The Texas Supreme Court on Friday upheld a state ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors that parents had argued unconstitutionally limited their right to seek care for their children. The 8-1 decision overturned a lower court’s ruling that the legislation violated the Texas Constitution.
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Texas Supreme Court reinstates ban on gender-affirming care for minors
“We conclude the Legislature made a permissible, rational policy choice to limit the types of available medical procedures for children,” Justice Rebeca Huddle wrote for the majority on the all-Republican court.
Texas is one of about two dozen states that have passed such bans as conservatives have pushed to broadly restrict transgender rights, an issue that has emerged as a flash point of the nation’s cultural and political divides. Former president Donald Trump, who is running for a second term, has also pledged to end gender-affirming care for minors, NBC News reported in January. He has equated the procedures, which medical groups say are safe and sometimes medically necessary, to “child abuse.”
Texas is the largest state to have banned gender-affirming care. Republicans there have also pushed to restrict teaching about LGBTQ people and issues in schools, part of an effort framed as expanding parental rights.
Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said on X that his office would “use every tool at our disposal to ensure that doctors and medical institutions follow the law.”
The measure’s sponsor, Rep. Tom Oliverson (R), added that the state has a “duty” to regulate medical care.
“Very gratifying to see @SupremeCourt_TX concurs,” he wrote on X.
LGBTQ+ advocates criticized the decision, saying it would curtail their rights as parents and hurt their transgender children in a conservative state that has expanded parental control over issues such as their children’s schooling.
“Instead of leaving medical decisions concerning minor children where they belong, with their parents and their doctors, the Court here has elected to let politicians … determine the allowed course of treatment,” said Karen Loewy, a spokesperson for Lambda Legal, which was among the groups that sued on behalf of five Texas families.
Justice Debra Lehrmann, the dissenting justice in Friday’s ruling, agreed with Loewy, calling the law “not only cruel” but also unconstitutional. She added that it allows the state to “legislate away fundamental parental rights.”
“The Court’s ‘parental rights for me but not for thee’ approach has no objective criteria and renders parents entirely without guidance on whether their parental liberty will be meaningfully protected,” Lehrmann wrote. “The Court’s opinion thus puts all parental rights in jeopardy.”
The majority countered that while “fit parents” have a right to make decisions for their children without state interference, legislatures are permitted to enact limits on child labor and regulate medical care.
While the plaintiffs said the court’s ruling left no avenue for further challenges, they will continue to challenge measures like it.
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a Tennessee law that bans gender transition care for minors, the first opportunity the nation’s top court will have to consider the constitutionality of such restrictions.
The American Civil Liberties Union is tracking more than 500 bills it calls “anti-LGBTQ” across the country.
Ash Hall, an ACLU of Texas strategist for LGBTQIA+ rights, said the law has caused suffering among adolescents and families since its passage in June 2023.
“Our government shouldn’t deprive trans youth of the health care that they need to survive and thrive — while offering that exact same health care to everyone else,” Hall said in a statement. “Texas politicians’ obsession with attacking trans kids and their families is needlessly cruel.”
A majority of Americans oppose puberty-blocking medications and hormonal treatments for trans children, according to a Washington Post-KFF poll. For gender-diverse people, however, the ability to access such treatments improves their overall well-being, according to the American Psychological Association.
Major medical associations have said treatment such as puberty blockers lower rates of depression and suicide in transgender people and have opposed this legislation, saying laws should not discriminate against trans patients or interfere with doctors’ ability to provide individualized, evidence-based care for patients.
More than 100,000 transgender youths live in states that ban gender-affirming care, according to the Williams Institute, a research center that reports on LGBT community demographics. It estimates that almost 30,000 Texans between the ages of 13 and 17 identify as transgender.
The Washington Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at May 11, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Powerball numbers from May 11 drawing
24-30-37-56-64, Powerball: 07, Power Play: 3
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Winning Cash Pop numbers from May 11 drawing
09
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Winning Pick 3 numbers from May 11 drawing
7-6-9
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Winning Match 4 numbers from May 11 drawing
07-12-18-19
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Winning Hit 5 numbers from May 11 drawing
07-09-11-32-42
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Winning Keno numbers from May 11 drawing
05-07-15-27-30-32-35-36-40-43-45-47-49-58-59-62-64-65-72-76
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Winning Lotto numbers from May 11 drawing
01-18-28-34-37-48
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Winning Powerball Double Play numbers from May 11 drawing
09-13-34-42-59, Powerball: 01
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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your lottery prize
All Washington Lottery retailers can redeem prizes up to $600. For prizes over $600, winners have the option to submit their claim by mail or in person at one of Washington Lottery’s regional offices.
To claim by mail, complete a winner claim form and the information on the back of the ticket, making sure you have signed it, and mail it to:
Washington Lottery Headquarters
PO Box 43050
Olympia, WA 98504-3050
For in-person claims, visit a Washington Lottery regional office and bring a winning ticket, photo ID, Social Security card and a voided check (optional).
