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https://mapresearch.org/equality-map/bans-on-best-practice-medical-care-for-transgender-youth/
Bans on Best Practice Medical Care for Transgender Youth - Movement Advancement Project
May 4, 2026 - MAP's Equality Maps survey the landscape of laws and policies affecting LGBTQ Americans.
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https://www.wbur.org/npr/nx-s1-5588655/transgender-trump-medicare-medicaid-gender-affirming-care
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally | WBUR
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans...
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https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/30/nx-s1-5588655/transgender-trump-medicare-medicaid-gender-affirming-care
Transgender youth health care would be nearly banned everywhere under new rules : Shots - Health...
Oct 30, 2025 - The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans...
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/transgender-youth-have-better-emotional-health-after-taking-hormones-new/
Transgender Youth Have Better Emotional Health after Taking Hormones, New Study Finds | Scientific...
Feb 25, 2025 - Hormone therapy improves transgender young people’s well-being and social relationships, but Trump’s recent executive order and state bans threaten to take it...
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https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/06/03/theyre-ruining-peoples-lives/bans-on-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-youth
“They’re Ruining People’s Lives”: Bans on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth in the US |...
Aug 12, 2025 - The 98-page report, “‘They’re Ruining People’s Lives’: Bans on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth in the US,” documents the devastating consequences...
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https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Policy_Statements/2025/Trans_Youth_Legal_Correctional_Systems.aspx
Policy Statement on Transgender Youth in Juvenile Legal and other Correctional Systems
Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth are at increased risk for bullying, harassment, and physical assault as compared to their cisgender peers. They also...
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https://www.thetrevorproject.org/blog/supreme-court-greenlights-healthcare-discrimination-for-transgender-youth-in-u-s-v-skrmetti/
Supreme Court Greenlights Healthcare Discrimination for Transgender Youth in U.S. v. Skrmetti | The...
Feb 2, 2026 - Your Support Saves LGBTQ+Youth's Lives Every DayDonateAnti-transgender state laws – such as the one upheld in this case – caused […]
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/transgender-youth-mental-health-gender-affirming-care-laws
Gender-affirming care improves mental health for transgender youth
Nov 1, 2023 - Several state legislatures have taken steps to restrict access to gender-affirming health care for transgender adolescents. That goes against medical...
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https://mapresearch.org/messaging-guide/talking-about-transgender-youth-participation-in-sports/
Talking About Transgender Youth Participation in Sports - Movement Advancement Project
May 4, 2026 - Kids learn important life lessons in sports: leadership, confidence, teamwork. Amid efforts to ban transgender youth from K-12 school sports, this guide...
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https://mapresearch.org/equality-map/bans-on-transgender-youth-participation-in-sports/
Bans on Transgender Youth Participation in Sports - Movement Advancement Project
Apr 2, 2026 - The policies shown in this map are blanket bans on transgender people's participation in sports, which are both unnecessary and harmful. Laws to ban...
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https://www.kqed.org/futureofyou/441784/the-controversial-research-on-desistance-in-transgender-youth
The Controversial Research on 'Desistance' in Transgender Youth | KQED
May 24, 2018 - For decades, follow-up studies of transgender kids have shown that a substantial majority eventually ceased to identify as transgender. But some gender...
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https://www.thetrevorproject.org/research-briefs/data-on-transgender-youth/
Transgender Youth Identity & Mental Health Statistics
Feb 5, 2025 - Transgender youth report significant rates of depression and suicidality. The Trevor Project's statistics attempt to learn how to help.
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https://transequality.org/resources/get-facts-truth-about-transition-related-care-transgender-youth
Get the Facts: The Truth about Transition-Related Care for Transgender Youth | A4TE
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https://mapresearch.org/messaging-guide/talking-about-family-acceptance-transgender-youth/
Talking About Family Acceptance and Transgender Youth - Movement Advancement Project
Apr 10, 2026 - Family acceptance is essential when it comes to the health and well-being of young people who are transgender, gender non-binary or gender diverse. This guide...
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https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/gender-confirmation-surgery-transgender-youth-research/
What the research says about hormones and surgery for transgender youth
Jul 20, 2022 - Researchers and physicians point to a growing body of peer-reviewed academic scholarship in support of gender-affirming medical treatment.
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https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/dec/06/transgender-youth-health-care-a-fact-checkers-look/
PolitiFact | Transgender youth health care: A fact-checker’s look at Supreme Court oral arguments...
WASHINGTON — After the Supreme Court adjourned oral arguments over Tennessee's gender-affirming care ban, a teen emerged
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https://www.thetrevorproject.org/research-briefs/mental-health-of-black-transgender-and-nonbinary-young-people-feb-2023/
Black Transgender & Nonbinary Youth Mental Health Statistics
Oct 6, 2025 - Learn about the background and data behind mental health challenges and protective factors among black transgender and nonbinary youth.
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https://www.transgendermap.com/youth/
Transgender and gender diverse youth – Transgender Map
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https://www.statnews.com/2026/04/20/transgender-adults-caught-in-youth-gender-affirming-care-policies/
Transgender adults ensnared in youth gender-affirming care bans | STAT
Challenges at Savannah Pride Center highlight national issue: Policies targeting youth gender-affirming care leave trans adults with fewer options
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