Leading Off this week, the state of Texas is seeking a statewide ban on trans people using appropriate bathrooms for their gender, and Gender Liberation Movement showed up to protest the infringement on trans people’s privacy and dignity. Also, a new attempt to ban gender-affirming care for youth in Alaska.

Shape Shifter is a detransitioner suing Fenway Health for facilitating his transition. He claims providers should have known he was acting on internalized homophobia.