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1 week ago | 
gaycitynews.com | Arthur S. Leonard
On May 27, the Supreme Court announced that it would not review a decision by the Boston-based US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which held that the Middleborough, Massachusetts, school district did not violate the First Amendment free speech rights of a middle school boy who was sent home from school for refusing to take off a T-shirt that stated “There Are Only Two Genders” when he was told to do so by the school’s principal.
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3 weeks ago | 
gaycitynews.com | Arthur S. Leonard
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled 2-1 on May 13 to uphold a statewide preliminary injunction against enforcement of Florida’s S.B. 1438, a statute intended to shield minors from exposure to drag shows that the legislature considers to be harmful for them to attend. The judges in the majority, Robin Rosenbaum and Nancy Abudu, were appointed by President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden.
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1 month ago | 
gaycitynews.com | Arthur S. Leonard
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on April 22 in Mahmoud v. Taylor, in which a group of parents of elementary school students in the Montgomery County School District in Maryland are challenging the district’s decision to deny parents the right to have advance notice and “opt out” their children from lessons in pre-K through grade 5 that use books that include LGBTQ characters and touch on LGBTQ issues, such as same-sex marriage, Pride parades, and childhood same-sex crushes.
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2 months ago | 
gaycitynews.com | Arthur S. Leonard
On Jan. 20, his first day back in office, Donald Trump made clear that he was targeting transgender people for adverse treatment, even though he could not bring himself to use the word “transgender” in his first executive order on the subject, because he denies the possibility that gender identity could be real or that transgender people actually exist.
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2 months ago | 
gaycitynews.com | Arthur S. Leonard
As proponents of gender-affirming care for transgender minors await a Supreme Court ruling in US v. Skrmetti (argued on December 4, 2024), which may decide whether state bans on such care violate the equal protection rights of transgender minors under the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, the Ohio Court of Appeals blazed a new path on March 18 in Moe v.
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2 months ago | 
gaycitynews.com | Arthur S. Leonard
The Supreme Court announced on March 10 that it will review a decision by the Denver-based US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit that rejected a constitutional challenge to Colorado’s law providing that it is “unprofessional conduct” for a counselor to engage in conversion therapy with a patient under 18 years of age. The statute prohibits conversion therapy to attempt to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
gaycitynews.com | Arthur S. Leonard
Judges Lauren King of the US District Court in Seattle and Brendan A. Hurson of the U.S. District Court in Baltimore have issued preliminary injunctions blocking implementation of several provisions of executive orders signed by President Donald J. Trump on Jan. 20 and 28 that ordered a cut-off federal funding to any recipient whose operations include providing gender-affirming care to transgender minors. Close Never Miss a BeatSign up for email updates.
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Feb 17, 2025 | 
gaycitynews.com | Arthur S. Leonard
Federal district judges on the east and west coasts presiding over simultaneous litigation brought by different parties have issued temporary restraining orders blocking enforcement of President Trump’s executive orders that sought to coerce healthcare providers from performing gender-affirming care for minors.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
gaycitynews.com | Arthur S. Leonard
On Jan. 20, 2021, after taking the oath of office, President Joe Biden returned to the White House and began signing executive orders. At the top of his stack was EO 13988, titled “Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.” Exactly four years later, after taking the oath of office on Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump turned to the stack of executive orders prepared by his staff and started signing.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
gaycitynews.com | Arthur S. Leonard
The US Supreme Court announced on Jan. 17 that it will review a decision by the Richmond-based US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that affirmed a US District Judge in Maryland’s refusal to issue a preliminary injunction that would require the Montgomery County public elementary schools to give parents advance notice when books and other materials with LGBTQ themes are to be used in class and to let the parents “opt out” their children from “exposure” to these materials.
