Law bans gender-confirming surgeries & bars doctors from prescribing hormone therapy for minors diagnosed with “gender dysphoria”
“We want peace. We do not want any type of uproar. We do not want any type of disturbance. Please, please, protest, but protest safely.”
“Homeland Security Investigations has not observed any sextortion investigations that refer specifically to gay teenagers”
NCLR successfully moved to intervene in the lawsuit on behalf of Equal Rights Washington– the state’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization
"We’re always going to fight to ensure Maryland's a state open & welcome to all, regardless of who you are, regardless of who you love”
"Hate has no home here, & we're not afraid. We love our neighborhood. We work with local police, locally elected officials. We feel safe"
Republican legislators say they object on procedural grounds
HB 1434 would require schools to notify parents if they are trans & prevent trans kids from being acknowledged as who they are in school
"The legislature's definition of 'girl' based on 'biological sex' is substantially related to equal athletic opportunities for females"
Republican State Senator David Bullard’s Senate Bill 129 would to ban all gender reassignment surgeries for people under 26 years old
