transgender health care

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

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 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.

The suit was filed on behalf of four Medicaid recipients, including the parents of child who came out as transgender at age 7 and a plaintiff preauthorized for a surgery before coveraged was stripped.

The ruling from the Virignia-based court could become a tool to challenge legislation restricting access to medical care and other accommodations for transgender people, advocates say.

The petition proposes what is known as a “standard of care” that would prohibit patients under age 18 from receiving sex-reassignment surgery and puberty-blocking, hormone and hormone “antagonist” treatments.

Seven out-of-state scientists and a Yale law professor say the proposal ignores “established science” and relies on "biased and discredited sources, stereotyping and purported ‘expert’ reports that carry no scientific weight.”

A meeting drew more than 150 people, with supporters of the proposal - many of sporting “Let Kids Be Kids” decals and making biblical references - vastly outnumbering opponents.