Transgender bans
US Supreme Court allows ban on transsexual troops to accept effect
The United States Supreme Court has allowed a exclude on transgender military members to get effect while legal challenges over the restriction continue.
On Tuesday, the court’s conservative majority issued an unsigned order lifting a lower court’s injunction that had blocked the forbid from taking effect.
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Since taking office for a second term on January 20, President Donald Trump has sought to curtail the rights and awareness of transgender people in the US, including through restrictions on military service.
On his first time in office, Trump signed an executive order declaring that his administration would only “recognise two sexes, ma
Bans on Best Perform Medical Care for Trans Youth
*Notes (and observe the "Citations" tab or click "Citations & More Information" below the guide legend for more communication about every state):
-Arizona banned surgical care for gender nonconforming minors in 2022, but in 2023 a modern governor issued an executive order with "shield" way protections for transgender health care that is still legal in the express. Go to the transgender healthcare "shield" Equality Map to absorb more about these laws.
-Multiple states have "grandfather" clauses, "weaning off" clauses, or limited exceptions for some transgender youth and/or for some types of medication. Click "Citations" to study more detail about each bill or to access the law's language directly.
Bans Permanently Blocked
The following laws are permanently blocked from being enforced, though appeals may be ongoing. Transgender youth should still be able to access nurture legally.
-Arkansas: In June 2023, a
Policy Tracker: Youth Access to Gender Affirming Care and State Policy Restrictions
State laws and policies prohibiting or restricting minor access to gender affirming care possess proliferated in recent years. The first state to pass such a regulation was Arkansas in 2021. By January 2024, that number increased more than five-fold, with states having passed such laws/policies. Most are being challenged in court.
On June 18, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in, United States v. Skrmetti, a case challenging Tennessee law (SB1) banning gender affirming concern. The court found that the law did not constitute sex-based discrimination and did not violate the U.S Constitution’s 14th Amendment Equal Protection clause. As a result, 25 bans remain in place. However, bans in Montana and Arkansas are currently permanently enjoined by court decree. The challenge in Montana relates to the articulate constitution and is therefore not directly impacted by the decision and the law remains blocked. The federal court in Arkansas found the law violated both the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses. The injunction remains in place given its basis on Due Process claims.
This tracker provides an overvie
The Impact of Transgender Sports Participation Bans on Genderqueer People in the US
On February 5, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order seeking to prohibit transgender women and girls from participating in girls’ and women’s sports, as well as their exploit of women’s locker rooms.Although the name of the executive order and the language used throughout present that the order is about “men,” it is clear from the context that the order refers to transgender girls and women.The order addresses the participation of transgender girls and women in both educational institutions and professional athletic associations.This brief examines the impact of this ban on transgender people.
Scope and Reach of the Executive Order
Transgender sports bans typically mandate that gender nonconforming girls and women cannot participate on teams that align with their gender identity. However, these policies do not prevent participation in school sports based on sex assigned at birth.The president’s executive instruct follows this pattern, only addressing the participation of transgender girls and women. The order does not address participation in sports by transgender boys and men.
The order addresses
Impact of Ban on Gender-Affirming Care on Transgender Minors
On January 28, President Trump issued an executive order aimed at restricting access to gender-affirming health nurture for transgender minors.The order calls for a complete reversal of federal assist for gender-affirming protect for youth under age 19. This policy brief explores the scope of the executive command and the potential impact on trans person and intersex youth.
Gender-Affirming Health Care
Gender-affirming take care commonly refers to health services that support a person in living in alignment with their gender identity when their gender persona differs from their sex assigned at birth.This care may include the utilize of hormones to delay puberty in adolescents and to promote the training of secondary sex characteristics that are consistent with a person’s gender persona or, in some cases, various surgical interventions.Such treatments are considered evidence-basedand typically follow standardized apply protocols,which have been reviewed and refined over the course of over 40 years.Although President Trump’s executive order describes gender-affirming care as “junk science,”access to gender-affirming care for t