HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's Republican governor indicated Monday he would sign a bill to ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, but he suggested changes to make it clear that public funds could not be used to pay for surgery or hormone treatments for youth diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
Sen. David Bullard assured senators they were doing the right thing by passing the measure authored by Sen. Julie Daniels of Bartlesville. “You cannot cure confusion with a knife," Bullard
AUSTIN — LGBTQ youth in Texas experienced suicidal thoughts at higher rates than their peers in large states and had a harder time accessing mental health...
Twenty-four hospitals and providers across 21 states were harassed online following “harassing, inflammatory and…
Top Tennessee Republicans are vowing they'll push to enact some of the strictest anti-transgender policies in the United States
Two Texas doctors can pursue their lawsuit over the Biden administration's announcement last year that federal law bans discrimination in healthcare against transgender people on behalf of a class of all healthcare providers in the U.S., a federal judge has ruled.
Hospital said it will pause procedures on minors while noting it has not performed genital surgeries
Story at a glance Members of Congress on Monday voiced their support for proposed changes to a section of the Affordable Care Act that would strengthen protections for transgender people seeking gender-affirming health care. The proposed changes, announced by the Health Department in July, would broaden the definition of sex discrimination to include sexual orientation…
Story at a glance Leading medical organizations are asking the Department of Justice to investigate a string of recent online attacks against hospitals that provide gender-affirming health care to transgender minors. Right-wing commentators and social media users have accused children’s hospitals that provide gender-affirming care of abusing children. Research has shown that access to gender-affirming…
Clients of transgender health care clinics report canceled programming and slow-downs in communications with physicians.