“There is nothing voluntary about forced separation,” says GLAD Law’s Jennifer Levi WASHINGTON, DC—Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has instructed transgender servicemembers to self-identify for separation by today, June 6—July 7 for reservists—or face “involuntary separation.” GLAD Law and NCLR report that transgender servicemembers are struggling with an impossible choice. Many say that “voluntary” separation is misleading. Yet they fear the […]

We’ve just received tremendously good news!    U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in Talbott v. Trump, NCLR’s challenge to President Trump’s cruel ban on military service by transgender people. Judge Reyes heard arguments on the motion for preliminary injunction in Washington, DC last Wednesday, March 12th and issued her […]

Yesterday, I was in our nation’s capital with our partners seeking an emergency ruling blocking President Trump’s cruel and senseless ban on military service by transgender people. In response to repeated questioning from U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, lawyers representing the government admitted they had no evidence to support the policy’s targeting of transgender service […]

Yesterday’s Supreme Court argument about laws banning medical care for transgender minors was an unexpected bright spot. Over the past few months, millions of people in this country have been subjected to nonstop ads that demonize transgender people. In the wake of that hellish experience, it was a relief to hear our nations’ highest court […]

Ninth Circuit Affirms Trial Court Decision Blocking Enforcement of Arizona’s Law Banning Transgender Students from Sports In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit affirmed a trial court decision blocking enforcement of Arizona’s law banning transgender girls in public schools from playing on any girls’ teams.  The case was brought by two […]

Statement on 11th Circuit Denial of Alabama Families’ Request to Reconsider Ruling That Allowed Transgender Health Ban to Take Effect The 2023 panel opinion at issue reversed a federal district court opinion granting the plaintiffs a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the law With four of eleven judges dissenting, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals […]

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 […]

September 12, 2023 (TALLAHASSEE) — A Florida federal district court judge today issued an order denying a motion to temporarily block state restrictions on access to healthcare for transgender adults contained in SB 254 while the legal challenge to the law continues. Attorneys for the plaintiffs issued the following statement: “The state’s restrictions on well-established […]

The panel decision reversing the block on Alabama’s criminal transgender healthcare ban undermines parents’ bedrock right to provide their children with established medical care and conflicts with clear precedent that laws targeting transgender people discriminate based on sex Alabama families challenging the state’s ban on medical care for their transgender children have asked the full […]

ATLANTA, GA – Today, a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision reversing a federal district court ruling blocking enforcement of Alabama’s law banning medical care for transgender adolescents. The district court opinion, which was issued last spring, held that Alabama’s law likely violated the federal Equal Protection Clause and […]

TUCSON, AZ – Today, a federal district court in Tucson granted the plaintiffs’ request to certify a class action in a case challenging Arizona’s outdated requirement that transgender people must have surgery to change the gender marker on their birth certificates.  This ruling means that this case will now benefit all transgender people born in […]

Motion for a preliminary injunction in Doe v. Ladapo follows the July 21 filing of an amended complaint adding four adult plaintiffs to the suit challenging Florida’s healthcare ban and seeking class-wide relief for all impacted transgender adults and minors TALLAHASSEE, FL – Four Florida residents filed a motion in federal court yesterday seeking an […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL – Organizations challenging Florida’s transgender healthcare ban on behalf of seven families with transgender children filed an amended complaint today expanding the case to address state law SB 254’s harmful restrictions on access to care for adults and seeking class-wide relief for all transgender minors and adults who require medical care restricted by […]

TUCSON, AZ — Today, a federal judge in Arizona issued an order blocking enforcement of an Arizona law that bars all transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams. The court held that the new law likely violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution and Title IX by singling out transgender girls and […]

LOUISVILLE, KY – The ACLU of Kentucky National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP yesterday filed a motion for emergency relief in our transgender healthcare case. The motion asks the Court to lift the recently implemented stay, citing irreparable harm to our clients and other transgender minors in the commonwealth. […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Federal Judge for the Western District of Kentucky today ruled to stay the preliminary injunction in Doe v Thornbury, the case regarding medically necessary care for transgender youth in Kentucky. The judge’s ruling came at the request of Kentucky’s Attorney General and means the portion of the law that was originally […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL – A federal district court today issued an order blocking enforcement of Florida state Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine rules banning established medical care for transgender adolescents as well as provisions in SB 254 that codify those rules into state law with added criminal and civil penalties. Today’s order allows Florida parents […]

WASHINGTON, DC – The National Center for Lesbian Rights, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), and The Trevor Project – along with the National Education Association and more than a dozen other organizations – have submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education supporting its proposed rule requiring equal treatment of transgender students in school […]

May 3, 2023 (LOUISVILLE, KY) – Today, the ACLU of Kentucky, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), and law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP filed a lawsuit seeking to block the portion of Senate Bill 150 that bans medically necessary health care for trans youth in Kentucky.   Banning essential medical care for transgender youth […]

For the first time in history, chamber votes to strip rights from children WASHINGTON, DC – The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) condemns today’s passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of H.R. 734, which would ban transgender students from participating in school sports. This bill is discriminatory and goes against the values of […]