Health Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/category/health/ Making Authentic Lives Possible Fri, 27 Jun 2025 16:20:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Health Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/category/health/ 32 32 Transgender Law Center Condemns SCOTUS Opinions in Trump v CASA and Mahmoud v Taylor; Uplifts Kennedy v Braidwood Decision https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-condemns-scotus-opinions-in-trump-v-casa-and-mahmoud-v-taylor-uplifts-kennedy-v-braidwood-decision/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-condemns-scotus-opinions-in-trump-v-casa-and-mahmoud-v-taylor-uplifts-kennedy-v-braidwood-decision/#respond Fri, 27 Jun 2025 16:20:32 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?p=24535 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   June 27, 2025   CONTACT:  Sue Yacka-Bible, Director of Communications, sue@transgenderlawcenter.org  Transgender Law Center Condemns SCOTUS Opinions in Trump v CASA and Mahmoud v Taylor; Uplifts Kennedy v Braidwood Decision NATIONAL – Transgender Law Center condemns the two Supreme Court Opinions released today in Trump v CASA and Mahmoud v Taylor for […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-condemns-scotus-opinions-in-trump-v-casa-and-mahmoud-v-taylor-uplifts-kennedy-v-braidwood-decision/feed/ 0 Texas Supreme Court Refuses to Block Law Banning Health Care for Texas Trans Youth https://transgenderlawcenter.org/texas-supreme-court-refuses-to-block-law-banning-health-care-for-texas-trans-youth/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/texas-supreme-court-refuses-to-block-law-banning-health-care-for-texas-trans-youth/#respond Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:53:20 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?p=23734 For Immediate Release June 28, 2024 Contact: K Richardson, Communications Manager, k@transgenderlawcenter.org Austin, TX The Texas Supreme Court today reversed a lower court ruling blocking enforcement of Senate Bill 14, permitting the anti-transgender law to remain in effect. The law allows the State of Texas into decisions that properly lie with parents and their minor […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/texas-supreme-court-refuses-to-block-law-banning-health-care-for-texas-trans-youth/feed/ 0 Transgender Law Center Affirms The Right To Abortion For All Following The Supreme Court Decision In Moyle V United States https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-affirms-the-right-to-abortion-for-all-following-the-supreme-court-decision-in-moyle-v-united-states/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-affirms-the-right-to-abortion-for-all-following-the-supreme-court-decision-in-moyle-v-united-states/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:13:37 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?p=23694 For Immediate Release June 27, 2024 Contact: K Richardson, Communications Manager, k@transgenderlawcenter.org Washington D.C. Transgender Law Center takes a moment to pause and acknowledge the Supreme Court’s decision in Moyle v. United States, which will, at least temporarily, allow access to emergency room abortion care for people of all genders. We support our reproductive justice […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-affirms-the-right-to-abortion-for-all-following-the-supreme-court-decision-in-moyle-v-united-states/feed/ 0 Transgender Law Center Affirms The Supreme Court Decision In FDA V Alliance For Hippocratic Medicine https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-affirms-the-supreme-court-decision-in-fda-v-alliance-for-hippocratic-medicine/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-affirms-the-supreme-court-decision-in-fda-v-alliance-for-hippocratic-medicine/#respond Thu, 13 Jun 2024 15:01:09 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?p=23606 For Immediate Release June 13, 2024 Contact: K Richardson, Communications Manager, k@transgenderlawcenter.org Washington D.C.  The Transgender Law Center takes a moment to celebrate the Supreme Court’s opinion in FDA v Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine for its support to ensuring access to mifepristone to people of all genders across this country. We support our reproductive justice partners and advocates […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-center-affirms-the-supreme-court-decision-in-fda-v-alliance-for-hippocratic-medicine/feed/ 0 Transgender Youth Medical Care Ban Receives Hearing in Texas State Supreme Court https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-youth-medical-care-ban-receives-hearing-in-texas-state-supreme-court/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-youth-medical-care-ban-receives-hearing-in-texas-state-supreme-court/#respond Tue, 30 Jan 2024 18:42:20 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?p=23149 For Immediate Release January 30, 2024 Contact: K Richardson, Transgender Law Center, k@transgenderlawcenter.org Tom Warnke, Lambda Legal, twarnke@lambdalegal.org  Eli Duffy, GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality, eduffy@glma.org Laura McGinnis, PFLAG National, lmcginnis@pflag.orgKristi Gross, ACLU of Texas, media@aclutx.org Austin, Texas Legal advocates representing transgender adolescents, their parents, and medical providers argued before the