A growing number of parents and disability advocates are worried a lawsuit filed in September 2024 will dismantle a law that protects and helps people with disabilities.
Seventeen state attorneys general joined a lawsuit to remove gender dysphoria from a list of disabilities protected under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act – a law designed to help people with disabilities in federally funded programs, such as schools or some hospitals and government programs. The Biden Administration added gender dysphoria – the psychological distress someone may feel if their gender identity doesn’t match their sex– to the definition of disability in 2024, according to the lawsuit.
