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  • Transgender seniors worry about retirement, old age amid wave of anti-trans legislation

    Transgender seniors worry about retirement, old age amid wave of anti-trans legislation

    Aug 24, 2023 03:16 PM EST

    ... also includes restrictions that make it difficult, if not impossible, for many adults to get treatment. WATCH MORE: What a new Montana law means for transgender children and their families SAGE has seen a spike in the number of calls to its hotline following the wave of anti-transgender laws ...

  • Alabama can enforce ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender children, court says

    Alabama can enforce ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender children, court says

    Aug 21, 2023 11:40 PM EST

    ... said in a statement Monday that she is hopeful “today’s decision is just a temporary setback.” “As a doctor who has treated hundreds of transgender adolescents, I know firsthand the challenges these young people and their families face and the benefits these treatments provide to youth who need them ...

  • Judge blocks Georgia ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender children

    Judge blocks Georgia ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender children

    Aug 21, 2023 11:09 PM EST

    “This law unapologetically targets transgender minors and denies them essential health care,” they said. “The ruling restores parents’ rights to make medical decisions that are in their child’s best interest, including hormone therapy for their transgender children when needed for them to thrive and be healthy.” At least ...

  • What a new Montana law means for transgender children and their families

    What a new Montana law means for transgender children and their families

    Aug 19, 2023 09:35 PM EST

    ... Sid Beardslee: I've never been so happy in my life to just get to be myself.Joe Lesar: While Montana waits for the new law to take effect, families of transgender children are preparing for a new reality. For PBS News Weekend, I'm Joe Lesar in Helena, Montana.

  • Transgender patients sue the hospital that provided their records to Tennessee's attorney general

    Transgender patients sue the hospital that provided their records to Tennessee's attorney general

    Jul 25, 2023 09:28 PM EST

    ... instead of media reports or other ways. The attorney general also requested a slew of additional information, including the names of everyone referred to the transgender clinic who made at least one office visit, as well as people who volunteer for the hospital’s Trans Buddy initiative, which aims to ...

  • Japan's top court says government restrictions on transgender employee's use of restrooms illegal

    Japan's top court says government restrictions on transgender employee's use of restrooms illegal

    Jul 11, 2023 11:47 PM EST

    TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that restrictions imposed by a government ministry on a transgender female employee's use of restrooms at her workplace are illegal, in a landmark decision that could promote the rights of LGBTQ+ people in a country without legal protections for them. It ...

  • Kansas lawmakers botched the drafting of a new anti-transgender law, agency attorney says

    Kansas lawmakers botched the drafting of a new anti-transgender law, agency attorney says

    Jul 11, 2023 07:58 PM EST

    TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators botched the drafting of a new law aimed at preventing transgender people from changing how their sex is listed on their driver's licenses, a state agency's lawyer argued in a court filing made public Tuesday. An anti-transgender rights law that took effect ...

  • Kansas attorney general sues to block transgender people from changing sex on driver's licenses

    Kansas attorney general sues to block transgender people from changing sex on driver's licenses

    Jul 07, 2023 05:04 PM EST

    The new Kansas law was among a raft of measures rolling back transgender rights enacted this year in statehouses across the U.S. But only a few states do not allow transgender people to change their birth certificates. Federal judges last month upheld policies in Oklahoma and Tennessee, and a ...

  • Transgender woman, bookstore, teacher sue over Montana law banning drag reading events

    Transgender woman, bookstore, teacher sue over Montana law banning drag reading events

    Jul 07, 2023 12:16 AM EST

    The federal lawsuit filed Thursday in Butte argues the law violates the free speech and equal protection guarantees in the U.S. Constitution.

  • Portions of transgender youth care bans in Kentucky, Tennessee blocked by federal judges

    Portions of transgender youth care bans in Kentucky, Tennessee blocked by federal judges

    Jun 29, 2023 01:05 AM EST

    ... Richardson wrote. The law, scheduled to go effect on July 1, would have banned Tennessee health care providers from providing hormone treatments or surgeries for transgender youth where the purpose is to allow the child to express a gender identity “inconsistent with the immutable characteristics of the reproductive system that ...

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