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Earlier this fall, Florida officials ordered transgender women in the state's prisons to submit to breast exams. As part of a new policy for people with gender dysphoria, prison medical staff ...
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that parts of Florida's ban of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender children and restrictions on gender-affirming healthcare for adults are ...
At this stage in the gender-affirming care process, after a thorough evaluation by a medical professional, a patient may also receive hormone therapy that can lead to gender-affirming physical change.
Misinformation and disinformation have led to proposed and successful legislative restrictions on gender-affirming care across the United States. [1] [38] As of November 1, 2024, 26 states in the United States have passed bans on gender-affirming care for minors and 16 have passed shield laws and executive access protecting such care. [85]
Under Florida’s newly proposed House Bill 1421, gender-affirming health care including puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries will be outlawed for transgender minors. Transgender adults…
It's sparked impassioned protests around the ethics and practicalities of the medical intervention and led to 17 states banning gender-affirming hormones for minors who are transgender (people who ...
Gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), also called hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or transgender hormone therapy, is a form of hormone therapy in which sex hormones and other hormonal medications are administered to transgender or gender nonconforming individuals for the purpose of more closely aligning their secondary sexual characteristics with their gender identity.
In Florida, it was cited multiple times to justify banning Medicaid funding for adult transition-related healthcare. [25] In December 2023, the Southern Poverty Law Center published an analysis of citations used in anti-LGBT expert reports, declarations, and legal complaints in 4 high-profile ongoing cases regarding gender-affirming care. They ...