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Appearance. hide. The legal status of gender-affirming surgery and gender-affirming hormone therapy varies by jurisdiction, often interacting with other facets of the legal status of transgender people. Key considerations include whether people are allowed to get such surgeries, at what ages they are allowed to if so, and whether surgeries are ...
Utah’s ban is the latest law to be passed in a wave of national restrictions against gender-affirming healthcare. A new law in Utah will ban transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care.
Benefits of care. Gender-affirming healthcare improves the mental health and overall well-being of gender-diverse people. “It is important to realize that gender-affirming care is lifesaving ...
Gender affirming care (GAC) refers to any combination of social, legal, and medical measures that help people feel happy, healthy, and safe in their gender. GAC takes a holistic approach to making ...
As of April 2022, two states have passed bills banning gender-affirming care – health care related to a transgender person’s medical transition – for transgender youth, and 20 states are ...
Meanwhile, at least 14 Democratic-controlled states have adopted laws intended to protect access to gender-affirming care. The gender-affirming care legislation is a major part of a broader set of ...
Since 2022, the number of states banning gender-affirming care for minors has skyrocketed from four to 25, and the justices will be asked whether this is about a state's right to regulate health ...
The Supreme Court will hear a major case that could determine whether states can block transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming healthcare. ... Tennessee law that blocks doctors from ...