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Gov. Andy Beshear is letting a bill that would take 67 transgender inmates off hormone therapy and block public funds for inmates’ elective medical treatments become law — without his signature.

The Kentucky Department of Corrections said last month that 67 state inmates are taking hormones to treat gender dysphoria. A Republican priority bill seeks to deny such medication.

The Republican majority in the Kentucky General Assembly is pushing back on new proposals concerning gender-affirming care for state inmates. The state Department of Corrections has proposed new rules to improve accommodations for transgender prisoners, which could include gender reassignment surgeries.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The issue of transgender rights animated the presidential campaign. Now it has made its way to the Supreme Court, and in more ways than one. On Wednesday, the first openly transgender attorney to argue before the nation’s highest court steps up to the lectern. Chase Strangio is representing three families who say Tennessee’s ban on health care for transgender minors leaves their children terrified about the future amid a wide pushback on transgender rights.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the constitutionality of Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The case being heard Wednesday will have a national impact because at least 25 other states have adopted similar laws in recent years.

Oral arguments are set for Dec. 4 in what is expected to be a test case in determining whether transgender minors are a protected class in the United States.

The Kentucky Legislature outlawed gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender children last year. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court will scrutinize a ruling that has kept that law in effect.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is stepping into the fight over transgender rights, agreeing to hear appeals from the Biden administration and families seeking to block state bans on gender-affirming care. The justices’ action Monday comes as Republican-led states have restricted health care for transgender people, school sports participation, bathroom usage and drag shows.

This summer, transgender minors in Kentucky lost access to gender-affirming hormone therapy. But the ACLU of Kentucky wants the U.S. Supreme Court to change that.

A new federal ruling ensures gender-affirming hormone therapy will remain inaccessible to transgender minors in Kentucky while a lawsuit over it continues.