transgender care

Cases about transgender people and their rights have been working their way through the court system for years. Here, people demonstrate in favor of trans rights in front of the Supreme Court in 2019.

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Transgender health care must be paid for by state insurance, says an appeals court

6:41pm April 29, 2024

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled in favor of transgender patients on Monday. The case was brought by Medicaid recipients in West Virginia and state employees in North Carolina.

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, seen delivering the State of the State address on Jan. 25, has signed a bill that would ban most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people under 18.

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Georgia governor signs bill banning most gender-affirming care for trans children

4:59pm March 23, 2023

by The Associated Press

The state will ban most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people under 18 with a new bill signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp.

Dozens of counter-protesters attempted to disrupt an anti-trans rally outside the Tennessee capitol building on October 21 with signs, sirens and shouting.

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Families fear a ban on gender affirming care in the wake of harassment of clinics

11:24am November 01, 2022

by Blake Farmer

Activists are campaigning against clinics that offer care for transgender teenagers. Some families worry that will only fuel efforts to ban gender-affirming care in their state.

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