“You can harm someone at whatever pace you want, but you're still harming them,” said Harvard psychiatrist Alex Keuroghlian.
Investigation of gender-affirming care may be unconstitutional
Five Oklahoma families with transgender children and a doctor who treats transgender youths are challenging the state’s recently enacted ban on gender-affirming health care for minors, arguing the new law discriminates against transgender people and violates the right to parental autonomy guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. In a lawsuit filed late Tuesday in federal court, the families of...
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.
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Dr. Ximena Lopez runs Texas' premier healthcare program for gender affirmation.
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.
A new study conducted by Northwestern Medicine and two other Chicago institutions shows that gender-affirming surgery for transgender and nonbinary adolescents and young adults improves quality of life and mental health. According to the first installment of the two-part study, published Sept. 26, individuals assigned female at birth who received top surgery reported statistically significant...
Clients of transgender health care clinics report canceled programming and slow-downs in communications with physicians.
The University of Oklahoma Medical Center says it is ceasing some gender- affirming treatments after state lawmakers threatened to withhold millions of dollars in federal funding. OU Health said in
Small studies suggest that breast removal surgery improves transgender teenagers’ well-being, but data is sparse. Some state leaders oppose such procedures for minors.