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Groups that work to end female genital mutilation and cutting worry about an executive order that co-opts the policies they’ve worked to pass over nearly 30 years.
The organization will require genital surgery and monitoring of testosterone levels.
A new study published in JAMA Surgery finds that people who travel out of the state for genital gender-affirming surgery paid nearly 50 percent more in out-of-pocket costs.
Transgender student-athletes, gender-affirming procedures, and more are the targets of their legislation.
Top surgery is more common than genital surgery, the study notes.
The threat was one of several made against the hospital following accusations of genital surgeries on minors.
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.
Nancy Mace's political stunt targeting Sarah McBride's bathroom use comes just a year after Mace said "I'm pro-transgender rights. I'm pro-LGBTQ."
The California state bill didn't have enough support to pass its first policy committee.
Intersex people must come out in order to show the world they're happy as they are, writes Hida Viloria.
The Massachusetts Medical Society takes a stand against doing intersex surgery without patients' consent, but other groups need to follow suit, writes Kimberly Zieselman.
Genital surgeries are only rarely performed on minors, but the bill still gets in the way of private medical decisions, opponents say.
The Republican nominee for vice president compared gender-affirming care to conversion therapy in a recent interview with gay conservative podcaster Tim Dillon.
The new administration must include intersex equality in their LGBTQ+ policy objectives.
