October 11, 2022
The full Fourth Circuit opted to leave in place a landmark August decision finding that gender dysphoria can qualify as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act, over a dissent from Republican-appointed judges who called the ruling an overreach.
August 16, 2022
A divided Fourth Circuit panel declared Tuesday that gender dysphoria can qualify as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act, making it the first federal appellate court to extend the law's protections to transgender people.