Transgender rights /tags/transgender-rights Transgender rights en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Thu, 14 Aug 2025 18:13:46 GMT Judge backs a transgender teacher challenging Florida's pronoun law /law-justice/2025-08-14/judge-backs-a-transgender-teacher-challenging-floridas-pronoun-law According to the decision, the law is in violation of Section VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, however the outcome of the issue might ultimately hinge on an appeals court ruling in a Georgia case. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 18:13:46 GMT /law-justice/2025-08-14/judge-backs-a-transgender-teacher-challenging-floridas-pronoun-law Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida Wrestling with his gender identity, a former Marine finds himself and works to empower trans youth /health/2025-05-06/trans-gender-identity-marine-florida Umut Dursun's journey of self-discovery has been deeply tied to understanding his gender. His identity and existence, like many other transgender people, may face new challenges under the Trump administration. Tue, 06 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT /health/2025-05-06/trans-gender-identity-marine-florida Sofia Baltodano | FIU Caplin News Judge blocks federal gender identity rule from taking effect in Florida /health/2024-07-04/judge-blocks-federal-gender-identity-rule-from-taking-effect-in-florida A federal judge in Tampa blocked a new Biden administration health-care rule that would clash with Florida’s attempts to restrict treatments such as hormone therapy and puberty blockers for transgender people. Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:30:00 GMT /health/2024-07-04/judge-blocks-federal-gender-identity-rule-from-taking-effect-in-florida Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida Florida challenges a federal health care rule on gender-affirming care /law-justice/2024-05-08/florida-gender-affirming-care Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has filed a lawsuit challenging new federal rules that clash with the state's attempts to restrict the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender people. Wed, 08 May 2024 13:52:19 GMT /law-justice/2024-05-08/florida-gender-affirming-care Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida ‘It was the life raft’: Transgender people find a safe haven in Florida’s capital city /government-politics/2024-03-05/it-was-the-life-raft-transgender-people-find-a-safe-haven-in-floridas-capital-city Even as the state and others impose restrictions, people in need of housing have a home. Tue, 05 Mar 2024 13:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2024-03-05/it-was-the-life-raft-transgender-people-find-a-safe-haven-in-floridas-capital-city Nada Hassanein | Stateline Don't Say Trans: Florida keeps showing just how Fidelista it really is /commentary/2024-01-25/florida-lgbtq-hb1639-drivers-license-dont-say-gay-fidel COMMENTARY Florida's orgy of homophobic lawmaking seeks to make LGBTQ people invisible in the 21st century — just as Cuba's Fidel Castro did in the 20th. Thu, 25 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMT /commentary/2024-01-25/florida-lgbtq-hb1639-drivers-license-dont-say-gay-fidel Tim Padgett DeSantis spread false information while pushing trans health care ban, judge says /health/2023-12-22/desantis-spread-false-information-while-pushing-trans-health-care-ban-judge-says A federal judge said he will rule sometime after the holidays on whether DeSantis, the Legislature and the Department of Health deliberately targeted transgender people with the new law or whether the law simply imposed reasonable restrictions to protect the public. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 15:47:36 GMT /health/2023-12-22/desantis-spread-false-information-while-pushing-trans-health-care-ban-judge-says Associated Press LGBTQ group denounces DeSantis as Broward high school is punished over transgender athlete /education/2023-12-12/transgender-athlete-florida-desantis-monarch-high-school-punishment Florida's state athletic board fined Monarch High School on Tuesday, placing the Coconut Creek school on probation after a transgender student played on the girls volleyball team, a violation of a controversial law enacted by DeSantis and the Republican-majority Legislature. Tue, 12 Dec 2023 23:28:25 GMT /education/2023-12-12/transgender-athlete-florida-desantis-monarch-high-school-punishment Gerard Albert Students at Broward school stage walkout after staff removals over transgender athlete /education/2023-11-28/transgender-athlete-school-monarch-broward-investigation The peaceful protest at Monarch High School in Coconut Creek came after the school's principal and four staff members were reassigned over allegations that a transgender student was allowed to play on a girls' volleyball team. Tue, 28 Nov 2023 20:18:03 GMT /education/2023-11-28/transgender-athlete-school-monarch-broward-investigation Julia Cooper He/him, she/her: Personal pronouns targeted in Florida workplaces /florida-news/2023-11-21/he-him-she-her-personal-pronouns-targeted-in-florida-workplaces In what could fuel a new round of legislative battles about gender identity, a House Republican on Tuesday filed a bill that would place restrictions on government agencies in the use of personal pronouns. Tue, 21 Nov 2023 20:50:00 GMT /florida-news/2023-11-21/he-him-she-her-personal-pronouns-targeted-in-florida-workplaces Jim Saunders/News Service of Florida