Category: surgery
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U.S. court strikes down Florida transgender health rule
A U.S. judge on Wednesday struck down a Florida rule and a statute that banned state Medicaid payments for transgender healthcare, marking the second defeat in two weeks for anti-transgender legislation in the state. Rating: Transneutral, Reuters, June 22, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Federal judge blocks Florida ban on Medicaid funds for transgender treatment
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down Florida rules championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis restricting Medicaid coverage for gender dysphoria treatments for potentially thousands of transgender people. Rating: Transneutral, CBS, June 22, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)
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Joe Biden Leads US Extremism On Transgender Procedures For Minors
President Joe Biden and the United States are now global outliers on transgender procedures for children. Rating: Transphobic, Outkick, June 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Anti-transgender event held at Vergennes Union High School leads to hundreds of protestors
A controversial discussion was held inside Vergennes Union High School Tuesday night. It was a discussion on transgenderism with a well-known guest speaker, whose sex reassignment surgery didn’t work out for him. Rating: Transphobic, NBC, June 21, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)
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Transgender health care restrictions tweaked as bill nears passage
Republicans in the North Carolina state House have scaled back proposed restrictions on gender-affirming care for kids and teens. Rating: Transneutral, WUNC, June 20, 2023, (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Transgender care bans cause families to flee to other states
‘I’ve kept her safe’: Families flee states with transgender care bans to protect their children Rating: Transsupportive, USA Today, June 20, 2023, PDF archive, HTML archive
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Transgender issues: The Enquirer answers reader comments
Our stories on Kentucky’s new law prohibiting gender-affirming medical care – as well as a similar bill proposed in Ohio – generated hundreds of online comments. Rating: Transsupportive, Cincinnati Enquirer, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive)
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Ohio House expected to pass bans on transgender student athletes, medical care for kids
2 bills up for House votes today would ban transgender females from women’s sports, ban transgender medical care for children, and report students who question their sexual identity in school. Rating: Transneutral, Columbus Dispatch, June 20, 2023 (PDF archive) (HTML archive) (Video archive)
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AMA strengthens its policy on protecting access to gender-affirming care
The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates today passed the Endocrine Society’s resolution to protect access to evidence-based gender-affirming care for transgender and gender-diverse individuals. Rating: Transsupportive, Endocrine Society, June 12, 2023 (PDF archive)
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Elon Musk Slams Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
Video quoting Elon Musk’s transphobic tweets and providing so-called medical science from Greg Marchand, who is apparently an obstetrician/gynecologist who opposes gender-affirming care. Rating: Transphobic, Fox News, June 11, 2023 (Video archive 1) (Video archive 2)