Alabama Families Continue to Appeal to Block Transgender Care Ban
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled the ban can go into effect. The families want a rehearing by the full court.
September 13, 2023
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Utah Gov. Signs Bill Banning Most Gender-Affirming Care for Youth
Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed the legislation into law on Saturday.
January 30, 2023
Gender-Affirming Surgery Shouldn't Be a Plot Device
Michelle Rodriguez's upcoming movie looks problematic for many reasons, says trans writer Amanda Kerri.
November 30, 2015
Aetna sued for denying gender-affirming facial surgeries
The health insurer covered similar procedures for cisgender plan holders but denied coverage for transgender patients saying the surgery was cosmetic.
September 12, 2024
Trans Prisoner Suing for Gender Affirming Surgery to Be Released
California officials, who don't want to pay for Michelle-Lael Norsworthy's surgery, are now releasing her on parole.
August 8, 2015
Kamala Harris on Denying Gender Affirmation Surgery to Trans Inmates
Harris said that while she had to serve the California Dept. of Corrections, she worked behind the scenes to change the anti-trans policy.
September 20, 2019
Iowa OK's Denial of Public Funds for Gender-Affirmation Surgeries
It's not an outright ban on the funding, but a new law says the state and its municipalities can opt out of payment.
May 6, 2019
Vatican condemns gender-affirming surgery as threatening ‘unique dignity’ of a person
The document, which also goes after abortion and surrogacy, was approved by Pope Francis, who has had a mixed record on LGBTQ+ rights support.
April 8, 2024
Texas Deems Gender-Affirming Surgery for Trans Youth 'Child Abuse'
Advocates for trans youth say the state is engaging in fearmongering that will only hurt trans youth.
August 13, 2021
As Calif. Trans Inmate Granted Parole, Gender-Affirming Surgery Postponed
Michelle-Lael Norsworthy's lawyers deny claims that she's previously avoided parole in order to receive surgery, pointing out that California requires health insurers to cover transition-related care.
May 26, 2015
Judge rules the military must cover gender-affirming surgery for members' dependents
The exclusion of such coverage is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Maine ruled.
November 8, 2024
Gender-affirming surgeries are mostly performed on cisgender people: 'Bitter irony'
Out of the 151 breast reductions that were performed in 2019 on American minors, 146 (97 percent) were performed on cisgender males.
June 27, 2024
He Needs Gender-Affirming Surgery, but His State Is Fighting to Deny Coverage
A North Carolina policy that denies state employees coverage for gender-affirming care has been on hold pending appeal.
September 21, 2023
Chelsea Manning Approved for Gender Surgery, Ends Hunger Strike
Manning, the whistleblower serving a sentence in military prison, would be the first in the U.S. to undergo such surgery while incarcerated.
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September 13, 2016
Second Calif. Trans Prisoner May Receive Option of Gender-Affirming Surgery
An appeals court found it 'plausible' that a prison denying Mia Rosati surgery violated her right to equal protection.
June 30, 2015
Donald Trump claims schools are performing gender-affirming surgeries on transgender kids. That's not true.
Trump made the wild claim at a Moms for Liberty conference.
September 3, 2024
This punk bakery in Nashville gives trans customers gender-affirming surgery care packages
Guerilla Bizkits tells The Advocate about its post-surgery care packages that provide transgender customers with easy-to-prepare biscuits, jam, and coffee.
July 22, 2024
Trans veterans were promised access to gender-affirming surgeries — but it never happened
The Transgender American Veterans Association filed a lawsuit on Thursday over the Department of Veterans Affairs’ failure to act after years of inaction.
January 25, 2024
Some New Hampshire Republicans Seek to Ban Gender-Affirming Surgeries for Trans Youth
Genital surgeries are only rarely performed on minors, but the bill still gets in the way of private medical decisions, opponents say.
November 2, 2023
Fed. Judge: Calif. Must Provide Trans Inmate with Access to Surgery
A federal judge has ruled that a transgender inmate in California must be granted access to gender-affirming surgery that her prison doctors have deemed medically necessary.
April 6, 2015
People are more likely to regret having children than gender-affirming surgery: study
Other operations, "while associated with higher rates of post-operative regret, are not as restricted and policed like gender-affirming surgery," a new study found.
May 1, 2024