🏳️‍⚧️⚕️⚖️ On Wednesday, a federal appeals court temporarily halted a June ruling which had blocked the state of Florida from suing the American Academy of Pediatrics over their guidance supporting gender-affirming care for trans youth, opting to hear the state’s appeal to sue.

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  • "Florida can pursue lawsuit against group over trans youth care, US court rules" 

    • https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/florida-can-pursue-lawsuit-against-group-over-trans-youth-care-us-court-rules-2026-07-08/

🏳️‍⚧️🏊⚖️ While a June 20th U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowed states to ban trans girls from competing in school athletics, the Michigan High School Athletic Association recently clarified that Michigan does not have a law banning trans girls from competing on women's and girl's teams, and trans girls are still allowed to compete on high school teams in the state with an approved waiver.

• More information:

  • "Supreme Court transgender athlete ruling 'doesn't change anything' for Michigan high school sports rules"

    • https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2026/06/supreme-court-transgender-athlete-ruling-doesnt-change-anything-for-mhsaa.html

  • "SCOTUS upholds state trans athlete bans as U.S. Department of Education investigates Ann Arbor Public Schools"

    • https://www.wemu.org/sports/2026-07-01/scotus-upholds-state-trans-athlete-bans-as-u-s-department-of-education-investigates-ann-arbor-public-schools

🏳️‍🌈✊🏿⚖️ On Tuesday, a federal court upheld a 2022 partial injunction against Florida's "Stop WOKE Act," which restricted instruction about race, gender, and nationality. The court ruled that the law cannot be enforced in colleges or universities.

• More information:

  • "Court issues major blow to DeSantis’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’ & calls it ‘a breathtaking assertion of power’”

    • https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/court-issues-major-blow-to-desantiss-stop-woke-act-calls-it-a-breathtaking-assertion-of-power/