Gender Identity

A previous court decision backed the Leon County school system in a dispute about a student wanting to express a gender identity and use pronouns the child's parents didn't support.

Florida teachers must use pronouns that align with sex assigned at birth, and the court ruled that teacher Katie Wood “cannot show ... she was speaking as a private citizen rather than a government employee.”

Umut Dursun's journey of self-discovery has been deeply tied to understanding his gender. His identity and existence, like many other transgender people, may face new challenges under the Trump administration.

The court decision backed the Leon County school system in a dispute about a student wanting to express a gender identity and use pronouns the child's parents didn't support.

More than any other state, a majority of LGBTQ+ Florida teens and young adults have considered moving out of the state, according to a recent study.

Nine bills impacting the trans and nonbinary community have already been proposed in Florida and will be considered during the current state legislative session.

Colleges already have been returning to Betsy DeVos' 2020 rules since a federal judge in Kentucky overturned the Biden administration's Title IX rules. Florida also sued to block the rules in another jurisdiction.

California-based nonbinary journalist Nico Lang documents the lives of eight transgender, nonbinary, and genderfluid teenagers across the United States, including two trans siblings in Pensacola.

The decision handed down on Monday cleared the way for Florida to prohibit transgender minors from being prescribed puberty blockers and hormonal treatments, even with their parents’ permission.

The law that was revived prohibits transgender minors from being prescribed puberty blockers and hormonal treatments, even with their parents’ permission.

Accounts spread through social media said officials at the college had sent a large collection of books from its recently shuttered gender studies program to a local landfill.

The new rule threatens the loss of insurance funds in an attempt to prevent discrimination based on sex, including gender identity. The judge wrote that state agencies faced "imminent injury" because of the rule.