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Gender Affirming Care Bans In Kentucky And Tennessee Upheld By Judges During Trials

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A group of federal appeals judges has ruled that Tennessee and Kentucky can keep banning gender-affirming care for young transgender people while legal challenges against those state laws proceed. On Thursday evening a 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel issued the 2-1 decision. The laws were passed by Republican majorities in both states. Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton wrote, “Prohibiting citizens and legislatures from offering their perspectives on high-stakes medical policies, in which compassion for the child points in both directions, is not something life-tenured federal judges should do without a clear warrant in the Constitution.” In dissent, Judge Helene White wrote that the laws intrude on parents rights to make decisions for their children. The laws had already kicked in under previous rulings by the appeals judges, despite decisions in lower courts that temporarily kept significant parts of the bans from taking effect.

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  • Adrianna Tender

    A transgender advocate and health care practitioner. She has extensive education and experience in HIV prevention and health care that relates to transgender individuals. She currently works as the Program Coordinator with Transinclusive Group and is the owner of Tender Loving Care Trans Mentoring. She received the Bishop SF Makalani Mahee Transgender Advocate Award in 2019 and has received many other awards. She serves on the National Board of Governors of the Human Rights Campaign and is on the Board of Directors for the Dolphin Democrats and Black LGBTQ Liberation. She is a member of several civic and political organizations like NAACP, and the Florida LGBTQ Democratic Caucus, and attends Antioch Missionary Baptist Church.

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