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Proposed Florida Laws Use 'Genocidal Rhetoric' to Attack Trans People, Legal Experts Say

uspol · florida · bigots · transgender · lgbtqia+

March 14, 2023 at 3:08:51 AM EDT * · permalink

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https://www.businessinsider.com/legal-experts-proposed-florida-laws-genocide-against-trans-people-2023-3

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will hear oral arguments Tuesday on whether West Virginia’s Medicaid program can lawfully refuse to pay for gender-affirming surgeries.

uspol · healthcare · transgender · WestVirginia

March 7, 2023 at 6:44:32 AM EST * · permalink

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https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/medicaid-gender-surgery-exclusion-to-get-fourth-circuit-look

Column: A transgender patient's lawsuit against Kaiser is a front for the conservative war on LGBTQ rights. A transgender patient says Kaiser forced her to transition from male to female. Here's what that's really about.

uspol · transgender · lgbtqia+ · HealthcareAccess

March 6, 2023 at 4:21:05 AM EST * · permalink

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https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-03-02/transgender-patients-chloe-cole-lawsuit-against-kaiser-lgbtq-rights

Texas and Florida Introduce Bills Aiming to Ban Healthcare for Trans Adults ; They join a growing list of states whose attacks on trans healthcare reach beyond those under 18.

uspol · florida · texas · transgender · bigot · HealthcareAccess · GenderAffirmingCare

February 23, 2023 at 12:03:13 AM EST * · permalink

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https://www.them.us/story/texas-florida-trans-adult-healthcare-legislation

Oklahoma Senate passes bill banning gender-affirming care for minors

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

uspol · transgender · HealthcareAccess · bigots · oklahoma

February 16, 2023 at 12:18:52 AM EST * · permalink

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https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/oklahoma-senate-passes-bill-banning-gender-affirming-care-for-minors/article_b3f26372-ad5f-11ed-8b91-870773a7c43d.html

The Under-the-Radar Legal Battle Protecting Health Care for Trans People – Amid a wave of attacks on trans health care, this offers a glimmer of hope.

transgender · uspol · healthcare

February 1, 2023 at 2:37:30 AM EST * · permalink

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/01/lawsuit-medicaid-transgender-health-care-ban-lgbtq-attack/

A transgender woman who used changing facilities at the Xenia YMCA has been charged with three counts of public indecency in Xenia, Ohio, court records show.

bigots · transgender · uspol · ohio

January 31, 2023 at 7:50:30 AM EST * · permalink

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https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/trans-woman-charged-with-public-indecency-for-using-female-ymca-facilities/WAQRGPLCU5FN5FU5UDJXZPDQEA/

Transgender people in rural America struggle to find doctors willing or able to provide care - Many health professionals in rural areas don't know how to provide gender-affirming care, leaving transgender patients with few options.

transgender · lgbtqia+ · HealthcareAccess

January 20, 2023 at 7:13:24 AM EST * · permalink

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transgender-people-health-care-doctors-rural-america/

Benefits of gender-affirming hormones for teens persist, study finds. The results augment a substantial body of research that shows gender-affirming care improves mental health.

transgender · healthcare

January 19, 2023 at 2:52:41 AM EST * · permalink

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https://www.statnews.com/2023/01/18/mental-health-benefits-of-gender-affirming-hormones-for-teens-persist-two-years/

Transgender Louisiana doctor says she was denied insurance payments due to name change

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lgbtqia+ · healthcare · uspol · discrimination · transgender

January 11, 2023 at 2:50:26 AM EST * · permalink

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https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2023/01/10/transgender-louisiana-doctor-denied-insurance-payments-over-name-change/69795536007/

“I want to fight”: LGBTQ Texans ready for legislative session as GOP lawmakers target them in dozens of bills

Republicans are backing legislation targeting gender-affirming care for children,...

uspol · lgbtqia+ · transgender · texas · HealthcareAccess · GenderAffirmingCare

January 10, 2023 at 12:48:24 AM EST * · permalink

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https://www.chron.com/politics/article/transgender-laws-gender-care-texas-legislature-17704366.php?IPID=Chron-HP-Latest-News

Texas lawmakers move to restrict transgender health care in 2023 - The move to curb access to gender affirming care and medications have drawn criticism from activist groups like Equality Texas.

uspol · transgender · bigots · uspol · lgbtqia+ · texas

January 9, 2023 at 5:01:53 AM EST * · permalink

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https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texas-lawmakers-transgender-healthcare-17702026.php

States target transgender health care in first bills of 2023 - After a midterm election and record flow of anti-transgender legislation last year, Republican state lawmakers this year are zeroing in on questions of bodily autonomy with new proposals to limit gender-affirming health care and abortion access.

uspol · bigots · transgender · lgbtqia+ · HealthcareAccess · healthcare

January 9, 2023 at 3:05:12 AM EST * · permalink

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https://apnews.com/article/politics-health-texas-state-government-tennessee-minnesota-878a9217fa434f3ecd83738a71e40572

Maryland hospital violated Affordable Care Act in denying medical care to trans patient, court rules | The University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center violated federal law when it refused to provide gender-affirming surgical care to a transgender man because of his gender identity, a federal court ruled Friday. Jesse Hammons, a transgender man diagnosed with gender dysphoria, was denied a hysterectomy to remove his uterus in 2020

after his scheduled surgeon…

uspol · HealthcareAccess · transgender · lgbtqia+ · aclu · maryland · surgery

January 9, 2023 at 3:01:58 AM EST * · permalink

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https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3803034-maryland-hospital-violated-affordable-care-act-in-denying-medical-care-to-trans-patient-court-rules/

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois violated federal anti-discrimination law by excluding gender-affirming medical services from coverage under its self-insured health plans, a federal court in Tacoma, Wash., ruled.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois violated federal anti-discrimination law by excluding gender-affirming medical services from coverage under its self-insured health plans, a federal court in Tacoma, Wash., ruled.

uspol · transgender · HealthcareAccess

December 20, 2022 at 11:53:31 PM EST * · permalink

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https://news.bloomberglaw.com/pharma-and-life-sciences/blue-cross-illinois-discriminated-against-transgender-patients

Texas LGBT youth report high rate of suicidal thoughts, difficulty getting needed care

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...