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U.K. to begin major study on health of transgender youth

The study comes at a time when gender-affirming care is under attack in the U.K.

Gender-affirming care ban leaves Trump with ‘blood on his hands,’ group says, joining others in outrage

“Only eight days into his second term, President Donald Trump has blood on his hands,” executive director of Advocates for Trans Equality Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen said earlier this week.

Trump signs executive order banning federal support of gender-affirming care for anyone under 19

The president continues to target transgender people’s existence.

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HHS Rules Trans Woman Entitled to Surgery Under Medicare

The decision comes just as the Department of Health and Human Services is deciding whether to implement the Affordable Care Act’s endorsement of trans-affirming healthcare for private insurers.

At Google a Transgender Gold Standard

The search engine giant has significantly increased its coverage of transgender health care for its U.S. employees -- and other companies are soon expected to follow suit.

22 Republican AGs threaten to make it illegal for the American Academy of Pediatrics to endorse trans care

The letter, which was sent to the president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, attempts to use consumer protection laws to make it against the law to support puberty blockers.

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.

Starbucks Expands Transgender Health Care Benefits

The health care policy will include transition-related procedures that were previously considered to be cosmetic.

Why the Bailey controversy won't die soon

To focus on the overzealous response of some trans activists is to miss the bigger picture -- that transsexuals are fed up with non-trans "experts" claiming to know us better than we do

Trans Woman Inmate Reaches Landmark Settlement with Minnesota Prison System

The settlement guarantees appropriate housing and treatment for all trans inmates in the state.

Puberty Blockers Will be Limited to Clinical Trials, Says U.K. Health Service

LGBTQ+ activists in the U.K. are criticizing this restriction on care for transgender youth.

Why Must We Keep Diagnosing Trans People as Ill?

Thinking of a future where trans identity is not connected to pathology.

How anti-trans policies are disrupting efforts to prevent genital mutilation

The bipartisan movement against female genital mutilation and cutting is being co-opted by anti-trans activists, hindering urgent laws from being passed.

Amazon removes 'equity for Black people' and 'LGBTQ+ rights' from company policies

Amazon has quietly removed protections for Black and LGBTQ+ workers from its company policies.

St. Louis Children’s Hospital Gender-Affirming Care Department Passes Internal Review

Allegations made by a former employee whose dubious claims were previously disputed by patients and families have been found to be unsubstantiated.

Florida Subpoenas Medical Associations Over Trans Youth Care

It comes as the state's GOP-controlled legislature has passed a number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills this session.

To The FDA, Everyone Transgender Is a Gay Man

There's a secret in the federal blood donation policy: it treats all transgender people -- male or female -- like they're gay or bisexual men.

Georgia to Cover Gender-Affirming Care for State Workers Under Settlement of Lawsuit

Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund had sued on behalf of state employees denied coverage.

FTC hosts anti-trans workshop LGBTQ+ advocates call ‘government-sponsored disinformation’

“[Transgender lives have] been made a political and ideological issue,” Dr. Rachel Levine told The Advocate.

Trans Latino Man Named 2020's Social Worker of the Year

In a history making move, NASW awards trans advocate and Coast Guard veteran Zander Keig with the prestigious honor.