All posts tagged "gender dysphoria"
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Arizona Governor Vetoes Anti-Transgender Pronoun Bill
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a measure that would have prohibited schools from referring to transgender youth by their preferred pronouns.
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Trans Woman Sues Company Over Insurance Exclusion
A transgender woman in New Hampshire has sued her employer over an exclusion in its employee health insurance plan that prohibits coverage for any transition-related...
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Florida Poised to Ban Gender-Affirming Treatments for Minors
Florida health officials are poised to pass a rule prohibiting transgender youth from accessing gender-affirming interventions.
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Transgender Floridians Sue Over Medicaid Coverage Ban
A group of transgender individuals is suing the state of Florida over a new rule prohibiting Medicaid from covering gender-affirming health care treatments, even if...
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Trans Americans protected by Americans with Disabilities Act, court rules
Last week, a federal court of appeals ruled that transgender people are protected from discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act, giving the transgender community...
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Study Says Youth Don’t Identify as Trans Because of “Social Contagion”
A new study pushes back against frequently repeated talking points used by anti-transgender activists, arguing that transgender youth do not identify as such due to...
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Researchers: Florida Report on Trans Health Care is Flawed, Biased
Researchers from Yale are slamming a report from Florida health care officials that takes a hardline stance against the use of Medicaid dollars to pay...
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Spain Considers Bill Allowing Trans People to Legally Change Gender
On June 27, Spain’s Council of Ministers — the government’s key decision-making body, comprised of the country’s prime minister, deputies, and ministers appointed by the...
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Trans Health Experts Say Gender-Affirming Care Can Begin Earlier
A global transgender health association has lowered its recommended minimum age for starting affirming health care treatments for the purpose of transitioning. The World Professional...
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Court Rules Medical Program for Trans Minors May Accept New Patients
A program that offers mental health services and gender-affirming medical treatments to transgender children will be allowed to resume services for patients suffering from gender...
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California senator yanks bill to ban genital surgeries on intersex infants
A bill to ban doctors from performing medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex infants has hit resistance in the California Senate.
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Iowa court rules Republicans can’t deny health coverage to transgender Medicaid recipients
An Iowa court has ruled that a law barring Medicaid from covering transgender recipients' surgical expenses is unconstitutional.
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Biden administration approves Colorado’s request to require health insurers to cover transition-related health care
The Biden administration has approved a request by Colorado officials to modify their state’s health exchange under the Affordable Care Act to require private health...
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Lambda Legal seeks to add two more transgender plaintiffs to its health care lawsuit against West Virginia
Two more transgender West Virginians are seeking to join a lawsuit challenging the state's refusal to cover transition-related health care.
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Transgender prisoner sues Virginia Department of Corrections over denial of surgery
An incarcerated transgender man has filed a lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Corrections for discriminating against him by denying him surgery and other treatment...
