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In 2-1 ruling, 11th Circuit Allows Florida Transgender Health Ban to Take Effect Pending Action on State’s Appeal of Decision Blocking the Law

Today a divided panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a federal district court decision blocking enforcement of the Florida laws banning health care for transgender minors and restricting it for transgender adults. The 2-1 ruling allows the state to enforce the laws while the Court hears Florida’s appeal of the June 11 decision finding that SB 254 and the Boards of Medicine rules unlawfully targeted transgender people.  Writing in dissent, Judge Wilson found that the district...

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Federal Court Blocks First State Law Restricting Health Care for Transgender Adults

Federal Court Blocks First State Law Restricting Health Care for Transgender Adults; State of Florida Loses Federal Challenge as Court Blocks Law Targeting Adults and Adolescents Ruling in Doe v. Ladapo, permanently blocks adult and minor health care restrictions in Florida SB 254 and finds that Florida unlawfully targeted transgender people, in challenge brought by GLAD, NCLR, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Southern Legal Counsel, and Lowenstein Sandler  June 11, 2024...

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NCLR Victory for Trans Youth! FL School District Settles Lawsuit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2018 Contact: Lauren Gray, NCLR lgray@nclrights.org / 215.983.3099   Victory for Trans Youth: Florida School District Settles Lawsuit, Will Allow Transgender Student to Use Restrooms and Locker Rooms in Accordance with Gender Identity   SAN FRANCISCO—The federal district court for the Middle District of Florida has approved a settlement agreement in a lawsuit the National Center for Lesbian...

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Cases & Advocacy

Vazzo v. City of Tampa

In April 2017, Tampa’s City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting licensed therapists from engaging in the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy, which attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, with patients under 18 years old. Every leading medical and mental health organization in the country has warned that these practices do not work and put young people at risk of serious harm, including depression, substance abuse, and suicide....

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