The judge made it clear that no one will be sentenced to jail for municipal ordinance violations anymore unless the city provides them with counsel.

Southern Legal Counsel and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a lawsuit on behalf of a group of trans and non-binary activists, asking a federal court to declare Florida’s bathroom ban unconstitutional and to issue an order temporarily prohibiting authorities from enforcing it against them while they are in Florida in the coming weeks.

FREE LEGAL NAME CHANGE CLINIC ON OCTOBER 25, 2023! Southern Legal Counsel’s Transgender Rights Initiative, in collaboration with León Cosgrove Jiménez, LLP and Greenberg Traurig, P.A., have partnered to provide another free Zoom clinic to assist trans adults, and parents of trans minors, with navigating the process of obtaining a court ordered legal name change in Florida, and the subsequent processes of amending the legal name and gender marker on government-issued identification documents. Register today by filling out the Registration Form - don’t miss your chance to get free assistance with your legal name and gender marker change!

U.S. District Judge Wendy Berger has issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of a Daytona Beach ordinance that prohibits asking for donations under certain circumstances and in certain public spaces, which plaintiffs argue is a violation of their First Amendment rights to freedom of expression.

The bans deny care to transgender adolescents, even when they, their doctors, and their parents agree it is essential for their health.

Transgender Floridians Seek Emergency Block on Adult Healthcare Restrictions in SB 254. Motion for a preliminary injunction in Doe v. Ladapo follows the July 21 filing of an amended complaint adding four adult plaintiffs to the suit challenging Florida’s healthcare ban and seeking class-wide relief for all impacted transgender adults and minors.

Organizations Suing to Stop Florida’s Transgender Health Ban Add Challenge to Restrictions on Adult Care and Request for Class-wide Relief

Register today for the Back to School Safety Planning Webinar for LGBTQ+ Families, which will take place on July 19th at 6:00pm. Simone Chriss, Director of SLC’s LGBTQ+ Rights work, will educate parents on the current legal landscape, recent changes to laws and rules impacting LGBTQ+ students, the existing protections for LGBTQ+ students, and she will provide practical guidance and concrete action steps to ensure a successful start of the school year.

Today, a U.S. District Court Judge struck down Florida’s anti-transgender health care rule that denied the state’s transgender Medicaid beneficiaries coverage for evidence-based, widely accepted gender-affirming medical care. The ruling came in Dekker v. Weida, a federal lawsuit challenging the rule filed by Southern Legal Counsel, Lambda Legal, Florida Health Justice Project, the National Health Law Program, and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.

Today, we filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction against the Florida Medical Boards and Florida Surgeon General, asking the Court for an emergency order blocking the enforcement of the discriminatory bans on gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth in Florida.