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New York was among the states with the most gender-affirming care. 1,154 minor New Yorkers were sex change patients between 2019 and 2023. 580 received puberty blockers and/or hormone replacement ...
Gender-affirming care is a multidisciplinary approach that includes medically necessary and scientific evidence-based practices to help a person safely transition from their assigned gender ...
The HHS has defended its support of what it calls “gender-affirming care” for minors, claiming that scientific data and medical experts back treatments like hormones and surgeries on children.
Gender-affirming health care for children has been a deeply polarizing issue, one Republican candidates ran on in this year’s election, and Democrats have acknowledged since the disappointing ...
The United States Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has an LGBTQ+ Program through the Office of Patient Care Services. [1] The “+” sign captures identities beyond LGBTQ, including but not limited to questioning, pansexual, asexual, agender, gender diverse, nonbinary, gender-neutral, and other identities.
“Gender-affirming care is lifesaving for transgender youth,” Galpin said. However, Buzz Webb, who traveled from North Carolina for the arguments, said transitioning would have ruined her life.
New Hampshire’s ban on surgical care for minors will be enforced starting January 1, 2025 (though studies have shown gender-affirming surgeries on transgender minors are rare in the United States).
Over the past three years, 26 Republican-controlled states have passed laws restricting gender-affirming care for minors. Most of the laws ban puberty blockers, hormone treatment and surgery for ...