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Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Youth

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Brandt et al v. Rutledge et al

Four families of transgender youth and two doctors have challenged an Arkansas law that would prohibit healthcare professionals from providing or even referring transgender young people for medically necessary health care. The law would also bar any state funds or insurance coverage for gender-affirming health care for transgender people under 18, and it would allow private insurers to refuse to cover gender-affirming care for people of any age. The lawsuit, filed in federal court, alleges that House Bill 1570 is a violation of the U.S. Constitution.
Status: Ongoing
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Connecticut
Feb 2025

Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Youth

Soule et al v. CT Association of Schools et al

The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ has joined a lawsuit defending the interests of trans student athletes in Connecticut.
Status: Closed
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Connecticut
Feb 2025
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Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Youth

Soule et al v. CT Association of Schools et al

The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ has joined a lawsuit defending the interests of trans student athletes in Connecticut.
Status: Closed
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Photo of Luc Esquivel, a 14-year-old boy in a blue sweater and glasses with a golf club over his shoulder. Luc is standing in a green yard.
Tennessee
Jun 2024

Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Youth

L.E. v Lee

Luc Esquivel is a 15-year-old sophomore at Farragut High School in Knoxville, TN who has been looking forward to trying out for the boys’ golf team. That aspiration was derailed when the Tennessee legislature passed and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed into law SB 228, which bans transgender middle and high school students from participating on interscholastic sports teams that match their gender. Luc and his family have sued the state of Tennessee.
Status: Closed
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Tennessee
Jun 2024
Photo of Luc Esquivel, a 14-year-old boy in a blue sweater and glasses with a golf club over his shoulder. Luc is standing in a green yard.

Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Youth

L.E. v Lee

Luc Esquivel is a 15-year-old sophomore at Farragut High School in Knoxville, TN who has been looking forward to trying out for the boys’ golf team. That aspiration was derailed when the Tennessee legislature passed and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed into law SB 228, which bans transgender middle and high school students from participating on interscholastic sports teams that match their gender. Luc and his family have sued the state of Tennessee.
Status: Closed
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Court Case
Jul 2023

Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Youth

Doe v. Madison Metropolitan School District

In February 2020, several parents anonymously sued the Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin state court. The parents claim that the school district’s guidance that seeks to provide support for transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive students violates parental rights by allowing students to use names and pronouns at school different from those they were assigned at birth, without providing parental notification absent a student’s consent. The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Wisconsin intervened in the case on behalf of LGBTQ student groups at schools in the district to help defend the district’s guidance.
Status: Closed
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Jul 2023
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Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Youth

Doe v. Madison Metropolitan School District

In February 2020, several parents anonymously sued the Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin state court. The parents claim that the school district’s guidance that seeks to provide support for transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive students violates parental rights by allowing students to use names and pronouns at school different from those they were assigned at birth, without providing parental notification absent a student’s consent. The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Wisconsin intervened in the case on behalf of LGBTQ student groups at schools in the district to help defend the district’s guidance.
Status: Closed
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Walker et al v Marshall et al
Alabama
Apr 2022

Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Youth

Walker et al v Marshall et al

The Walker family and the White family have raised their children, H.W. and C.W. in Alabama. A new Alabama law may force them to leave the state because providing gender-affirming care — which doctors says is medically necessary for H.W. and C.W. — is now a felony offense.
Status: Ongoing
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Alabama
Apr 2022
Walker et al v Marshall et al

Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Youth

Walker et al v Marshall et al

The Walker family and the White family have raised their children, H.W. and C.W. in Alabama. A new Alabama law may force them to leave the state because providing gender-affirming care — which doctors says is medically necessary for H.W. and C.W. — is now a felony offense.
Status: Ongoing
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