https://www.hrc.org/resources/attacks-on-gender-affirming-care-by-state-map
Oct 2, 2025 - In a coordinated push led by national anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups, legislators across the country have overridden the recommendations of the American medical…
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https://nyunews.com/news/2025/02/02/nyu-langone-gender-affirming-care/
Apr 2, 2025 - NYU Langone Health has denied gender-affirming care to at least two patients under the age of 19, following a Jan. 28 executive order from the Trump...
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https://www.ices.on.ca/podcast/transforming-gender-affirming-care-with-dr-june-lam-and-dr-tori-anderson/
Nov 11, 2025 - What does affirming, respectful, and safe health care look like for transgender and gender diverse individuals- and why does it matter now more than ever? In...
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https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/health/families-moving-for-transgender-health-care
Jun 23, 2023 - Hal Dempsey wanted to “escape Missouri.” Arlo Dennis is “fleeing Florida.” The Tillison family “can’t stay in Texas.”
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https://nyunews.com/news/2025/10/27/nyu-insurance-company-switch/
Oct 29, 2025 - NYU employees’ health insurance will be provided by Aetna instead of UnitedHealthcare starting Jan. 1, in an effort to reduce costs and improve service...
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https://19thnews.org/2023/07/tennessee-trans-court-gender-affirming/
Jul 10, 2023 - The preliminary ruling marks the first time that a federal court has permitted a gender-affirming care ban to take effect, according to the ACLU.
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https://www.kff.org/lgbtq/gender-affirming-care-policy-tracker/
Nov 24, 2025 - This tracker provides an overview of state laws/policies restricting minor access to gender affirming care and any associated litigation by state, identifying...
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https://www.jezebel.com/dr-oz-says-life-saving-gender-affirming-care-for-minors-should-be-prehistoric-relic
Dec 19, 2025 - Similar to how the Big Beautiful Bill pulled Medicaid funding from nonprofits offering abortion services, the administration now wants to pull funding from any...
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https://www.alreporter.com/2025/11/21/assistant-secretary-for-health-sen-tuberville-condemn-pediatric-gender-affirming-care/
Nov 21, 2025 - Alabama physician and Assistant Secretary for Health Brian Christine defended a controversial government study on gender dysphoria in children on Wednesday.
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https://www.gayemagazine.com/the-supreme-court-rules-that-states-can-ban-gender-affirming-care-for-trans-youth/
Sep 2, 2025 - Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States of America made a decision in the U.S. v. Skrmetti case. This decision will have a catastrophic impact on...
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https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/23/gender-affirming-surgery-increased-demand-but-future-access-faces-challenges/
Jan 2, 2025 - From 2016-2019, U.S. gender-affirming surgeries tripled. Trans community fights political headwinds to maintain progress, acceptance, access to surgery.
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https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/cms-hhs-ramp-up-pressure-providers-offering-gender-affirming-care-children/749346/
Experts worry the Trump administration is attempting to coerce hospitals into halting gender-affirming care, and that new guidance could have a chilling effect...
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/490160/florida-ban-on-gender-affirming-healthcare-for-trans-youth-restrictions-for-adults-signed-into-law
May 18, 2023 - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed into law a bill that bans gender-affirming healthcare such as puberty blockers or hormone therapy for transgender...
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https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/have-you-faced-barriers-gender-affirming-care
Sep 10, 2025 - Gender-affirming care is medically necessary but can be hard to access. ProPublica is investigating the ways transgender people are blocked from getting...
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https://www.thehastingscenter.org/e_and_h_r/new-legal-measures-restricting-gender-affirming-care-implications-for-research-ethics/
Sep 29, 2025 - ABSTRACT Increasingly, new legal measures are restricting the use of gender-affirming care, raising challenges not only for the medical care of
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https://www.gaytimes.com/justice/trump-issues-executive-order-to-ban-all-gender-affirming-care-for-minors/
Feb 17, 2025 - The executive order, titled 'Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation' was issues on 28 January.
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https://www.teenvogue.com/story/skrmetti-gender-affirming-care-trans-youth-families
Jun 11, 2025 - Decisions to seek gender-affirming treatments spring from the trust that trans youth place in their parents, and the need parents have to do what’s best for...
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https://www.teenvogue.com/story/6-intersex-people-on-gender-affirming-care
Jun 13, 2025 - Six intersex people explain why gender-affirming care bans are are bad for everyone, regardless of gender identity.
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https://truthout.org/articles/gender-affirming-health-care-saved-my-life-everyone-should-have-access-to-it/
Dec 13, 2021 - Care that has saved so many of us has become contested and increasingly out of reach.
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https://egale.ca/awareness/frequently-asked-questions-gender-affirming-care-in-canada/
Nov 12, 2025 - Gender affirming care refers to a range of supports that help peoplelive authentically in their gender. This FAQ is a guide to gender affirming care (GAC) in...
