Tag: gender-affirming care

West Virginia Down to 2 Clinics Offering Gender-Affirming Care

West Virginia is down to two clinics that openly offer gender-affirming care as bans, court rulings, and federal pressure shrink…

Red States Build Lists of Trans People — Criminal Penalties Coming Next

Kansas, Indiana, Texas, and Tennessee are creating lists of transgender residents while a record-breaking 645 anti-trans bills move through state…

Uncloseted Media spoke to 8 trans inmates who say Bureau of Prisons illegally denying them care

Last June, a judge ordered the Bureau of Prisons to restore gender-affirming accommodations for trans people after a Trump executive…

Gender-affirming care for transgender youth could be banned across US

One proposed rule would stop medical groups that offer gender-affirming care to transgender youth from receiving Medicaid funding.

Trans People Forced to Detransition in Georgia Prisons are Suing

A class action lawsuit representing nearly 300 incarcerated people forced to detransition says the state’s refusal to allow gender-affirming care…

12+ States Sue to Protect Gender-Affirming Care From Federal Investigations

A new lawsuit argues that the Trump administration is pursuing a backdoor strategy to restrict gender-affirming care nationally, while skirting…

Many medical treatments could be affected by Supreme Court ruling

States might restrict other sex-specific care, experts say.

Supreme Court upholds Tennessee Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

The Supreme Court decision to uphold Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors affects similar laws in numerous other states.

Republicans launch midnight attack on healthcare for trans Americans

In their budget bill, Republicans attacked healthcare access for trans Americans by prohibiting Medicaid funding for all “gender-transition procedures.”

Trump directive ‘dangerously’ conflates gender-affirming care with a human rights violation

Groups that work to end female genital mutilation and cutting worry about an executive order that co-opts the policies they’ve…

Gender-affirming care isn’t new. An upcoming book sheds light on its history.

More than 40 authors contributed to “A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States,” which took its expert editors…

In Texas, Parents’ Rights Don’t Extend to Gender-Affirming Care, State Supreme Court Says

The Texas Supreme Court found that parents in the state do not have the constitutional right to seek gender-affirming care…