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"Medical intervention for trans people, like all others, should be undertaken based on individual informed consent," writes Kyle Knight, co-interim director of Human Rights Watch's LGBT Rights Program.
The stakes are high for trans youth, their families, and equitable healthcare.
Trans children only want to be their authentic selves, and this action will have severe repercussions, John Casey writes.
The case challenged a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for trans youth in the state.
A new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll shows that the share of people who think gender-affirming care will get less accessible jumped to 38% from 20% in 2024.
“I really want to encourage people to educate yourselves, to listen to trans people, to listen to trans youth, to listen to the parents of trans youth," Page said.
"This law represents government overreach on steroids," says Lambda Legal Senior Counsel Peter Renn.
"No family should have to fear being torn apart because they are supporting their trans child," said an ACLU of Texas representative.
Voters must choose lawmakers who will work to protect their privacy, private health decisions, and decisions personally affecting them and their families.
Nine activists were arrested outside the Supreme Court and detained for two hours, according to organizers.
If state legislatures believe they are defending the rights of all residents, they haven't been paying attention.
For Pride Month, SAGE, the world’s largest advocacy organization for LGBTQ+ elders, donated $75,000 to the three leading national trans organizations to help the trans community fight back
The ban violates the rights to privacy and free speech guaranteed by the Montana Constitution, and it amounts to discrimination based on viewpoint, Judge Jason Marks wrote.
Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld on LGBTQ+ health and his plans to protect trans and queer youth.
The South Dakota House passed the bill and sent it to the Senate, but not before the House's only out member, Kameron Nelson, spoke passionately against it.
Almost 200 people alone showed up at UPMC’s hospital in Pittsburgh, home to the largest gender clinic in Southwest Pennsylvania, and continued to make their voices heard even as rain poured on the rally last week.
Experts, providers, elected officials, and people with lived experience discuss how election outcomes — up and down the ballot — might impact gender-affirming care in Pittsburgh and beyond.
From anti-LGBTQ+ and abortion laws, to waning interest in Ukraine, and Americans short attentions span, and interest only in themselves is crippling our altruism.
Demonstrators argue that hospitals should stand as a bulwark against Trump and should care for all of their patients, rather than comply without a fight.
