected of fatally stabbing a 19-year-old transgender student at the University of Washington on May 10 turned himself in to the authorities on Wednesday night, according to the Seattle Police Department. Just hours after the SPD released surveillance photos of the suspect in an effort to find him, 31-year-old Christopher Michael Leahy turned himself into police in the neighb

A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Texas issued the subpoena demanding information on every minor who received gender-affirming care since 2020. Justice.gov The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Texas has issued the first known criminal subpoena directed at a health care institution for offering gender-affirming care to transgender youth—at NYU Langone, a hospital situated almost 2,000 miles away in the greater New York City area. The notificati

They ruled that states "encouraging citizens to appreciate their sex" through care bans is a constitutional goal, affirming West Virginia's Medicaid ban for trans adults. Jurist News On Tuesday, an all-Republican and mostly Trump-appointed panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that states can exclude gender-affirming surgery from Medicaid coverage, allowing West Virginia's exclusion to return to full effect. In doing so, the panel extended the Supreme Court's dec

"The legislature did not include a grace period." Kansas Sate Capitol | @farzinvousoughian Today, transgender people across Kansas are reporting receiving letters from the Kansas Division of Vehicles stating that they must surrender their driver's licenses and that their current credentials will be considered invalid upon the law's publication in the Kansas Register on Thursday. Should any transgender person be caught driving without a valid license, they could face a class B

“Scouting America and the Department of War are near a final agreement.” Wikimedia Commons The Boy Scouts of America—which is now known as Scouting America—has found itself in the line of fire of the Department of Defense (doing business as the “Department of War”). After the Pentagon threatened to end its longstanding partnership with the organization, Scouting America is reported to be “near a final agreement” to appease the Trump regime’s sudden interest in one of the coun

A UK Government review on sex and gender could “undermine” scientific research and “erode academic freedom”, researchers have warned. UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting previously welcomed the Sullivan Review [Image: PA] It comes alongside the publication of a peer-reviewed study in response to the “Independent review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender”, which was conducted by sociologist Professor Alice Sullivan at the Tory-run UK government’s request and pub

Attorneys say new transfer agreements and court tactics allow the U.S. to sidestep asylum rulings, risking removals to countries where LGBTQ+ people face imprisonment, torture, or execution. Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City. [Michael Nigro | Pacific Press| LightRocket via Getty Images] The Trump administration is quietly advancing immigration policies that attorneys and LGBTQ + advocates say could s

Trump joined by women athletes signs the “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order on February 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. The executive order prohibits transgender women from competing in women’s sports and is the third order he has signed that targets transgender people. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Trump joined by women athletes signs the “No Men in Women’s Sports” executive order on February 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. The executive order prohibits transgender wom