This story was originally published by The 19th If you or a loved one are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. Marisa McPeck-Stringham, a mental health therapist in Layton, Utah, watched an unsettling pattern unfold last week: Six of her clients, all transgender teenagers… Source Source / Read More: In Utah, Trans Teens’ Health Is at Risk After Gender-Affirming Care Ban
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State Legislatures Are Now Targeting Health Care for Transgender Adults
Originally published by The 19th. Lawmakers in at least eight states used the last two months of 2022 to prefile anti-transgender bills ahead of state legislative sessions convening this month — setting up another year of statehouse battles over trans rights, while targeting health care for trans adults in new ways. Most states moving early on anti-trans bills focused on banning gender-affirming… Source Source / Read More: State Legislatures Are Now Targeting Health Care for Transgender Adults
Republicans in Midterm Races Are Embracing Anti-Trans Rhetoric Like Never Before
Originally published by The 19th Iowa’s governor said knowing “boys from girls” was as vital as knowing the difference between liberty and tyranny. The GOP candidate for attorney general in Nevada called for fewer transgender people to exist, using and then later doubling down on a slur. And the Republican nominee for governor in Illinois used a debate question on abortion access to spread a conspiracy theory about the current governor’s family and portray gender-affirming care for trans youth as “experimental gender surgeries.” Republicans in 2022 midterm races are embracing more anti-transgender rhetoric than in any year that LGBTQ+ experts…
Florida Moves to Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
LGBTQ+ advocates expressed outrage — and resolve — after a joint committee of Florida’s two medical boards moved a step closer to adopting a draft rule backed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that would ban doctors from providing gender-affirming healthcare to transgender youth. After five often heated hours of testimony, a joint committee of the Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine voted in favor of a proposal to bar doctors in the state from prescribing puberty-blocking and hormone treatments for patients younger than 18. The proposed rule would also prohibit gender-affirming surgery for minors, which…