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https://www.them.us/story/dora-richter-first-trans-woman-to-receive-gender-affirming-surgery
Mar 15, 2022 - Her life story is a chilling reminder of what’s at stake when the far right attacks us today.
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https://www.kff.org/other-health/youth-access-to-gender-affirming-care-the-federal-and-state-policy-landscape/
Aug 9, 2025 - This brief explores the current state and federal policy landscape regarding gender affirming services for youth and the implications of restrictive state laws.
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https://www.sugarbutch.net/2025/09/cfs-gender-ever-after/
NOTE: This anthology is not being put together by me, Sinclair. Contact information for the editor is at the bottom, if you have any questions. Please don't...
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https://windycitytimes.com/2025/08/01/ui-health-becomes-latest-chicago-hospital-to-halt-gender-affirming-care-for-youth/
Aug 1, 2025 - UI Health is suspending gender-affirming surgeries for people under 19, joining several other Chicago institutions to pause such care amid backlash from the...
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https://www.outsavvy.com/event/31978/now-thats-what-i-call-30-thirsty-thriving-a-fundraiser-for-gender-affirming-care
OutSavvy | Now That’s What I Call 30, Thirsty & Thriving - a Fundraiser for Gender Affirming Care! | Sunday 21st December 2025 @ The Bedford | Pay What...
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https://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/hhs-announces-new-limits-gender-affirming-care-minors-128601308
Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, senior VP of Public Engagement Campaigns at The Trevor Project, & Dr. Morissa Ladinsky, a clinical pediatrics professor at Stanford...
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https://truthout.org/articles/hhs-packed-anti-trans-activists-into-report-undermining-gender-affirming-care/
Nov 20, 2025 - Studies on youth-based gender-affirming care consistently show it is highly beneficial for those who receive it.
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https://pridesource.com/article/gender-affirming-care-hearing
Nov 5, 2025 - Three individuals who have gone through the process of “detransitioning,” or seeking to reverse the effects of gender-affirming care, testified
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https://archermagazine.com.au/2019/04/paying-for-sex-as-a-non-binary-person/
Dec 1, 2019 - Kit Voice explores their decision to book a sex worker while figuring out their non-binary gender identity.
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https://www.ms.now/news/federal-workers-challenge-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-coverage
Jan 2, 2026 - The class-action complaint marks the first step toward a lawsuit over a policy change denying the coverage by federal insurance plans in almost all cases.
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https://lambdalegal.org/newsroom/us_20230927_montana-court-blocks-enforcement-of-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-trans-youth/
Sep 27, 2023 - Today, a Montana state district court judge blocked enforcement of Senate Bill 99, the discriminatory law that threatens the health and well-being of Montana...
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https://www.kgw.com/video/news/nation-world/trump-administration-blocks-hospitals-doctors-from-providing-gender-affirming-care/283-98adbca7-4fcd-4a03-8d5f-bf7498281761
The sweeping proposals include cutting off federal Medicaid and Medicare funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to children.
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https://www.xbiz.com/features/292590/zhe-founder-karyn-elizabeth-creates-gender-affirming-lingerie-fashion
For years, the mainstream lingerie market has been shaped by narrow beauty standards and cisnormativity, with little room for gender diversity. Most lingerie...
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/transgender-healthcare-children-lawsuit_n_694b850be4b0d09497fa254e
Dec 24, 2025 - It's the latest clash between an administration that's cracking down on transgender health care for children, and advocates who say the care is medically...
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https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/06/25/legal-expert-maps-out-how-gender-affirming-care-bans-may-be-challenged-post-skrmetti/
Jun 25, 2025 - Ruling leaves door open to state constitution claims
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https://www.queercme.com/speaking
Hire me to speak on gender affirming healthcare, transgender healthcare, & gender inclusivity in medicine. I'm a physician expert with lived experience...
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https://theconversation.com/what-is-gender-affirming-care-a-social-worker-and-therapist-working-with-trans-people-explains-223412
Gender-affirming care assesses psychological, social, medical and surgical options for gender-diverse people.
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https://www.thetrevorproject.org/research-briefs/gender-affirming-care-for-youth/
Oct 8, 2025 - Learn about the social and medical benefits that gender-affirming care provides for young people who identify as TGNB.
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https://www.them.us/story/trans-packer-how-to-use-buy-and-clean
Aug 1, 2025 - We spoke to several trans experts about the best ways to purchase, use, and care for your trans packer.
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https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-admin-claims-gender-affirming-care-minors-unsafe-what-it-means-trans-kids-1764265
Dec 19, 2025 - The Trump administration says gender-affirming care for minors is unsafe and is moving to restrict federal funding, sparking fierce backlash from doctors,...
