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Utah Republicans, ignoring their own study, pass ban on gender-affirming care for youth

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Transgender youth who receive hormone therapy are less suicidal: study

"Suicidality significantly declined" among trans youth who receive hormone replacement therapy, a new study has found.

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House passes bill banning Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for youth

A bill banning Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for youth has passed the U.S. House with the help of four Democrats.

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Texas expands lawsuits against doctors accused of providing gender-affirming care to youth

Ken Paxton is expanding two lawsuits against doctors in Texas after being forced to drop a third.

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Catholic Church formally bans gender-affirming care at its hospitals

The country's largest nonprofit health care provider will no longer offer gender-affirming care.

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Gavin Newsom signs several pro-LGBTQ+ laws, vetoes gender-affirming care and HIV coverage

Here are the LGBTQ+ bills Gavin Newsom signed or vetoed this week.

Gerhard Hernández

Meet Gerhard Hernández, Costa Rica's first trans elected official — and a Gen Z Coldplay fan

"What I would like to do in politics is bring in opportunities for those who don't have them yet," Gerhard Hernández tells The Advocate.

Activists protest Donald Trump's policies at the Hands Off rally in Austin, Texas, in April.

Military families sue Trump administration over gender-affirming care ban

Three military families are suing to keep their children's access to gender-affirming care.

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Trans darts champion laments ban against trans women as 'loss for the trans community'

Noa-Lynn van Leuven said the World Darts Federation's new gender eligibility policy "does affect me personally."

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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.