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U.S. Judge Blocks Trump EO Banning Trans Youth Healthcare; NH Students Sue over Trans Athletes Ban

HeadlineFeb 14, 2025

A federal judge temporarily blocked Trump’s executive order attempting to shut down nationwide access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 19. The judge’s order prohibits federal agencies from conditioning or withholding funding to healthcare providers and institutions that provide the care.

Kansas Democratic Governor Laura Kelly vetoed a proposal to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth for the third straight year. Thus far, Kansas Republicans have failed to overrule Kelly’s veto.

Meanwhile, in New Hampshire, two trans high school athletes are legally challenging Trump’s order banning trans girls and women from competing in school sports.

The city of Worcester, Massachusetts, passed a resolution designating itself a sanctuary city for the transgender community.

Here in New York, protesters are gathering at the historic Stonewall Inn today after the National Park Service attempted to erase trans and queer people from its history by removing the letters T and Q from references to LGBTQ+ people from the Stonewall National Monument website. The Stonewall rebellion was led in part by Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, both transgender activists of color.

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