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Fenway Health stops providing hormones and puberty blockers to trans patients under 19

Officials with the clinic, which has served LGBTQ+ Bostonians since 1971, say they made the move to avoid losing federal funding under the anti-trans Trump administration.

Coauthor of gender-affirming care reviews says they've been misused to justify bans

There is "quite good evidence" that people have benefited from the care, says scientist Gordon Guyatt.

How one trans veteran secretly transitioned under Trump’s first presidency

Air Force vet Austen O'Hara shares his harrowing story of transitioning while still in active duty.

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

The decision came in a case involving Premera Blue Cross.

He voted for Trump. Now he’s worried his trans son will lose  gender-affirming care

A Trump voter is worried that his trans son will lose gender-affirming care access.

A disabled college student was bullied for posting about his transition. Meta removed his account

Micah Leroy, who ran the account known as “Disabled Trans Boy” on Instagram, became the subject of a right-wing hate campaign after he posted a video celebrating his top surgery.

This punk bakery in Nashville gives trans customers gender-affirming surgery care packages

Guerilla Bizkits tells The Advocate about its post-surgery care packages that provide transgender customers with easy-to-prepare biscuits, jam, and coffee.

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.

'Yellowjackets' Star Liv Hewson Shuts Down Critics of Top Surgery

The nonbinary actor said the criticism is "really misogynistic."