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UPI
22-07-2025
- Health
- UPI
DOJ drops challenge to Tennessee's gender care ban for minors
Participants walk up Market Street in the 55th annual San Francisco Pride Parade in San Francisco on Sunday, June 29, 2025. On Monday, the Justice Department dropped a lawsuit challenging Tennessee's ban on minors receiving gender-affirming medical care. File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | License Photo July 22 (UPI) -- The Justice Department has dismissed a Biden-era lawsuit challenging Tennessee's law banning gender-affirming care for minors, as the Trump administration continues to attack the rights and medical care of transgender Americans. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that her department's Civil Rights Division dismissed the lawsuit in a statement Monday that said the Justice Department "does not believe challenging Tennessee's law serves the public interest." Gender-affirming care includes a range of therapies, including psychological, behavioral and medical interventions, with surgeries for minors being exceedingly rare. According to a recent Harvard study, cisgender minors and adults were far more likely to undergo analogous gender-affirming surgeries than their transgender counterparts. Every major American medical association supports gender-affirming care for both adults and minors, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association, the largest national medical association. Despite the support of the medical community and evidence of its efficacy, gender-affirming care and this marginalized community continue to be targeted by conservatives and Republicans with legislation. Tennessee enacted Senate Bill 1 in March 2023 to prohibit healthcare professionals from prescribing puberty blockers or hormones to minors to treat gender dysphoria, which attracted a lawsuit from the Justice Department under President Joe Biden, arguing the law violated the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause, as all other minors continued to have access to the same procedures and treatments. The conservative movement targeting the healthcare of transgender minors has since gained a supporter in the White House with the re-election of President Donald Trump. Since returning to power, Trump has implemented an agenda targeting transgender Americans, including directing the federal government to recognize only two sexes determined at "conception," restricting gender-affirming care for youth and banning transgender Americans from the military. Last month, the conservative-leaning Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against the Biden administration's complaint to overturn the Tennessee law. The ruling fell along ideological lines, with the conservative justices voting for the law to stand. The liberal justices dissented. "By retreating from meaningful review exactly where it matters most, the Court abandons transgender children and their families to political whims," Justice Sonia Sotomayor said in her dissent. "Tennessee's ban applies no matter what a minor's parents and doctors think, with no regard for the severity of the minor's mental health conditions or the extent to which treatment is medically necessary for an individual child." Bondi on Monday said the Supreme Court made "the right decision." Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division said that by dismissing the lawsuit, they "undid one of the injustices the Biden administration inflicted upon the country."
USA Today
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
San Francisco Pride Parade 2025: Route, date, time and where to watch
As June comes to a close, so does Pride Month, both a protest and celebration of LGBTQ+ culture in the United States. Throughout June, countless communities have hosted Pridefests and parades, an opportunity for queer individuals to gather to dance and sing, eat, learn and march together. To wrap up the final weekend of Pride Month, San Francisco is hosting a two-day festival with the theme "Queer Joy is Resistance." San Francisco Pride festivities kick off early Saturday, June 28, with a breakfast at the San Francisco Civic Center, followed by a full day of live entertainment. Sunday, June 29 gets started with the 55th annual San Francisco Pride Parade, a long-standing tradition in both the city and LGBTQ+ community at large. Interested in going or watching the parade from home? Here's what to know about the San Francisco Pride Parade. What is Pride Month?: Why is it celebrated in June? Pride 2025: Why we don't have a month dedicated to 'straight pride' When is the San Francisco Pride Parade? The San Francisco Pride Parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. local time on Sunday, June 29. What is the San Francisco Pride Parade route? The San Francisco Pride Parade kicks off at Embarcadero Plaza and ends at the Civic Center, running about 1.5 miles along Market Street. Is the San Francisco Pride Parade free? Yes, attending the San Francisco Pride Parade is free. Who are the San Francisco Pride Parade Grand Marshals? This year, the San Francisco Pride Parade features five Grand Marshals: How to watch San Francisco Pride Parade from home Can't make it out but still want to watch the San Francisco Pride Parade from home? ABC7 San Francisco will broadcast and stream the parade. Greta Cross is a national trending reporter at USA TODAY. Story idea? Email her at gcross@
