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Florida Senate Bill 254 (SB 254) is a law that prohibits gender-affirming care for anyone under the age of 18, places restrictions on adult patients accessing this care, and allows the state to take temporary custody of children who may be receiving gender-affirming care now or in the future. [1]
On May 17, 2023, DeSantis signed a law, "Treatments for Sex Reassignment" (often referred to as SB 254) [143] [10] banning insurance providers from covering gender-affirming care for adults, as well as banning nurse practitioners and physicians' assistants (estimated to make up 80% of gender affirming care providers) from administering it, and ...
Florida is one of 25 states that enacted rules to curtail or ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors. Most of the laws now face legal challenges. Arkansas' ban was struck down as ...
In 2018, the organization also started a fund, which people can use for gender-affirming medical care as well as other avenues of affirmation, including gender-affirming clothing and other related ...
WPATH develops, [9] publishes and reviews guidelines for persons with gender dysphoria, under the name of Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, the overall goal of the SOC is to provide clinical guidance for health professionals to assist transgender, and gender nonconforming people with safe and effective pathways to achieving lasting personal comfort with ...
Several studies have shown that most people who opt for gender-affirming care don’t later regret their choices — including an October 2022 study in the Netherlands that found 98% of ...
The Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People (SOC) is an international clinical protocol by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) outlining the recommended assessment and treatment for transgender and gender-diverse individuals across the lifespan including social, hormonal, or surgical transition. [1]
Florida Statutes also now permit anyone who was a minor and receiving gender-affirming care after the law was signed to sue the healthcare provider for personal injury or death resulting from such ...