Federal judge restores Georgia’s ban on hormone replacement therapy for minors not already in care. On September 5th, Judge Sarah Geraghty of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia lifted her previous stay on Senate Bill 140, which prohibits licensed medical professionals from providing hormone therapy to minors not already in care and imposes criminal penalties on violators. District court dismisses lawsuit against sorority sisters who wanted to block a transgender woman from joining. On August 29th, U.S. District Court Judge Alan Johnson dismissed a lawsuit brought by six sorority sisters from the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority at the University of Wyoming to limit admission of Artemis Langford, a transgender woman, into the organization. California Attorney General files lawsuit against school district for new “forced outing” policy. AG Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against the Chino Valley Unified School District for their new policy which requires school personnel to out students to their parents if the students ask the school to use different names, pronouns, or facilities. PFLAG National Board Chair Susan Thronson, joined by PFLAG Riverside President JoAnn Rayshel and her husband Barry, attended the hearing, met with media, and issued a statement supporting trans and gender non-conforming students and the AG’s lawsuit. U.S. Appeals Court in Kentucky meets to consider a stay on ban of medically necessary gender-affirming care. On September 1st, U.S. Appeals Court Judge David Hale heard arguments from the ACLU of Kentucky, who is currently representing families of transgender youth, in an attempt to reinstall injunctions against Kentucky’s Senate Bill 150, which bans medically necessary gender-affirming care for LGBTQ+ youth. Texas Supreme Court grants Attorney General Paxton's appeal of injunction, making the ban on medically necessary gender-affirming care go into effect on September 1st. On August 31st, Texas District Judge Maria Cantú Hexsel brought an injunction to temporarily block SB 14 from going into effect, which followed a hearing in which PFLAG National’s CEO Brian K. Bond testified on behalf of PFLAG families; however, Texas AG Ken Paxton was granted an appeal with the Texas Supreme Court, making the bill effective on September 1st. | |