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https://spectator.com/article/gender-affirming-care-is-never-justified/?edition=us
Oct 21, 2025 - The scale of the problem is no longer a matter of opinion; it’s a number
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https://getplume.co/partnerships/
Sep 10, 2025 - Partner with Plume to expand access to gender-affirming care. Join us in creating a healthier, more affirming future for the trans community.
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https://abortionfunds.org/scotus-gender-affirming-care-ban-tennessee/
Aug 13, 2025 - The Supreme Court issued a decision in United States v. Skrmetti, allowing the state to ban essential gender-affirming care for young people.
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https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2025-02-18/kansas-republicans-override-the-governor-and-ban-gender-affirming-care-for-minors
Aug 25, 2025 - After several years of failed attempts, Kansas Republican lawmakers mustered the votes necessary to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto and force a...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/09/09/trump-moves-to-restrict-gender-affirming-care-to-federal-workers-families
The Trump administration announced last month that it would remove gender-affirming care from the health care services covered under the Federal Employees...
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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-sex/202510/gender-affirming-surgery-who-benefits-who-de-transitions
Most people who opt for gender-affirming surgery have no regrets and gain many psychological benefits. But some de-transition, especially those in one group.
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https://www.teenvogue.com/story/trumps-executive-order-on-gender-affirming-care-for-trans-youth
Jan 29, 2025 - Read everything we know about Trump's Executive Order on gender-affirming care for trans youth, including what it says and what it means for you.
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https://www.gaytimes.com/love-sex/gender-affirming-intimacy-trans-nonbinary/
Jun 3, 2025 - Is gender-affirming intimacy the antidote to disappointing fumbles and harmful encounters? We ask the trans and enbie community to weigh in.
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https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2026/02/18/texas-ag-sues-another-dallas-doctor-over-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors/
Feb 18, 2026 - The Texas AG has filed another lawsuit over gender-affirming care for minors, suing a third Dallas-area doctor.
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https://www.gaytimes.com/uncloseted/trans-gender-affirming-vocal-care/
May 13, 2025 - Trans musician Bells Larsen recorded half his new album with his pre-transition voice and the other half with his voice after transition
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https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/26/us/missouri-gender-affirming-care-ban-lawsuit/index.html
Jul 26, 2023 - Three families with transgender children have filed a lawsuit asking a judge to block a new Missouri law that would ban gender-affirming care for most minors...
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https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/11/21/hhs-peer-reviewed-report-calls-gender-affirming-care-for-trans-youth-dangerous/
Nov 21, 2025 - Advocates denounce document as ‘sham science'
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https://www.them.us/story/supreme-court-skrmetti-gender-affirming-care-trans-youth
Jun 18, 2025 - This 6-3 ruling may embolden more states to ban gender-affirming care at a time when the Trump administration has prioritized restricting it for transgender...
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https://queerdoc.com/state-based-trans-gender-affirming-resources/
An additional national resource that we at QueerDoc love: National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network.
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https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/16/health-secretary-victoria-atkins-cass-report-trans/
Apr 16, 2024 - UK health secretary Victoria Atkins has taken aim at gender-affirming youth healthcare following the publication of the Cass report.
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https://19thnews.org/2023/06/everything-to-know-about-gender-affirming-care/
Mar 24, 2025 - As misinformation about gender-affirming care has grown more rampant, The 19th has sought answers to some common questions.
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https://theappeal.org/georgia-prisons-wont-provide-gender-affirming-care-lawsuit-alleges/
Dec 6, 2023 - One woman says she was driven to suicide and suffered abuse because the Georgia Department of Corrections wont provide gender-affirming care.
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https://19thnews.org/2023/03/bills-gender-affirming-care-trans-intersex-youth/
Mar 23, 2023 - Exemptions for intersex surgery allow doctors to assign minors who are born with secondary sex characteristics as “male” or “female,” reinforcing...
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https://truthout.org/articles/new-study-gender-affirming-care-dramatically-lowers-suicide-risk-for-trans-kids/
Dec 2, 2025 - Twenty-seven states in the US ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth, including hormone therapy.
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https://www.hrc.org/resources/get-the-facts-on-gender-affirming-care
Oct 16, 2025 - Every person has the fundamental right to access the health care they need without fear of discrimination, prejudice, or barriers to treatment that…
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https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/24/gender-affirming-care-states-sue-block-federal-crackdown/
Dec 24, 2025 - Lawsuit says HHS Secretary Kennedy overstepped authority granted by Congress and that the crackdown will have 'immediate, significant, and harmful...
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https://www.them.us/story/gender-affirming-surgery-vast-majority-cis-kids-study
Jun 28, 2024 - The study dispels a well-worn anti-trans talking point about how healthcare providers treat gender dysphoria in kids.
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https://www.them.us/story/trans-adults-next-target-gop-war-on-gender-affirming-health-care
Feb 16, 2024 - Last year, 37 medical care bans included regulations on transition treatments for adults. This year, there are already 41 such bills.
