President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to restrict gender-affirming care for people under the age of 19.
The order directs that federally-run insurance programs, including TRICARE and Medicaid, exclude coverage for gender-affirming care for those under 19.
One of President Donald Trump’s executive orders offers a new federal government definition of the sexes that could have a major impact on transgender people
President Trump issued an executive order declaring that the U.S. government would only recognize a person’s sex assigned at birth.
In an executive order, the president also moved to end gender-related medical treatments for transgender people in prison.
The position reflects what many social conservatives have called for — and conflicts with what the American Medical Association ... lie when it comes to transgender people.”
The policy and legal teams from Advocates for Trans Equality, interACT, National Women's Law Center, Transgender Law Center, Planned Parenthood, Center for Constitutional Rights and the National LGBTQI+ Cancer Network unpack the trans healthcare policy and its purpose,
Officials removed pages containing references to gender identity and diversity.
Public health data disappeared from websites, entire webpages went blank and employees erased pronouns from email signatures Friday as federal agencies scrambled to comply with a directive tied to President Donald Trump's order rolling back protections for transgender people.
Young adults who irreversibly altered their bodies to change sexes have the opportunity for legal remedy, thanks to a Trump executive order.
Hospitals and clinics that treat transgender and nonbinary youth in Massachusetts said that care will continue while they review a funding ban signed by President Trump. The order, issued Tuesday, seeks to stop medical facilities that accept federal grants and payments from providing gender-affirming care for children ages 18 and younger.
President Donald Trump ratcheted up his administration's reversal of transgender rights on Tuesday with an executive order that seeks to intervene in parents' medical decisions by prohibiting government-funded insurance coverage of puberty blockers or surgery for people under 19.