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Transgender youth in Montana regained access to gender-affirming care after a state court declared a law restricting that care unlawful on Tuesday.

Governor Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, has signed into law two highly debated bills affecting transgender Montanans.

The state Senate endorsed a bill that would define providing those procedures to children under the age of 16 as criminal child endangerment.

The bill comes with a penalty of up to five years in prison or a $10,000 fine, or up to 10 years and $25,000 if a “child suffers serious bodily injury.”

Lawmakers held the first hearing Monday for a bill that would define gender-affirming medical care as a crime that endangers the welfare of a child.

Now that the state’s appeal of the preliminary injunction, which has been in place since September 2023, has been resolved, the full case will continue to trial in Missoula County District Court to determine whether Senate Bill 99 is unconstitutional.

Though her name was not mentioned in the proposal or discussion, several lawmakers made clear the proposal was primarily targeted at Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, who is Montana’s first openly transgender female lawmaker.

Colorado LGBTQ+ advocacy groups and health care providers are bracing for what a second administration under President-elect Donald Trump could mean for transgender people.

Utah State University has asked a judge for permission to join a federal lawsuit against the Mountain West Conference challenging its transgender participation policy.

A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a transgender woman’s discrimination lawsuit against the Christian baker who refused to create a pink cake with blue icing to celebrate her gender transition birthday.