Coverage of transgender issues across Florida, including gender-affirming care and laws regarding trans students at schools.
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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.
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The Morean Clay Center exhibit runs through April 27 and features several months of work produced by young trans and gender-nonconforming artists during classes paid for through a grant.
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A Tampa-area trans and nonbinary plant enthusiast started the seed program to help marginalized folks in Florida and across the country grow their own edible and ornamental plants.
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The state contended that a federal discrimination rule improperly sought to override restrictions on trans treatments and threatened money for state health care programs.
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Marcy Rheintgen's arrest is the first the ACLU is aware of in any state with a ban on using bathrooms inconsistent with assigned birth gender. She said her act of civil disobedience was fueled by anger.
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Vince has been identifying as male for years, and all his official documentation was updated to reflect that — until the DHSMV rescinded his driver's license in March and changed the sex marker to female.
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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.
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Nine bills impacting the trans and nonbinary community have already been proposed in Florida and will be considered during the current state legislative session.
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In an executive order about medical care for transgender youth, President Donald Trump called to end "reliance on junk science." But the order itself included claims about gender-affirming care that clash with leading medical research and practice.
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A bishop addressed President Donald Trump directly in her sermon last week, and he wasn't happy about it. Plus, an NPR journalist who wrote a book on leaving an evangelical church speaks to faith's role in politics.
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Among the restrictions are preventing minors from beginning to receive puberty blockers and hormone therapy for treatment of gender dysphoria.
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Meta has announced changes to its content policies, allowing users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill" or "abnormal" without violating platform rules. This move has been criticized by medical experts.