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On Monday, former President Donald Trump endorsed Mark Burns for South Carolina's Third Congressional District. The pastor has previously called for the execution of LGBTQ "indoctrinators."
He's an outlier among other GOP presidential hopefuls.
Pediatricians "can play an important, if not life-saving, role" in the health of trans youth, says the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Anti-trans legislation is having a severe impact on the mental health of trans youth.
It comes as the state's GOP-controlled legislature has passed a number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills this session.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law protecting trans youth and families who come from hostile states to California to receive care.
Lawmakers have sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that would help young people from hostile states receive gender-affirming care in California.
A judge ordered Children's Medical Center Dallas to temporarily reopen its gender-affirming care program to new patients while a lawsuit is heard.
The National Center for Lesbian Rights is telling the real stories of trans youth and their families through the new #HealthcareIsCaring campaign.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued its ruling Thursday, but the lawyers representing trans youth and families note that the fight is not over.
Gov. Brian Kemp signed the bill Thursday.
The bill to ban gender-affirming treatment for minors now goes to the Senate.
At the beginning of Pride Month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's office and the state's surgeon general Joseph Ladapo have come out against providing gender-affirming care for trans people on Medicaid and transgender youth.
The temporary restraining order is short-lived, but advocates are pushing to have the ban struck down permanently.
The bill could have far ranging impacts in Tennessee and outside of the state, and could be broadly used to target health care professionals across state lines.
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves claimed these procedures are "being pushed onto our children through radical activists."
They oppose even social transition, which recommends simply using affirming language for questioning youth.
“As a parent, it is heartbreaking to see my right to make healthcare decisions for my child taken away by political bullies, and the hurt and harm that has caused my child,” one parent of a trans youth said in a new legal brief.
The new "Safe Havens II" report urges action to support these young people.
The ban is supposed to go into effect on September 1.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill to this effect into law Friday.
