Gender transition care for #trans children and teens lacks evidence of benefits and poses risks, according to a new report released by Trump. Medical experts describes it as poor quality research that threatens access to care.
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The Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report on transgender healthcare, which has been widely criticized for its lack of scientific rigor and reliance on pseudoscience. The report, commissioned under Trump’s executive order, promotes conversion therapy for transgender youth and redefines social transition as medical treatment. It also suggests that transgender healthcare should be judged based on employment status and romantic relationships rather than patient well-being.

Medical experts, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, have condemned the report as misleading and inaccurate. It ignores established research showing the benefits of gender-affirming care and instead pushes an ideological agenda. The report also falsely claims that European countries are pulling back on transgender healthcare, despite recent medical guidelines in France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland supporting gender-affirming care.

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“In its research review, the HHS determined that evidence measuring the effects of gender-affirming care on psychological outcomes, quality of life, regret and long-term health is of “very low” quality. This conclusion ignores decades of research, as well as a recent survey of more than 90,000 transgender people in the United States that found an overwhelming majority report more life satisfaction after having transitioned.”
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Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Utah’s ban on transgender athletes in girls high school sports argue the governing body of high school athletics violated a preliminary court order pausing the ban and asked to hold the organization in contempt of court.

The Spokane City Council voted 5–2 in favor of a new law that expands protections for LGBTQ+ residents, specifically the right to access gender-affirming care. 

Colorado lawmakers strip trans rights bill’s most controversial provisions before overnight vote. The proposal would expand the state’s antidiscrimination law to include intentionally, repeatedly “deadnaming” or misgendering a transgender person.

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