by Beth Holmes | Mar 13, 2023 | Civil Rights, Human Rights, LGBT community, Politics, Power LGBT, Transgender
Governor Walz has signed an executive order protecting the rights of LGBTQ people in Minnesota to receive gender affirming health care, striking back against other states restricting those rights. “We want every Minnesotan to grow up feeling safe, valued, protected,...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 22, 2023 | Civil Rights, Gender, Human Rights, Intersex, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Politics, Power LGBT, Science, Transgender
Gender-affirming care for anyone under 18 is now banned in South Dakota, forcing trans kids to detransition without medical help. Last week, South Dakota’s very red state senate passed House Bill 1080, which bans any gender-affirming care, including puberty...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 28, 2021 | Civil Rights, Gender, Health, Human Rights, Intersex, LGBTQIA+ Youth, Transgender
The federal judges of two states have now blocked laws that would have prevented trans youth from seeking gender-confirming treatments and playing sports. In Arkansas, U.S. District Judge Jay Moody temporarily blocked a new law that would have gone into effect July...