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Republicans are backing legislation targeting gender-affirming care for children,...
after his scheduled surgeon…
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.
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…
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...
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…