Supreme Court seems ready to uphold ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Three Tennessee families—and the Biden administration—are challenging the state's ban.
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Supreme Court hears challenge to law banning gender-affirming care for trans kids
At issue is a Tennessee law that bans access to hormones, puberty blockers and other treatments for trans kids in the state.
Minnesota is a refuge for trans health care. Here's how doctors are meeting the need
As more states ban gender care for youth, doctors and clinics in Minnesota are building up capacity to help the influx of trans patients who are traveling or moving to the state for care.
New research finds trans teens have high satisfaction with gender care
The survey published in JAMA Pediatrics showed that trans teens taking puberty blockers or hormones had very low rates of regret.
Sign here? Financial agreements may leave doctors in the driver's seat
Agreeing to an out-of-network doctor's financial policy, which protects their ability to get paid and may be littered with confusing jargon, can create a binding contract that leaves a patient owing.
Kansas governor vetoes proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly also vetoed a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a "vague" bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion.
Transgender residents in North Carolina, Montana file lawsuits challenging new state restrictions
Transgender residents of North Carolina and Montana added Wednesday to a growing list of lawsuits challenging the recent onslaught of Republican state laws aimed at transgender individuals.
Veto overridden: Ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect in North Carolina
Transgender youth in North Carolina lost access Wednesday to gender-affirming medical treatments after the Republican-led General Assembly overrode the governor’s vetoes of that legislation and other bills touching on gender in sports and LGBTQ+ instruction in the classroom.
Ban on gender-affirming care for minors in North Carolina clears another legislative chamber
Restrictions on access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth have now passed both North Carolina legislative chambers, as the Senate on Tuesday approved a ban on hormone therapy, puberty blockers and surgeries that is more stringent than what the House recently passed.
Newly veto-proof North Carolina GOP files transgender bans
On the heels of a Democratic state lawmaker's seismic shift to the Republican Party, North Carolina Republicans have filed a flurry of bills aimed at transgender youth as they look to capitalize on their newly attained supermajority.