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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/heres-the-real-number-of-children-receiving-gender-affirming-medical-treatment/
New research reveals it's a fraction of a fraction.
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trump-administration-moves-to-severely-curtail-access-to-gender-affirming/
Dec 18, 2025 - Health officials on Thursday announced a slew of measures that seek to restrict access to gender-affirming health care for young transgender people in the U.S.
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https://19thnews.org/2022/04/trans-youth-justice-department-warning/
Apr 5, 2022 - The agency's letter to state attorneys general hints at legal action if restrictions continue to pass.
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https://getplume.co/blog/category/gender-affirming-care/
Articles about gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) to support gender transition for the transgender and non-binary community.
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https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-882067
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation called the policy "the latest attack from a Trump administration obsessed with undermining the rights and freedoms of...
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https://www.them.us/story/kentucky-conversion-therapy-adult-gender-affirming-care-governor-andy-beshear
Mar 28, 2025 - A bill banning gender-affirming care for incarcerated trans people also passed into law this week.
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https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/14/urbody-gender-affirming-collection-underwear-activewear/
Aug 14, 2024 - Urbody has teamed up with LGBTQ+ dating app Taimi to release a limited-edition collection featuring a compression top and gaff.
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https://www.them.us/story/trans-men-abortion-repro-masculinity-zine-dobbs-anniversary
Jun 24, 2025 - In a post-‘Roe v. Wade’ world, photojournalist Ale Pedraza Buenahora wants to show that reproductive justice is gender-affirming care through the ‘Repro...
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https://truthout.org/articles/gender-affirming-care-gave-me-a-life-i-love-why-do-pundits-see-it-as-a-tragedy/
May 13, 2024 - Why are trans voices like mine minimized in the “debate” around our own health care?
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https://www.statnews.com/2025/12/24/gender-affirming-care-hhs-rule-medicare-medicaid-weapons/
Dec 24, 2025 - A proposed HHS rule on gender-affirming care for minors radically expands the use of Medicare and Medicaid as policy weapons.
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https://nyunews.com/news/2025/02/05/nyu-langone-trans-rights-protest/
Feb 5, 2025 - More than 1,000 students, staff and transgender rights activists gathered outside NYU Langone Health’s Tisch Hospital on Monday evening to protest the...
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https://chacruna.net/why-is-gender-affirming-care-needed-in-the-psychedelic-space/
Transgender and gender non-conforming people have long been marginalized within the medical system, and the psychedelic renaissance is no exception. In order...
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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/hhs-trans-youth-gender-care-report/
Experts immediately slammed the report, which does not disclose its authors.
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https://healthimperatives.org/sexual-reproductive-health/gender-affirming-care/
In 2019, Health Imperatives began offering hormone therapy for adults to align their bodies with their gender after learning from patients it was difficult ...
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https://www.lgbcouragecoalition.org/the-medical-scandal/failed-institutions/systematic-reviews-buried/
May 31, 2025 - The question of why the United States has not conducted systematic reviews to evaluate gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) youth, as...
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https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/brisbane-community-raises-9k-to-fight-qld-government-gender-affirming-care-ban/239612
Nov 12, 2025 - The Sportmans Hotel has helped raise nearly $10k t to help fight the QLD government over their gender affirming care ban
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https://19thnews.org/2025/03/hospitals-intersex-surgery-gender-affirming-care-youth/
Mar 10, 2025 - Intersex advocates say that they have been shut out of the conversations about gender and health, even as a recent executive order has far-reaching...
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https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/oregon-19-state-lawsuit-challenging-federal-limits-gender-affirming-care/283-8d27b95d-ee53-4801-a9e6-0ced2f5c7e84
The lawsuit argues HHS Secretary bypassed legal requirements by issuing declaration without public notice or comment period.
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https://19thnews.org/2022/10/transgender-healthcare-adults-limit-restrict/
Oct 3, 2022 - Legal battles have kept policies and bills at bay, but advocates sense they are in a ‘never say never’ moment.
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https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/27/robert-f-kennedy-jr-hormone-replacement-therapy-hrt/
Nov 27, 2025 - Robert F Kennedy Jr, the anti-trans US health secretary, is currently undergoing hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
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https://pridesource.com/article/trans-rally-against-um-health
Sep 26, 2025 - At the intersection of Fuller Road and Medical Center Drive outside the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, a wave of chants criticizing the
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https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/policy-value-based-care/news/55332100/hhs-releases-final-report-on-gender-affirming-care-for-youth
Amid political and medical disagreements, the report emphasizes potential health risks
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https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/the-growing-struggle-to-access-gender-affirming-health-care-in-rural-canada
Demand for gender-affirming health care is surging across the country. Already facing the brunt of a primary health care crisis, small provinces and...
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