Shahary Shobnom Kabir

Jul 10, 2023 | newthinking.com | Joanna Bisgrove |Costas Michalia |Rosanita Ratcliff |Shahary Shobnom Kabir

A Kentucky federal judge recently blocked Kentucky Senate Bill 150 calling for restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender youth in that state, and in Tennessee a judge blocked a similar ban that would have denied such care beginning July 1. However, these rulings follow a Florida judge’s decision recently striking down the state’s ban on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care, affecting potentially thousands of transgender children and adults.