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In January 2023, a bill passed both houses of the Illinois General Assembly to "legally protect and defend gender-affirming care" within Illinois - as well as individuals coming from outside Illinois to seek gender-affirming services inside Illinois. The governor of Illinois signed the legislation into law on January 13, 2023. It went into ...
The legal status of gender-affirming surgery and gender-affirming hormone therapy varies by jurisdiction, often interacting with other facets of the legal status of transgender people. Key considerations include whether people are allowed to get such surgeries, at what ages they are allowed to if so, and whether surgeries are required in order ...
laws regarding donation of blood, corneas, and other tissues by men who have sex with men; laws concerning access to gender-affirming surgery and gender-affirming hormone replacement therapy; legal recognition and accommodation of the affirmed gender.
These laws will be in the spotlight this week as the US Supreme Court hears oral arguments on December 4 in a case that challenges Tennessee’s ban on transgender care for minors.
Under the Idaho law, physicians or practitioners who provide puberty-blocking medication, gender-affirming surgeries or other treatments to minors could face a $5,000 fine and a felony charge.
Other gender-affirming interventions include surgery, hormone therapy, hair removal, non-surgical interventions such as genital tucking, packing, chest binding, and so much more, including clothing.
The Senate quickly approved the amended bill and Governor Quinn signed it into law on November 20. The law went into effect (statewide) on June 1, 2014, with same-sex couples able to apply for marriage licenses and then marry after the mandatory one-day waiting period. [1] [2] Illinois was the nineteenth U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage.
New legislation in Illinois could cause car insurance rates to rise—especially for women and seniors, which some say is unfair. Letter: New legislation unfairly targets women, senior citizens in ...