🏳️‍⚧️⚕️⚖️ On April 18th, a federal judge struck down a declaration by the Secretary of Health and Human Services which threatened to potentially withhold federal funding from any healthcare provider offering gender-affirming care to trans youth, ruling that the declaration overstepped federal authority and violated rulemaking procedures. The Trump administration is expected to appeal the decision.

• More information:

  • "Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’" 

    • https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/judge-calls-rfk-unserious

  • “Federal Judge Calls RFK Jr. an ‘Unsafe’ Leader in Order Protecting Trans Youth Health Care”

    • https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/federal-judge-rfk-jr-unsafe-leader-in-order-protecting-trans-youth-health-care/

🏳️‍⚧️⚖️ On April 17th, a federal appeals court overturned a lower court’s temporary block against the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ policy requiring trans women inmates to be moved to men’s prisons, allowing the policy to go into effect. Trans women will now be required to argue on an individual basis that being housed in a men’s prison would put them in danger.

• More information:

  • "Appeals court clears path to move trans women into men's prisons despite sexual assault risk" 

    • https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/transgender-women-court-mens-prisons

  • "Trans women could be transferred to men’s prisons after major appeals court loss"

    • https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/trans-women-could-be-transferred-to-mens-prisons-after-major-appeals-court-loss/

• 🏳️‍⚧️🏫⚖️ On April 20th, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case brought by two parents who had sued their school district for accommodating their child’s preferred name and pronouns without outing them to the parents, allowing a lower court ruling against the parents’ case to stand.

  • More information:

    • “Supreme Court Lets Ruling Stand in Massachusetts Case Over Outing Transgender Students, Leaving Key Questions Unresolved”

      • https://www.edgemedianetwork.com/story/165432/supreme-court-lets-ruling-stand-in-massachusetts-case-over-outing-transgender 

    • "Supreme Court passes on case over outing trans students"

      • https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/supreme-court-lgbtq-kids

• 🏳️‍⚧️🏫 On Tuesday, the athletic director of Monroe Public Schools in southeast Michigan was reinstated, after having been put on leave for four months for publicly expressing empathy during an interview for an allegedly trans student athlete in Michigan who was facing vitriol from media and state politicians.

  • More information:

    • "Teacher suspended for supporting trans athlete gets reinstated after allies fight back"

      • https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/teacher-suspended-for-supporting-trans-athlete-gets-reinstated-after-allies-fight-back/

    • "After 4 months on leave, Monroe Public Schools athletic director is reinstated"

      • https://michiganadvance.com/2026/04/21/after-4-months-on-leave-monroe-public-schools-athletic-director-is-reinstated/

• 🏳️‍🌈🏫⚖️ On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that they will hear a case brought by a group of Catholic preschools seeking an exemption from Colorado's state-funded universal preschool program nondiscrimination policies, which require participating schools to enroll all children regardless of the LGBTQ+ status of students or their parents.

  • More information:

    • "The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could shut LGBTQ+ families out of preschool"

      • https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/supreme-court-lgbtq-colorado-preschool

    • "Supreme Court will hear religious liberty case on Catholic preschools and LGBTQ families"

      • https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/supreme-court-will-hear-religious-liberty-case-on-catholic-preschools-and-lgbtq-families/