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Though Florida may seem like a distant state with very little in common with Massachusetts, Alejandra Caraballo, a clinical instructor at Harvard Law school, says Florida’s most recent anti-LGBTQ legislation isn’t an isolated instance.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion calling gender-affirming care for trans young people “child abuse.”

Cruel. Really, that’s the only way to describe many conservatives’ determination to pick fights with LGBTQ Americans, and with transgender children in particular.

The National Center for Transgender Equality hails the release of a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, which includes formal recommendations and best practices for collecting data on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and variations in sex characteristics and calls for them to be implemented by the federal government.

The National Center for Transgender Equality hails the release of a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, which includes formal recommendations and best practices for collecting data on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and variations in sex characteristics and calls for them to be implemented by the federal government.

The controversial bill heads to the Governor's desk, and he is expected to sign it.

President Joe Biden and the US Department of Health and Human Services responded forcefully on Wednesday to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s illegitimate attempt to criminalize appropriate, gender-affirming health care for children.

When Texas Governor Greg Abbott penned a letter directing state officials to investigate healthcare providers or parents who help transgender youth receive gender-affirming care, some believed his order would be ignored.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton are asking the public to report the parents of transgender minors to authorities for child abuse.

Despite attacks by state anti-trans legislation and hateful opinions from state attorney generals and governors like in Texas, trans people, and more particularly, trans youth are protected from health care discrimination under federal law.

President Joe Biden and the US Department of Health and Human Services responded forcefully on Wednesday to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s illegitimate attempt to criminalize appropriate, gender-affirming health care for children.

Andy Marra, Executive Director of Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), released the following statement: "TLDEF applauds President Biden’s remarks to ensure passage of the Equality Act."