ONGOING CASES

Doe v. Surgeon General, State of Florida
Gender Affirming Care, Equal Protection, Trans Healthcare, Due Process, Parental Rights, Fourteenth Amendment, Trans Youth, Florida, 11th Circuit Mack Karbon Gender Affirming Care, Equal Protection, Trans Healthcare, Due Process, Parental Rights, Fourteenth Amendment, Trans Youth, Florida, 11th Circuit Mack Karbon

Doe v. Surgeon General, State of Florida

ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

On August 26, 2024, a split panel on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals stayed enforcement the district court's June 2024 decision pending resolution of the appeal. The now-invalid lower court decision, which was a resounding victory for trans Floridians, struck down the state's severe trans healthcare restrictions after determining that they violated the U.S. Constitution. The restrictions may now go info effect while the merits of the state's appeal are evaluated by the appellate court.

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Hecox v. Little
Equal Protection, Trans Youth, Athletics, Idaho, District of Idaho, 9th Circuit, Fourth Amendment, Search & Seizure, Privacy, Fourteenth Amendment, Due Process, Fair Notice Mack Karbon Equal Protection, Trans Youth, Athletics, Idaho, District of Idaho, 9th Circuit, Fourth Amendment, Search & Seizure, Privacy, Fourteenth Amendment, Due Process, Fair Notice Mack Karbon

Hecox v. Little

NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

In April of 2020, female athletes (both trans and cis) filed a complaint against the Idaho Governor challenging HB 500, which broadly banned trans and intersex females from participating in women’s and girls’ sports and mandated invasive medical testing to be done on girls and women whose “biological sex” was “in dispute.” The district court blocked enforcement of the law, as did the appellate court. However, in light of the Supreme Court’s stay order in Poe v. Labrador, the appellate court amended the injunction to apply only the plaintiff. Proceedings are currently stayed pending resolution of the State’s petition for review with the Supreme Court.

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