gender-affirming care bans

Their legal arguments rest on constitutional violations and equal protections for transgender Americans.

The bill to ban medicinal and surgical gender-affirming care for transgender youth includes a six-month deadline to halt puberty blockers and hormone therapy treatments.

Before this year, lawmakers hadn’t filed more than seven anti-LGBTQ+ bills in a single session. And they often didn’t get hearings. This year, there are more than two dozen bills moving through the legislature.