Press Releases
Mar 29, 2024
Texas Appeals Court Upholds Rulings Blocking State from Investigating Trans Youth and Their Families
AUSTIN, Texas — Today the Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, upheld injunctions in two related cases against the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) an...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Doe v. Abbott
Feb 29, 2024
PFLAG National Asks Court to Block the Texas Attorney General’s Latest Targeting of Texan Families with Transgender Youth
National nonprofit and its lawyers argue the Office is abusing its power with broad and intrusive demand for organizational records
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: PFLAG v. Office of the Attorney General of Texas
Sep 14, 2023
Families and Medical Providers Urge Montana Court to Block Ban on Gender-Affirming Care
HELENA – Attorneys representing transgender youth, their families, and their medical providers will urge a Montana state court to block enforcement of the state’s recent ban on...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Cross v. State of Montana
Aug 29, 2023
Families and Advocates Urge Appeals Court to Block Tennessee’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Health Care
CINCINNATI – Lawyers representing transgender adolescents, their parents, and a medical provider will urge the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court’s injuncti...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: L.W. v. Skrmetti/U.S. v. Skrmetti
Aug 25, 2023
Texas District Court Grants Injunction to Pause Ban on Transgender Youth Medical Care
AUSTIN, Texas — The 201st Judicial District Court of Travis County, Texas granted an injunction this afternoon to pause the state’s unconstitutional medical care ban targeting ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Loe v. Texas
Jun 17, 2021
Supreme Court Decision Does Not Create a License to Discriminate
Court Issues Narrow Fact-Specific Ruling That Does Not Create a License to Discriminate Based on Religious Beliefs
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Court case: Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
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