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https://apnews.com/article/transgender-rights-children-florida-592b24b28e365ded336ca841f2ac90ac

can only think of the current and past federal judges striking down state laws for ban on gender care and Roberts sees this as something that needs to be decided. Florida this month being the latest

"A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a 2023 Florida law that blocked gender-affirming care for transgender minors and severely restricted such treatment for adults, calling the statute unconstitutional.
Senior Judge Robert Hinkle said the state went too far when it barred transgender minors from being prescribed puberty blockers and hormonal treatments with their parents permission. He also stopped the state from requiring that transgender adults only receive treatment from a doctor and not from a registered nurse or other qualified medical practitioner. And he barred a ban on online treatment for transgender adults.
Hinkle said transgender people are constitutionally entitled to the legitimate treatment they need and, quoting the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., compared those who oppose it to those who were once against equality for minorities and women.
Some transgender opponents invoke religion to support their position, just as some once invoked religion to support their racism or misogyny, Hinkle wrote in his 105-page decision. Transgender opponents are of course free to hold their beliefs. But they are not free to discriminate against transgender individuals just for being transgender.
DeSantis had signed the law last year as he was gearing up for a presidential campaign that was highly based on culture wars.
We never did this through all of human history until like, what, two weeks ago? Now this is something? he told cheering supporters as he signed the bill. Theyre having third graders declare pronouns? Were not doing the pronoun Olympics in Florida.
At trial, Floridas attorneys had conceded that the state cannot stop someone from pursuing a transgender identity, but said it can regulate medical care.
For minors, the only treatments at issue are puberty blocking treatments and cross-sex hormones giving testosterone to someone assigned female at birth, for example. Those who were undergoing treatment when the law was adopted in May 2023 were allowed to continue. Surgery, which is rare for minors, was still blocked."