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The proposals announced Thursday would bar hospitals that receive federal funding from providing transition-related care to minors.
The House of Representatives passed legislation that criminalizes transgender treatment providers and guardians of children who facilitate such medical care.
Hospitals that offer gender-affirming care to minors will be forced to forgo federal insurance funding under a rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, part of an effort by the Trump administration to curtail the practice.
Health providers and faculty members fear students will no longer understand the nuances of caring for transgender people, who tend to have higher rates of certain mental and physical health conditions.
A highly charged vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday set off another political firestorm over transgender medical care
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened a tip line for people to submit evidence documenting suspected violations of the state’s new bathroom law, which restricts what restrooms transgender people can use in schools and government buildings.
House lawmakers narrowly approved a bill Wednesday to criminalize transgender treatments such as surgeries and hormonal therapies on minors, with exceptions for rare medical conditions.
A Peruvian policy that described transgender people as having a mental illness was reversed after backlash in June 2024, a month after it was approved as part of an insurance law.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to effectively ban gender-affirming care for minors
The Locust Valley district claims a state order temporarily blocking enforcement of its new policy could subject the district to "federal enforcement actions."