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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.

Texas AG Ken Paxton

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.

Noa Lynn van Leuven of the Netherlands throws during 2025 Betfred World Matchplay Blackpool England

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."

SCOTUS Protest crowd and signs protect trans kids transgender advocates during Skrmetti opening arguments

Florida officials claim SCOTUS ruling allows them to deny trans adults health care

Did the Skrmetti ruling give states carte blanche to discriminate against all transgender people?

Man injecting HRT outside SCOTUS; Raquel Willis and trans activist in police van

9 trans rights activists arrested in front of Supreme Court while protesting Skrmetti ruling

Nine activists were arrested outside the Supreme Court and detained for two hours, according to organizers.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Justice Sonia Sotomayor slams gender-affirming care ruling as 'state-sanctioned discrimination'

Sotomayor said the ruling will invite "untold harm to transgender children and the parents and families who love them."

Rally to Resist outside the Des Moines Iowa State Capitol in support of LGBTQ rights 2023

Iowa bans Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for adults

The law prevents Medicaid from paying for hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgeries for trans people, but not for cis people.

Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks at a web summit in Lisbon, 2017

Medicare, Medicaid agency demands info on gender-affirming care for trans youth

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services falsely claims such care is not evidence-based.

parasol patrol LGBTQIA rainbow umbrella shields counter protest Westboro Baptist Church in front of the Emporia Middle School Emporia Kansas 2021

Transgender teens sue Kansas over 'harmful' gender-affirming care ban

Kansas' gender-affirming care ban "impermissibly infringes" on parents' "fundamental right to the care, custody, and control of their children," a new lawsuit asserts.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp being interviewed by the press after a legislative breakfast, February 2024

Gov. Kemp signs bill banning gender-affirming care for trans inmates

The state's abysmal treatment of incarcerated trans people was the subject of a scathing Department of Justice report last year that was withdrawn last month by the Trump administration.

Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Rome, Georgia, in March 2024

White House anti-gender-affirming care post is full of lies

A new post on the White House website calls this care "chemical and surgical mutilation" and "immoral, unjust, and disproven practices." None of that is true.

happy transgender man smiling at work

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.

Transgender flag button and judge's gavel

Ohio appeals court strikes down ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth

The ban interferes with parental rights, according to a state-level court.

red head teen with freckles beside father checking into doctors office for appointment

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.

Kansas governor Laura Kelly

Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly once again vetoes gender-affirming care ban for minors

Senate Bill 63 sought to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria while allowing the same treatments to continue for cisgender minors with other conditions.