Olympia Headquarters
Everett Regional Office
Federal Way Office
Spokane Department of Imagination
Vancouver Office
Tri-Cities Regional Office
For additional instructions or to download the claim form, visit the Washington Lottery prize claim page.
When are the Washington Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 7:59 p.m. PT Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 8 p.m. PT Tuesday and Friday.
- Cash Pop: 8 p.m. PT daily.
- Pick 3: 8 p.m. PT daily.
- Match 4: 8 p.m. PT daily.
- Hit 5: 8 p.m. PT daily.
- Daily Keno: 8 p.m. PT daily.
- Lotto: 8 p.m. PT Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Powerball Double Play: 8:30 p.m. PT Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
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This story contains descriptions of fatal violence against a transgender person.
The Seattle Police Department are searching for a suspect after a 19-year-old University of Washington student was stabbed to death in an off-campus student apartment complex on May 10.
Seattle Police Department Detective Eric Muñoz told NBC News that the victim is “believed to be a 19-year-old transgender female” who was enrolled at the university. The victim has not yet been publicly identified by name. She was found in the housing complex laundry room shortly after 10 p.m. on Sunday night.
The housing complex, Nordheim Court, is privately managed but affiliated with the university, located near an upscale shopping center in Seattle’s U-Village neighborhood. According to NBC News, residents received an official alert from UW to stay inside their homes and lock all windows and doors — an alert that was lifted around 1 a.m. with the acknowledgment that “a death investigation remains ongoing.”
According to SPD detective Eric Muñoz, police and the fire department attempted lifesaving measures but ultimately “pronounced the victim deceased at the scene.”
“Officers are actively searching for the suspect, believed to be a black male with a beard, 5’6-8” tall, wearing a vest with button up shirt, and blue jeans,” Muñoz wrote in a blotter report.
Muñoz noted that the victim would be identified by the medical examiner’s office in “the coming days.” The SPD did not immediately respond to Them’s request for comment.
This is the seventh known trans person to be violently killed in 2026. In mid-April, 39-year-old transmasculine farmer Luca RedBeard was fatally shot in rural New Mexico. Last week, police in Marion County, Florida opened a homicide investigation into the shooting death of a 29-year-old who went by multiple names and referred to “transitioning” on social media. In Kentucky, an investigation into the disappearance of 22-year-old trans college student Murry Foust remains ongoing.
Police are asking anyone with information about the University of Washington case to call the Violent Crimes Tip Line at 206-233-5000, emphasizing that anonymous tips are accepted.
This is a developing story.
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On a quiet stretch of Des Moines Memorial Drive in South Seattle, the Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture rises like a long‑overdue acknowledgment. Its brick exterior doesn’t shout; it invites. Inside, the rooms hum with the stories of families who crossed borders, harvested fields, organized classrooms, and built communities across Washington state—often without seeing their histories reflected anywhere on a museum wall.
For Rogelio Riojas, founder and CEO of Sea Mar Community Health Centers, the museum is a promise kept. “We wanted to make sure the contributions of Latinos in Washington state are recognized and preserved for future generations,” he told The Seattle Times when the museum opened in 2019. It was a simple statement, but one that captured decades of work—both visible and invisible—by the region’s Latino communities.
Walking through the galleries feels like stepping into a living archive. One of the most arresting sights is a pair of original farmworker cabins, transported from Eastern Washington. Their narrow wooden frames and sparse interiors speak volumes about the migrant families who once slept inside after long days in the fields. The cabins are not replicas or artistic interpretations; they are the real thing, weathered by sun, dust, and time. They anchor the museum’s narrative in the physical realities of labor that shaped the state’s agricultural economy.
Sea Mar describes the museum as “dedicated to sharing the history, struggles, and successes of the Latino community in Washington state,” a mission that plays out in photographs, letters, student newspapers, and oral histories contributed by community members themselves. These aren’t artifacts chosen from afar—they’re family treasures, personal archives, and memories entrusted to the museum so they can live beyond the kitchen tables and shoeboxes where they were once kept.
The story extends beyond the museum walls. Just steps away is the Sea Mar Community Center, a sweeping, light‑filled gathering space designed for celebrations, performances, workshops, and community events. With room for nearly 500 people, a full stage, a movie‑theater‑sized screen, and a catering kitchen, the center was built with one purpose: to give the community a place to see itself, gather, and grow. Sea Mar describes it as “a welcoming space for families, organizations, and community groups to gather, celebrate, and learn,” and on any given weekend, it lives up to that promise.
Together, the museum and community center form a cultural campus—part historical archive, part living room for the region’s Latino communities. Students come to learn about the Chicano activists who reshaped the University of Washington in the late 1960s. Families come to see their own histories reflected in the exhibits. Visitors come to understand a story that has long been present in Washington, even if it wasn’t always visible.
The Sea Mar Museum is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., offering free admission to anyone who walks through its doors. For many, it’s more than a museum—it’s a recognition, a gathering place, and a testament to the people who helped shape the Pacific Northwest.
Preserving Latino History and Community Life in Washington was first published on Washington Latino News (WALN) and republished with permission.
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