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Kaiser Permanente ends gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19

Kaiser will stop offering the surgeries as of August 29, but said that it will still offer other gender-affirming care.

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Health

Stanford Medicine caves to Trump Administration, ends gender-affirming surgeries for youth

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Politics

Trump orders NIH to study gender transition ‘regret.’ Here's what we already know about it

Trump wants to study transgender people's "regret," but people are more likely to regret having children than gender-affirming surgery.

Health

Gender-affirming surgeries are mostly performed on cisgender people: 'Bitter irony'

Out of the 151 breast reductions that were performed in 2019 on American minors, 146 (97 percent) were performed on cisgender males.

Election

JD Vance really wants you to know he's 'not gay' while lying about transgender youth

The Republican nominee for vice president compared gender-affirming care to conversion therapy in a recent interview with gay conservative podcaster Tim Dillon.

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Insurer illegally discriminated by denying trans teens coverage for top surgery, court rules

The decision came in a case involving Premera Blue Cross.

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Election

Why do inmates have access to gender-affirming care? Those Trump ads you keep seeing debunked

Republicans have spent $65 million on attack ads that target 0.6 percent of the population. Here's all the context they're missing.

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Health

What is gender-affirming care, who uses it, and do they regret it?

Gender-affirming care is banned for transgender youth when it's mainly cisgender people who use it, and when it has a significantly lower regret rate than all other major surgeries, tattoos, and children.

Politics

House GOP advances Marjorie Taylor Greene’s transphobic bill banning gender-affirming care for trans youth

“This is just another attempt by extremist Republican politicians to further their anti-transgender agenda,” U.S. Rep. Mark Takano said.

Politics

Charlie Kirk DID say stoning gay people was the 'perfect law' — and these other heinous quotes

These are some of his worst comments about LGBTQ+ people made by Charlie Kirk.

Election

Abortion and trans rights need more than a Kamala Harris victory: 'Legalization does not equal access'

While its CEO has a “best case” and “worst case” in mind, there will still be plenty of work for Elevated Access no matter the outcome of the November elections.

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Stanford Medicine caves to Trump Administration, ends gender-affirming surgeries for youth

Gender-affirming surgeries are mostly performed on cisgender people: 'Bitter irony'

Out of the 151 breast reductions that were performed in 2019 on American minors, 146 (97 percent) were performed on cisgender males.

JD Vance really wants you to know he's 'not gay' while lying about transgender youth

The Republican nominee for vice president compared gender-affirming care to conversion therapy in a recent interview with gay conservative podcaster Tim Dillon.

Insurer illegally discriminated by denying trans teens coverage for top surgery, court rules

The decision came in a case involving Premera Blue Cross.

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Why do inmates have access to gender-affirming care? Those Trump ads you keep seeing debunked

Republicans have spent $65 million on attack ads that target 0.6 percent of the population. Here's all the context they're missing.

Ron DeSantis Calls Gender-Affirming Care 'Castration' in Debate

Florida's Republican governor, debating Democratic challenger Charlie Crist, also defended the state's "don't say gay" law.

‘Don’t Say Gay’ Gov. Ron DeSantis Wins Reelection in Florida

He's called gender-affirming care "chemical castration."

San Francisco Health Program to Expand Transgender Coverage

Healthy San Francisco, which provides care to uninsured residents, will no longer exclude certain transition-related procedures.

More Teens Get Breast Implants Than Trans Top Surgery

Despite a lack of data, anti-trans proponents often center narratives of regret to dissuade gender-affirming health care.

Another State Ends Discrimination in Trans Health Care

Washington becomes the seventh state to forbid insurance companies from denying health care to transgender citizens.

Starbucks Accused of Threatening Gender-Affirming Health Care Benefits

Employees made the allegations in a complaint filed with the U.S. labor board.

Christian Univ. Adjusts, Stands By Trans Housing Policy

George Fox University will now allow students who have undergone specific gender-confirming surgeries to be housed in accordance with their gender. Others will be housed according to their sex assigned at birth.

Americans Don’t Want Politicians Focusing on Transgender Issues, Survey Finds

Most Americans also believe that lawmakers don’t know enough about transgender issues to make policies.

House GOP advances Marjorie Taylor Greene’s transphobic bill banning gender-affirming care for trans youth

“This is just another attempt by extremist Republican politicians to further their anti-transgender agenda,” U.S. Rep. Mark Takano said.

Masculinity, in 'crisis'? Or just a spectacle?

Opinion: Is masculinity — the normative social roles, behaviors, and actions perceived as attributes of men — in crisis? Or is the crisis actually the steadily growing realization that masculinity is just spectacle?

Abortion and trans rights need more than a Kamala Harris victory: 'Legalization does not equal access'

While its CEO has a “best case” and “worst case” in mind, there will still be plenty of work for Elevated Access no matter the outcome of the November elections.

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Kaiser will stop offering the surgeries as of August 29, but said that it will still offer other gender-affirming care.

Trump wants to study transgender people's "regret," but people are more likely to regret having children than gender-affirming surgery.

Out of the 151 breast reductions that were performed in 2019 on American minors, 146 (97 percent) were performed on cisgender males.

The Republican nominee for vice president compared gender-affirming care to conversion therapy in a recent interview with gay conservative podcaster Tim Dillon.

The decision came in a case involving Premera Blue Cross.

Republicans have spent $65 million on attack ads that target 0.6 percent of the population. Here's all the context they're missing.

Gender-affirming care is banned for transgender youth when it's mainly cisgender people who use it, and when it has a significantly lower regret rate than all other major surgeries, tattoos, and children.

Florida's Republican governor, debating Democratic challenger Charlie Crist, also defended the state's "don't say gay" law.

He's called gender-affirming care "chemical castration."

Healthy San Francisco, which provides care to uninsured residents, will no longer exclude certain transition-related procedures.

Despite a lack of data, anti-trans proponents often center narratives of regret to dissuade gender-affirming health care.

Washington becomes the seventh state to forbid insurance companies from denying health care to transgender citizens.

Employees made the allegations in a complaint filed with the U.S. labor board.

George Fox University will now allow students who have undergone specific gender-confirming surgeries to be housed in accordance with their gender. Others will be housed according to their sex assigned at birth.

Most Americans also believe that lawmakers don’t know enough about transgender issues to make policies.

“This is just another attempt by extremist Republican politicians to further their anti-transgender agenda,” U.S. Rep. Mark Takano said.

These are some of his worst comments about LGBTQ+ people made by Charlie Kirk.

Opinion: Is masculinity — the normative social roles, behaviors, and actions perceived as attributes of men — in crisis? Or is the crisis actually the steadily growing realization that masculinity is just spectacle?

While its CEO has a “best case” and “worst case” in mind, there will still be plenty of work for Elevated Access no matter the outcome of the November elections.