Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

“She has waited long enough,” the federal judge wrote.

It took an appeals court three years to rule that Indiana must follow a Supreme Court ruling, putting one of the plaintiff’s children at risk.

The victory for this Wisconsin trans boy might set a nationwide precedent.

While the state’s nondiscrimination measure faces long odds, the ruling Tuesday by the 7th Circuit in Chicago gave supporters some extra ammunition to make their case.

The nation’s highest court has tended to split between liberals and conservatives on hot-button social issues like LGBTQ rights.

Several of the judges signaled they are ready to enter what would be a historic ruling broadening the scope of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to cover LGBT people.