AG Anthony G. Brown co-led a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland supporting Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality, and individual patients and their families, in their lawsuit against the Trump Administration. On February 4, 2025, PFLAG challenged President Trump’s Executive Orders 14168 and 14187 targeting transgender individuals by stating that gender identity was a “false” idea and by attempting to strip federal funding from institutions that provide life-saving gender affirming care for young people under the age of 19. The amici states argue that this action blatantly and unlawfully discriminates against transgender youth based on their identity. “The president’s attempt to ban gender-affirming care is an effort to strip transgender people of their humanity. It tells transgender children and young adults that their president does not see them as they are,” said Attorney General Brown. “Our Office stands with those who need this treatment to live the lives they envision for themselves.”

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