Judge blocks federal guidance on transgender students

A federal judge has decided to issue an injunction on guidance provided to school districts by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice regarding the civil rights of transgender students. In Texas v. United States, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor blocked the Department of Justice from enforcing the guidance that clarifies transgender students have a right to be…

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DOJ files brief to address health care for prisoners suffering from gender dysphoria

The Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in the Middle District of Georgia in Diamond v. Owens, et al. The plaintiff in that case, a transgender prisoner, alleges that the Georgia Department of Corrections failed to provide adequate care for her gender dysphoria.  The statement of interest discusses the unconstitutionality of “freeze-frame”…

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