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VCU Health to end gender-affirming care for trans youth

State College rally planned as another local health system cuts youth trans care
Centre LGBT+ is holding a rally Sunday to demand local health care systems reverse their decisions to not offer gender-affirming care to people under 19, a decision Centre County’s largest health care provider appeared to make only recently.
VCU Health to end gender-affirming care for trans youth again
VCU Health will no longer provide gender-affirming care to patients under age 19 to comply with President Trump's executive order. Why it matters: The hospital system — one of the largest in the state — is reversing its February decision to offer some care,
States sue Trump, saying he is intimidating hospitals over gender-affirming care for youth
Democratic attorneys general and others are accusing President Donald Trump of intimidating hospitals into dropping gender-affirming care for transgender youth.
DOJ subpoenas UPMC for records on gender-affirming care for trans youth
The Pittsburgh-based health system is one of more than 20 doctors and clinics that were issued subpoenas earlier this month seeking information about providers “involved in performing transgender medical procedures on children.
‘No other viable options’: VCU Health to end all gender-affirming care to those under 19
Health will soon no longer provide gender-affirming care to those under 19 years old, with officials saying there are “no other viable options”
The biggest gender-affirming care center for trans kids in the US is closing, prompting protests
Protesters are rallying against the closure of a major gender-affirming care center for kids and teenagers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
VCU Health ends gender-affirming care for minors
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State attorneys general sue Trump over targeting of medical professionals who provide gender identity care to trans youth
A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Friday over President Donald Trump’s ...
As Trump admin axes LGBTQ+ crisis support, ally parents are offering support for trans youth
As President Donald Trump’s administration ends 988 crisis line support for LGBTQ+ individuals, members of a Michigan-based ...
Chicago hospitals are scaling back trans care for youth. A rapid response team is stepping in.
The team has a network of practitioners in Illinois who don’t rely on payments from the federal government, which threatens ...
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Boston Children’s Hospital says it won’t be bullied into abandoning trans youth
The hospital has faced bomb threats, hate campaigns, and threats to funding over the years but has never wavered in ...
FTC Targets Trans Youth Care Providers, Opens Public Comment on Alleged Deceptive Practices
Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson has suggested that families with childrens who receive gender-affirming care ...
Lawsuit targeting WA law meant to protect trans youth in crisis is dismissed on appeal
Parents trying to overturn a Washington law protecting runaway transgender youth have hit another roadblock in federal court.
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Hospitals are ending their trans youth programs at an accelerating rate
In the past two weeks alone, at least six major medical institutions have ended gender-affirming care for young people.