Press Releases
about LGBTQ Rights
Feb 04, 2025
Families and Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Executive Order Seeking to Restrict Access to Gender-Affirming Care
WASHINGTON – Transgender young adults and families with transgender youth joined PFLAG National and GLMA in a federal legal challenge against an executive order from the Trump ad...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Dec 30, 2024
Florida Judge Allows State Prison Officials to Withhold Medical Care for Transgender Incarcerated People
TALLAHASSEE – A federal district court judge has rejected a preliminary injunction request, allowing enforcement of a new Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) policy aimed at ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Keohane v. Dixon
Dec 18, 2024
President Biden Must Veto Defense Bill Attacking Military Families with Transgender Youth
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate today passed a version of the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban coverage for gender-affirming care for transgender youth whose parent...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Dec 17, 2024
Montana Court Blocks State From Refusing to Correct Sex Markers on Transgender People's Birth Certificates and Driver's Licenses
HELENA, Mont. – A Montana court has granted a preliminary injunction preventing the state of Montana from enforcing policies that bar transgender people from obtaining accurate s...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Kalarchik v. State of Montana
Dec 11, 2024
House Passes Defense Bill Including Attack on Military Families’ Transgender Youth
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a version of the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban coverage for gender-affirming care for transgender ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Dec 11, 2024
Montana Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Families & Doctors, Blocks Ban on Healthcare for Transgender Youth
Earlier today, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that SB 99, a 2023 Montana law that categorically bans life-saving gender-affirming care for transgender youth, is unconstitutional u...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Cross v. State of Montana

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