Alabama: DOJ condemns state's ban on Trans youth care
Reuters reported on May 2 that the US Justice Department has filed a complaint against a law in Alabama that makes gender-affirming treatments for Transgender youth a felony, with up to 10 years in prison for providing voluntary medical treatments like hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and surgery.

The department said that the law violates the Equal Protection Clause of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment, and it asked the court to issue an order to prevent the law from going into effect.

ACLU of Alabama Legal Director Tish Gotell Faulks weighed in on the issue in a press release. "Transgender youth are a part of Alabama, and they deserve the same privacy, access to treatment, and data-driven health care from trained medical professionals as any other Alabamian."
Meanwhile, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey cited Christian doctrine to support her decision to sign the bill.

Boston: Supreme Court rules against city for blocking Christian flag
LGBTQ Nation reported on May 2 that the Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the City of Boston violated Christians' constitutional rights by refusing to fly the Christian flag in front of City Hall. The court said that allowing the rainbow flag, along with other symbols for different events, created a "forum" to which a Christian group was denied access.

"When the government encourages diverse expression — say, by creating a forum for debate — the First Amendment prevents it from discriminating against speakers based on their viewpoint," wrote Justice Stephen Breyer in the court's opinion. "The city's lack of meaningful involvement in the selection of flags or the crafting of their messages leads us to classify the flag raising as private, not government, speech — though nothing prevents Boston from changing its policies going forward."

The decision comes four years after a US district judge shot down the claims of anti-LGBTQ legal organization Liberty Counsel, saying that an event raising the Christian flag would "convey government endorsement of a particular religion by displaying the Christian flag alongside that of the United States..."