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But the executive order, by itself, doesn’t make providing gender-affirming care illegal, especially in the 24 states that don’t have any laws prohibiting care, said Craig Konnoth, a law ...
Executive Order 14187, titled "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation", is an executive order issued by Donald Trump on January 28, 2025. [1] According to the New York Times, the executive order takes steps "to end gender-affirming medical treatments for children and teenagers under 19, directing agencies to take a variety of steps to curtail surgeries, hormone therapy and ...
After the first gender-affirming care ban for minors became law in 2021, a flurry of states passed similar measures. Gender-affirming care was a particularly hot-button topic for lawmakers on both ...
Gender-affirming care will also be “excluded” from the Defense Department’s TRICARE program, which provides care for nearly 2 million Americans under 18, according to the order.
As of August 2023, 21 states have banned gender affirming care for minors and 7 states are considering implementing such a ban. [12] Transgender voters who must wait until the age of 18 to receive gender affirming care face barriers in changing their gender on birth certificates and driver's licenses in time for an upcoming election.
The 2020s anti-LGBTQ movement in the United States is an ongoing political backlash from social conservatives against LGBTQ movements.It has included legislative proposals of bathroom use restrictions, bans on gender-affirming care, anti-LGBTQ curriculum laws, laws against drag performances, book bans, boycotts, and conspiracy theories around grooming. [1]
Gender-affirming care is already difficult for young people to access, and more than half of U.S. states have already enacted bans on such care.
MORE: State Department halts 'X' passport gender marker applications. The executive order against gender-affirming care is the latest action from Trump that impacts the transgender community ...