Arthur S. Leonard

3 weeks 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

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.

2 months ago | 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.