Colorado Children’s Hospital Stops Gender-Affirming Procedures for Adult Patients
The spokesperson said that patients seeking surgical care are being referred to other facilities that still offer such procedures.
July 27, 2023
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HHS Expected to Lift Medicare Ban on Gender-Confirming Surgeries
Medicare's 33-year-old ban on transition-related surgery for transgender Americans may soon be coming to an end.
May 8, 2014
WATCH: Insurance Will Cover Trans Frat Brother's Top Surgery
After initially rejecting a request for transition-related surgery, Aetna has reversed its decision and decided to cover transgender student Donnie Collins' breast removal.
March 8, 2013
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
Turkey Cannot Require Trans People to Be Sterilized
Ten years after a trans man first sued Turkey's government, a European court of human rights found that he should not have been forced to get sterilized prior to being granted access to transition-related surgery.
March 15, 2015
The VA Still Refuses to Cover Necessary Trans Health Care
It will likely take a lawsuit to end the Veterans Affairs policy of denying coverage for gender-confirmation surgery — a procedure currently covered by Medicare.Â
May 19, 2016
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
ACLU Takes Aim at Minn. Medicaid Ban on Trans Surgeries
Transgender surgeries are life-saving for people suffering from gender dysphoria. That's why the ACLU of Minnesota is fighting to lift the state's ban on the use of Medicaid funds for them.Â
December 18, 2015
HHS Lifts Medicare Ban on Gender-Confirming Surgeries
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will begin offering transition-related healthcare coverage to transgender Medicare beneficiaries.
May 30, 2014
Wash. Times Editorial Spreads Slurs, Lies, on Medicare's Trans Coverage
An editorial for the right-wing Washington Times claims that Medicare's new willingness to cover transgender-related health care will lead to taxpayer-funded 'tranny grannies.'
June 6, 2014
More Good News for Trans New Yorkers
New York becomes the 9th jurisdiction to ban health insurers from denying transgender patients coverage for medically necessary healthcare.
December 11, 2014
Elizabeth Warren Speaks to One Anti-LGBTQ Mark on Her Record
Warren once spoke out against gender-confirmation surgery for prisoners. Now she recognizes their right to it, a campaign spokesman says.
January 7, 2019
Fed. Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Trans Inmate
A federal appeals court today upheld a judge's 2012 ruling that transgender inmates should have access to transition-related care while they are incarcerated.
January 17, 2014
Doctors Jailed for Trans Surgeries and Care? Two States Considering It
Legislation introduced in South Dakota and Florida would make it a felony for doctors to offer gender-affirmation treatment to minors.
January 17, 2020
Alabama Father Testifies Passionately Against Trans Treatment Ban
"As a police officer, you're asking me to someday put handcuffs on these people that are heroes in my life?"Â
February 12, 2021
VA Proposes Lifting Ban on Gender-Confirmation Surgery
Activists have long lobbied for such surgery to be included in the health care provided by the Veterans Administration.
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June 2, 2016
The High Cost of Gender-Confirmation Procedures
The bills can run into the tens of thousands of dollars, and insurance coverage remains rare.Â
November 3, 2015
WATCH: Malaysia's Battle for Transgender Rights
Often deprived of health care and legal recognition, Malaysia's transgender population is mounting a legal challenge against laws that prohibit their self-expression.
May 13, 2014
Idaho Wants to Keep Trans Residents From Changing Birth Certificates
A bill advanced by the state House defies a court order on the matter.
February 28, 2020
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
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