The U.S. Supreme Court Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to state laws banning transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. To date, 27 states have enacted laws barring transgender participation in sports. Supporters say the laws are needed to ensure fairness in […]
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Pediatricians object to Trump’s push to ban care for transgender kids : Shots
A display at the Gender Health Program of Children’s Minnesota hospital. Under a proposed rule announced Thursday, a hospital will lose all its Medicaid and Medicare funding if it continues to provide gender-affirming care for trans people under age 18. Selena Simmons-Duffin/NPR hide caption toggle caption Selena Simmons-Duffin/NPR Dr. Kade Goepferd watched the Trump administration’s […]
Transgender health leader’s name changed on her official HHS portrait : Shots
Admiral Rachel L. Levine, pictured at HHS headquarters last year, led the Public Health Corps during the Biden administration. Her official portrait was changed during the government shutdown to her previous name. Maansi Srivastava for NPR hide caption toggle caption Maansi Srivastava for NPR As you walk down a particular hallway on the seventh floor […]
Transgender youth health care would be nearly banned everywhere under new rules : Shots
Protestors gathered outside Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in February after President Trump’s executive order to stop federal funding for hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to children. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth will be dramatically restricted by the Trump administration […]