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A small group of students gathered outside the Marshall Student Center on the Tampa campus to celebrate trans joy and protect civil rights.

The Agency for Health Care Administration, which largely oversees the Medicaid program, is using the money for legal and expert-witness fees in its push to ban Medicaid coverage for transgender treatments.

AHCA asked for “mental examinations” on a pair of 12-year-olds who are plaintiffs in a challenge to a state rule prohibiting Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care.

His administration is requiring state universities to provide information from the past five years about services they have provided to people with gender dysphoria.

The board originally listed an incorrect email address where people can submit comment. The public now has until Dec. 28 to share feedback about the proposal, which would restrict access to gender-affirming care for youths.

The policy backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo relies on one key statistic that many experts question.

Activists are campaigning against clinics that offer care for transgender teenagers. Some families worry that will only fuel efforts to ban gender-affirming care in their state.

Trans patients say social support and hormone treatments are improving their overall well-being. And contrary to what some state officials claim, doctors insist they are not performing surgeries on young kids.

The judge said his ruling did not address what he called the crux of the case, which will be handled during a trial originally scheduled for August 2023 but likely will take place much earlier.

Four plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in September, arguing that the rule is unconstitutional and violates federal laws prohibiting discrimination based on sex.