Transgender

Vince has been identifying as male for years, and all his official documentation was updated to reflect that — until the DHSMV rescinded his driver's license in March and changed the sex marker to female.

Nine bills impacting the trans and nonbinary community have already been proposed in Florida and will be considered during the current state legislative session.

Among the restrictions are preventing minors from beginning to receive puberty blockers and hormone therapy for treatment of gender dysphoria.

With new restrictions on gender-affirming care, prisons confiscate underwear from trans people and compel them to cut their hair.

A federal appeals court refused to reconsider a decision that allowed Florida to restrict treatments for people with gender dysphoria while a legal battle about the restrictions plays out.

The rejection comes without public notice or new law — even when all other government-issued identification reflects their current gender identity.

Florida has appealed a federal judge’s ruling that blocked state restrictions on treatment for people with gender dysphoria and wants the ruling put on hold while the appeal plays out.

Jessica Norton said her daughter was thriving at Monarch High School before an anonymous tipster notified a Broward County school board member that the 16-year-old was playing on the girls varsity volleyball team in apparent violation of a state law that bars students who were born male from participating in girls sports.

The Biden administration has asked a federal judge to reject Florida's attempt to block a new health care rule about discrimination based on gender identity.

Federal judge Robert Hinkle, of the Northern District of Florida, said SB 254 was only passed out of a sense of “anti-transgender animus” from elected officials. The federal ruling comes too late for transgender adults who've already left the state.

A federal judge ruled that Florida could not “prohibit transgender minors from receiving specific kinds of widely accepted gender-affirming medical care.”

Education Commissioner Manny Diaz applauded the prohibition and criticized the Biden administration.