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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.
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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.
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His administration is requiring state universities to provide information from the past five years about services they have provided to people with gender dysphoria.
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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.
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Four plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in September, arguing that the rule is unconstitutional and violates federal laws prohibiting discrimination based on sex.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.