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.
July 24, 2025
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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.
April 7, 2025
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.
October 29, 2024
Insurer illegally discriminated by denying trans teens coverage for top surgery, court rules
The decision came in a case involving Premera Blue Cross.
April 21, 2025
Hormones and surgery improve transgender men's quality of life: study
A new study proves gender-affirming care directly improves quality of life among transgender men.
April 4, 2025
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.
September 28, 2022
Gender-Affirming Surgeries Have Risen, Likely Due to Better Insurance: Study
Top surgery is more common than genital surgery, the study notes.
August 28, 2023
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.
June 27, 2024
Study finds use of puberty blockers safe and reversible, countering anti-trans accusations
The reports seem to suggest further advances in the field of gender-affirming care can address shortcomings of treatments available today.
September 11, 2024
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.
February 13, 2025
St. Louis Children’s Hospital Gender-Affirming Care Department Passes Internal Review
Allegations made by a former employee whose dubious claims were previously disputed by patients and families have been found to be unsubstantiated.
April 27, 2023
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.
October 22, 2024
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.
September 18, 2023
Transgender Youth Face Hurdles Getting Gender-Affirming Care Even When It's Legal
Legal battles and provider concerns can complicate access to gender-affirming care.
September 22, 2023
Wisconsin bill would allow lawsuits against doctors that provide gender-affirming care
A new bill in Wisconsin would allow gender-affirming care patients to sue their doctors.
November 6, 2025
Let's Talk About Sex (for Trans Men)
Porn star Buck Angel on the complicated nature of pleasure for trans guys.
September 23, 2016
He Needs Gender-Affirming Surgery, but His State Is Fighting to Deny Coverage
A North Carolina policy that denies state employees coverage for gender-affirming care has been on hold pending appeal.
September 21, 2023
WATCH: Google Pulls Heartstrings with Trans Man at Gym
Jake, a small-town trans man, finds himself at home in his body with the help of a supportive local gym in Kansas City, Mo.
June 17, 2015
Catholic Archdiocese Tells Schools to Reject Openly Trans Students
The Archdiocese of Indianapolis's policy would let schools bar students who have taken action toward gender affirmation.
June 26, 2020