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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2025 CONTACT Gillian Branstetter, gbranstetter@aclu.org Tom Warnke, twarnke@lambdalegal.org BALTIMORE – In a victory for transgender youth, their families, and their medical providers, a federal district court today issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a Trump administration executive order attempting to shut down access nationwide to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under 19. The decision by Judge Brendan Hurson was issued from the bench with a written order to come soon. The nationwide restraining order prohibits federal agencies from conditioning or withholding federal funding based on the fact that a healthcare entity or health professional provides gender-affirming medical care to a patient under nineteen. “Good and decent parents of transgender kids should never be in the frightening position of having their child’s prescribed, medically necessary care canceled at the whim and threat of a politician. But that’s exactly what President Trump’s executive order did to PFLAG families with trans youth and young adults nationwide,” said Brian K. Bond (he/him), Chief Executive Officer of PFLAG National. “Today’s decision rights a grievous wrong to our nation's families and children, and PFLAG families will be vigilant to ensure our transgender loved ones receive the healthcare they need—as this legal ruling demands.” “Forcing providers to withhold medically-necessary, evidence-based care not only threatens patient health and well-being, but also undermines the integrity of our healthcare system in its entirety,” said Alex Sheldon (they/them), GLMA executive director. “Today's intervention by the court underscores the cruelty and recklessness that is embedded in this order and affirms our commitment to resist the administration’s extremist agenda that targets trans and non-binary young people and privileges political ideology over medical expertise. We are hopeful that…

In the first week after the order was signed, some hospitals across the country — in Massachusetts, Maryland, Washington, Colorado, and Virginia at least — abruptly halted medical care for transgender people under age 19, canceling appointments and turning away patients, including some who had been receiving this care for most of their life. This prompted protests of support for transgender youth and in opposition to the order nationwide. On Feb. 4, a lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Maryland, and law firms Jenner & Block and Hogan Lovells on behalf of transgender young adults and adolescents and their families whose health care has been disrupted by President Trump’s order. Also joining the case as plaintiffs are PFLAG National, the nation’s largest organization supporting LGBTQ+ people and their families, with over 550,000 members and supporters and nearly 350 chapters across the country; and GLMA, the country’s largest organization of LGBTQ and allied health professionals. "Across the country, this unlawful order from the president has sown fear among transgender youth and confusion among their providers,” said Joshua Block, senior staff attorney for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project. “But today’s decision should restore both their access to healthcare and protections under the Constitution. Providers who’ve suspended healthcare for their transgender patients should be left with no doubt that they can lift those suspensions and continue to provide healthcare and act in their best medical judgment without risking their funding or worse. “The president’s orders sought to take away from transgender young people the very care that they, their families, and their medical providers all agree is best for them – medical care that is evidence-based and well-established. But these decisions are for patients, their families, and their doctors to make, not for politicians or Washington bureaucrats,” said Omar Gonzale…

Incredible news!

The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.

The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.

ACLU statement here:

We are calling for a nationwide and international boycott of all Elon Musk-related products and services. Sell your Tesla shares, avoid buying Tesla vehicles, cancel Starlink, and delete your X accounts.

The removal of a transgender reference from the National Park Service’s Stonewall website wasn’t done by NPS staff. Elon, care to elaborate?

Protest at Stonewall tomorrow.

You can’t spell Stonewall without the T.

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

@altnps.bsky.social what's up with this and the Stonewall monument?

Today’s Legislative Updates February 13, 2025

Trans rights are still under attack in the United States. Please visit our website linked below to learn about your state and contact your reps. Here's a thread of today's updates:

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Who would have thought that Mitch McConnell would be the one Republican who understands why RFK Jr. Is not fit for the HHS Secretary spot. Wtf, Murkowski and Collins? SMFH!

Hey there! How are you doing? Are you getting enough sleep? Are you hydrating? Self-care builds resilience so it's important you don't neglect it. You are loved! You matter! We'll get through this.

Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care.

Big counter salvo!

He most certainly is! And the two of you are so beautiful together. ❤️🧡💛

Everything That Happened in Anti-Trans Legislation This Week: January 17-24 Trump begins his assault on trans rights.

We at the TFP have been providing a weekly newsletter breaking down anti-trans policy in the United States since April 2022. As always, we are grateful to Them magazine for recognizing the value of our work. Older newsletters can also be found in our website archive.
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Play Metaphor:Refantazio. It's an excellent game but the similarities to our world are eerie.

Hello! We are the Trans Formations Project, and we are a grassroots, trans-centered collective who have tracked and communicated about anti-trans policy in the US since 2021. We have tracked 1300+ anti-trans bills, in all 50 states, in the past four years.
We have been preparing. Resources below.

Trans rights are still under attack in the United States. Please visit our website linked below to learn about your state and contact your reps. Here's a thread of today's updates:

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Happening now, the first anti-trans hearing of 2025 in the United States.

HB121 in Montana is a full adult bathroom ban in publicly owned buildings. It targets all trans adults and the trans reps Zooey Zephyr/SJ Howell.

I am covering it live. Watch with me:

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🚨ALERT NEW BILL 🚨
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📜Bill: US HR26
📑Title: Deeming certain conduct of members of Antifa as domestic terrorism and designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.
🏷️Bill Type: Hate Group Classification

🚨ALERT NEW BILL 🚨
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📜Bill: Texas SB753
📑Title: Relating to prohibiting certain conduct by physicians and health care providers involving gender transitioning and gender reassignment procedures and treatments for children; creating a criminal offense.

Domestic Goddess! ❤️🧡💛

They’re not sending their smartest.

May the odds be ever in your favor.

Governor DeWine Signs Trans Bathroom Ban That Includes Private Colleges In Ohio The law is the first anti-trans one to pass in the aftermath of the 2024 election, and comes as Republicans are pushing bathroom bans in congress.

1. Today, Governor DeWine has signed one of the most oppressive bathroom bans in the United States.

The transgender bathroom ban applies to colleges and universities, including private colleges!

It comes as the US has been gripped by Republican bathroom panic.

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Trump reportedly plans to swiftly eject trans troops within days of inauguration Trump’s actions could eject thousands of current trans service members

News has just broke that Trump plans to eject trans people from the military within days of inauguration.

Trans servicemembers who have served 19 years will lose their pensions and healthcare.

This is obscene. They served our country, and will be kicked to the side like trash.

Planned Action for LGBTQ+ & Allies in Response to Democrats Capitulating on Trans Rights As most of you are aware, since Kamala Harris’s election loss (which trans people were not in charge of nor responsible for), Democratic politicians and pundits have been signaling that they plan to t...

ACTION ALERT!
December 3 - Planned Action for LGBTQ+ & Allies in Response to Democrats Capitulating on Trans Rights
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