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
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People are more likely to regret having children than gender-affirming surgery: study
Other operations, "while associated with higher rates of post-operative regret, are not as restricted and policed like gender-affirming surgery," a new study found.
May 1, 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
Detransition is rare, but it’s driving anti-trans policy anyway
Political rhetoric doesn’t capture the complexity of detransitioning — or what taking away health care means.
November 12, 2025
Pennsylvania, Texas lawmakers want insurers to cover detransition care
One bill requiring this is awaiting the governor's signature in Texas, while a Pennsylvania legislator is proposing a similar measure.
May 19, 2025
Readers deserve better than misinformation about trans care; a response to Pamela Paul
In a recent response to our articles criticizing misinformation in Pamela Paul's article on detransitioners, Pamela Paul dismisses transgender people and trans activist. Evan Urquhart and Erin Reed respond.
February 9, 2024
'Yellowjackets' Star Liv Hewson Shuts Down Critics of Top Surgery
The nonbinary actor said the criticism is "really misogynistic."
June 30, 2023
Aaron Rodgers and Joe Rogan spout harmful, transphobic nonsense on recent podcast episode
On Rogan's podcast, they claimed doctors are talking kids into transition just to make money.
February 14, 2024
Transgender youth satisfied with gender-affirming care 6-10 years later, according to a new study
The study is the latest in a huge number of studies showing high levels of satisfaction with trans care in the United States, and represents 6-10 years worth of follow-up.
October 23, 2024
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
New Trump Medicaid directive attacks trans people's access to gender-affirming care
A new federal letter gives Republican-led states another road map to cut off gender-affirming care for minors.
April 11, 2025
First, do no harm—unless you're intersex or trans
Opinion: In a landscape of shifting policies, vulnerable adolescents find themselves caught in a web of uncertainty.
May 6, 2025
'60 Minutes' Story Focuses on Transition Regret, Gets Slammed
A controversial segment gave credence to those who question trans identity.
May 24, 2021
Trump's latest order will devastate innocent trans youth and their families
Trans children only want to be their authentic selves, and this action will have severe repercussions, John Casey writes.
January 29, 2025
Utah Republicans ignore study supporting gender-affirming care for trans youth. It's research they demanded
In 2023, the state legislature banned care for transgender youth “pending research.” The research is in — and inconvenient for Republicans.
May 24, 2025
Debunked: This misleading NYT anti-trans column relies on pseudoscience
The opinion piece by Pamela Paul relies on routinely debunked disinformation and gets factual information wrong about transgender care. It is the latest NYT published piece to do so.
February 3, 2024
Paul Ryan Now Supports Adoption for Gay Couples
Rep. Paul Ryan, at a town hall meeting Monday, said he would not vote against gay couples' right to adopt children.
April 30, 2013
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 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
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.