Uncertainty about gender affirming care for transgender children and teenagers
After a flurry of executive orders signed by President Trump since he took office, there are now many questions about the medical care transgender children and teenagers will receive…with hospitals and health care providers trying to figure out what the executive orders could mean for them and federal funding.
Hegseth orders pause on gender-affirming care for transgender service members
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered an immediate pause on gender-affirming care for all active duty service members in a memo to senior Pentagon and military leaders.
Pentagon orders immediate hold on gender-affirming care for transgender troops
Gender-affirming surgery is already banned in military healthcare systems but the new memo appears to target hormone therapy and other care.
Trump's ban on gender-affirming care for young people puts hospitals in a bind
Hospitals and clinics that have offered gender-affirming treatments to transgender youth reacted in a variety of ways to an executive order that aims to halt the care.
Trump policies on gender-affirming care and passports for transgender people challenged in court
Three Democratic states have sued the Trump administration over its order to ban federal funding for gender-affirming care for transgender people under 19.
Minnesota hospitals still offering gender-affirming care amid federal challenges
In Minnesota, multiple hospitals confirmed that they are still offering gender-affirming care, and no hospitals in the state have publicly announced any cuts or pauses that would affect transgender-specific medical services.
Hospitals’ pullback on gender-affirming care a ‘pocketbook issue’
“It’s a pocketbook issue,” said Dr. Anne Miller, a physician and board chair of the New York City chapter of LGBTQ advocacy nonprofit PFLAG, formerly known as Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. “The hospitals talk about how they are there to provide this care… this tells patients that they don’t matter.”
Lurie pauses gender affirming care surgery after Trump's EO
Chicago's largest children's hospital is pausing gender-affirming surgeries for minors after President Trump's executive order called for an end to surgeries and chemical interventions for transgender people under the age of 19.
Phoenix Children's Hospital 'indefinitely' ending gender-affirming care
Phoenix Children’s Hospital has secretly ended part of its gender-affirming care program fro minors under 19 years old, complying with President Trump's executive order that was signed last week.
Ferndale Pride drops Corewell Health as sponsor over gender-affirming care cuts
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Georgia Senate bill would cut funding for adult gender-affirming care, but it may have cloudy future
Georgia’s state Senate has passed a bill that would cut off public funding for gender affirming care for adults.
Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Kansas’s Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a proposal to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth for the third ...
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly's first veto of 2025 is youth gender-affirming care ban
Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's first veto of 2025 is a bill from the Republican-led Legislature that would ban ...
Bill denying gender-affirming care to state employees passes Georgia Senate
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