Texas Supreme Court […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-youth-medical-care-ban-receives-hearing-in-texas-state-supreme-court/feed/ 0 Legal Advocates to Urge Texas Supreme Court to Affirm Ruling Blocking Ban on Medical Care for Transgender Texas Youth https://transgenderlawcenter.org/legal-advocates-to-urge-texas-supreme-court-to-affirm-ruling-blocking-ban-on-medical-care-for-transgender-texas-youth/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/legal-advocates-to-urge-texas-supreme-court-to-affirm-ruling-blocking-ban-on-medical-care-for-transgender-texas-youth/#respond Mon, 29 Jan 2024 18:57:06 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?p=23148 Media Advisory  January 29, 2024 Contact: Gillian Branstetter, ACLU, gbranstetter@aclu.org Tom Warnke, Lambda Legal, twarnke@lambdalegal.org K Richardson, Transgender Law Center, k@transgenderlawcenter.org What: Tomorrow, legal advocates representing transgender adolescents and their parents and medical providers will urge the Supreme Court of Texas to affirm a lower court’s granting of a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of Senate […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/legal-advocates-to-urge-texas-supreme-court-to-affirm-ruling-blocking-ban-on-medical-care-for-transgender-texas-youth/feed/ 0 Plaintiffs File Federal Suit to Overturn Tennessee’s Aggravated Prostitution Statute https://transgenderlawcenter.org/plaintiffs-file-federal-suit-to-overturn-tennessees-aggravated-prostitution-statute/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/plaintiffs-file-federal-suit-to-overturn-tennessees-aggravated-prostitution-statute/#respond Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:40:54 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?p=22872 For Immediate Release Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Contact: K Richardson, Communications Manager, k@transgenderlawcenter.org Plaintiffs file federal suit to overturn Tennessee’s Aggravated Prostitution statute Lawsuit challenges requirement to register as a violent sex offender based on HIV status Memphis, Tenn. — Tennessee’s Aggravated Prostitution statute and related sex offender registration requirements are unconstitutional and violate the […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/plaintiffs-file-federal-suit-to-overturn-tennessees-aggravated-prostitution-statute/feed/ 0 Transgender Law Center’s Disability Project Launches First Ever Disabled and Deaf Trans People Survey https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-centers-disability-project-launches-first-ever-disabled-and-deaf-trans-people-survey/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-centers-disability-project-launches-first-ever-disabled-and-deaf-trans-people-survey/#respond Mon, 18 Sep 2023 18:53:28 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?p=22822 For Immediate Release September 18, 2023 Contact: K Richardson, Communications Manager, k@transgenderlawcenter.org Zavé Martohardjono, Digital Communications Strategist, zave@transgenderlawcenter.org New York, NY The Transgender Law Center’s Disability Project today launched the Disabled & Deaf Trans People’s Survey (DTPS). The DTPS is a survey created by and for disabled and Deaf trans people to gather and share […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/transgender-law-centers-disability-project-launches-first-ever-disabled-and-deaf-trans-people-survey/feed/ 0 Legal Advocates to Texas Trans Youth and Families: The Fight is Far from Over https://transgenderlawcenter.org/legal-advocates-to-texas-trans-youth-and-families-the-fight-is-far-from-over/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/legal-advocates-to-texas-trans-youth-and-families-the-fight-is-far-from-over/#respond Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:00:10 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?p=22795 For Immediate Release August 31, 2023  Contact:   Tom Warnke, Lambda Legal, twarnke@lambdalegal.org  Gillian Branstetter, ACLU, gbranstetter@aclu.org K Richardson, TLC, k@transgenderlawcenter.org Kristi Gross, ACLU of Texas, media@aclutx.org   AUSTIN, Texas The Texas Supreme Court today refused to grant an emergency request for temporary relief and allowed Senate Bill 14, the state’s unconstitutional medical care ban, to […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/legal-advocates-to-texas-trans-youth-and-families-the-fight-is-far-from-over/feed/ 0 Texas District Court Grants Injunction to Pause Ban on Transgender Youth Medical Care https://transgenderlawcenter.org/texas-district-court-grants-injunction-to-pause-ban-on-transgender-youth-medical-care/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/texas-district-court-grants-injunction-to-pause-ban-on-transgender-youth-medical-care/#respond Fri, 25 Aug 2023 20:52:09 +0000 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/?p=22787 For Immediate Release August 25, 2023 Contact: K Richardson, Communications Manager, k@transgenderlawcenter.org Austin, Texas The 201st Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas granted an injunction (PDF) this afternoon to pause the state’s unconstitutional medical care ban targeting  transgender youth.  The Texas district court announced the decision following a hearing last week on Senate Bill […]

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