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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A federal judge of a Tennessee law banning best practice medical care for trans youth up to age 18 while several families鈥� legal challenge against the law proceeds in court.

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee granted a request for a preliminary injunction against the law, , in a lawsuit brought by Samantha and Brian Williams of Nashville and their 15-year-old daughter, as well as two other anonymous families and Dr. Susan N. Lacy. The law would prohibit medical providers from providing gender-affirming health care to transgender youth and would require trans youth currently receiving gender-affirming care to end that care within nine months of the law鈥檚 effective date of July 1, 2023, or by March 31, 2024.

The lawsuit was brought by the 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Tennessee, Lambda Legal, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

鈥淭his is a critical victory for transgender youth, their families, and their medical providers across the state,鈥� said Joshua Block, Senior Staff Attorney for the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 LGBTQ & HIV Project. 鈥淎cross the country, we鈥檙e seeing a clear and unanimous rejection of these laws as unconstitutional, openly discriminatory, and a danger to the very youth they claim to protect.鈥�

鈥淭oday's ruling acknowledges the dangerous implications of this law and protects the freedom to access vital, life-saving healthcare for trans youth and their families while our challenge proceeds,鈥� said Lucas Cameron-Vaughn, 老澳门开奖结果 of Tennessee staff attorney. 鈥淭his law is an intrusion upon the rights and lives of Tennessee families and threatens the futures of trans youth across the state. We are determined to continue fighting this unconstitutional law until it is struck down for good. And to trans youth and their families: we see you, and we will not stop until all trans Tennesseans have the care and support they need to thrive.鈥�

鈥淭oday鈥檚 ruling tells transgender youth in Tennessee that they are seen, their lives matter, and that they have the right to access this life-saving care,鈥� said Sruti Swaminathan, Lambda Legal Staff Attorney for Youth. 鈥淲e are so grateful for our brave Plaintiff families and provider for standing up against this harmful law.鈥�

Tennessee鈥檚 is the fourth ban on gender-affirming care blocked by a federal court following similar rulings in Arkansas, Alabama, and Florida, and Kentucky. The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Oklahoma secured a binding non-enforcement agreement with the Attorney General of Oklahoma preventing enforcement of that state鈥檚 ban in May 2023. On June 16, 2023, the 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Indiana were granted a preliminary injunction in a legal challenge against Indiana鈥檚 ban on gender-affirming care.

In June 2023, a federal judge in Arkansas struck down that state鈥檚 ban in a permanent injunction, the first court ruling on the merits regarding a ban on gender-affirming care.

Today鈥檚 preliminary injunction .