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GPs halting transgender patients’ hormone treatment or refusing prescriptions, investigation reveals
2 weeks, 2 days ago

GPs halting transgender patients’ hormone treatment or refusing prescriptions, investigation reveals

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Some of that is to do with wait times and more of that is …

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There’s Just Not Scientific Evidence That Gender Medicine for Teens Should Be Restricted
2 months, 2 weeks ago

There’s Just Not Scientific Evidence That Gender Medicine for Teens Should Be Restricted

Slate  

The Cass Review into gender identity services in the U.K. has been a topic of much contention. The Cass Review, named for Hillary Cass, the pediatrician who conducted it, was commissioned after a court case raised fears about the gender services—which are clinics run to provide care for transgender and gender-diverse children—in the U.K. People were worried that clinicians were …

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W. Virginia and N. Carolina’s transgender care coverage policies discriminate, judges rule
7 months, 3 weeks ago

W. Virginia and N. Carolina’s transgender care coverage policies discriminate, judges rule

LA Times  

Connor Thonen-Fleck addresses reporters while his parents stand by his side, March 11, 2019, in Durham, N.C. West Virginia and North Carolina’s refusal to cover certain healthcare for transgender people with government- The Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-6 in the case involving coverage of gender-affirming care by North Carolina’s state employee health plan and the coverage …

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Cass Review: A victory for women, children and common sense
8 months ago

Cass Review: A victory for women, children and common sense

Al Jazeera  

Dr Cass’s landmark review into gender care services in England brought us one step closer to throwing the harmful delusion that is gender ideology into the dustbin of history. In England, a landmark independent review into gender care services for young people has exposed one of the biggest medical negligence scandals of recent times and vindicated those who have been …

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NHS puts trans teens at ‘risk of irreversible harm’, warns gender clinic head
9 months ago

NHS puts trans teens at ‘risk of irreversible harm’, warns gender clinic head

The Telegraph  

NHS England is putting trans teenagers at “unreasonable risk of irreversible harm”, the head of a gender clinic will warn in a legal battle over treatment. Dr Karl Neff, a consultant endocrinologist and the head of Ireland’s National Gender Service, will warn the judge that the treatment currently offered to adults in England “will not fully meet their needs or …

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GPs taken out of day job to work in gender dysphoria clinics
9 months ago

GPs taken out of day job to work in gender dysphoria clinics

The Telegraph  

Family doctors are being put in charge of local NHS gender services, as specialist clinics become overwhelmed. “NHS England has established five new pilot services, testing how gender dysphoria healthcare delivered by gender dysphoria clinics could be delivered in other settings, such as primary care and sexual health clinics.” The document, dated March 2023, warned that 28,000 people are waiting …

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Anxiety, fear fill West Virginia transgender-health clinic
1 year, 9 months ago

Anxiety, fear fill West Virginia transgender-health clinic

Associated Press  

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The tiny clinic where physicians prescribe hormones and other medications to transgender teenagers shares the same campus where West Virginia kids travel to receive treatments for rare cancer, heart surgery and other health care difficult to get anywhere else. “There’s a lot of anxiety and fear in our exam rooms right now,” said Dr. Kacie Kidd, medical …

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S. Dakota lawmakers push bill to bar transgender youth care
1 year, 10 months ago

S. Dakota lawmakers push bill to bar transgender youth care

Associated Press  

— A state House committee voted Tuesday to advance a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth in South Dakota. “Gender-affirming care is part of comprehensive primary care,” said Daniel Heinemann, chief officer of Sanford Health and chair of South Dakota’s American Academy of Family Physicians. “Family physicians are deeply concerned by the growing trend of recent legislative …

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How political pressure led to shutdown of Texas’ largest gender-affirming care program
2 years, 9 months ago

How political pressure led to shutdown of Texas’ largest gender-affirming care program

Raw Story  

Leaders of a now-defunct health clinic — known for years as the largest program of its kind for transgender youth in Texas — came under pressure to restrict gender-affirming care from the governor’s office and a state House investigative committee, according to recordings of internal meetings among hospital leadership and staff obtained by The 19th. Greg Abbott called three special …

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Doctors treating gender dysphoria feel ‘pressured to adopt unquestioning approach’
2 years, 9 months ago

Doctors treating gender dysphoria feel ‘pressured to adopt unquestioning approach’

The Telegraph  

Doctors feel “pressured to adopt an unquestioning approach” when treating children with gender dysphoria, an independent review has found. On Thursday, an interim report was published and found that while the staff working within the specialist service “demonstrate a high level of commitment” to their patients, “the waiting list pressure and lack of consensus development on the clinical approach” - …

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Lawsuit: WVa health plans unlawfully deny transgender care
4 years, 1 month ago

Lawsuit: WVa health plans unlawfully deny transgender care

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A federal lawsuit filed Thursday alleges West Virginia’s Medicaid and state employee health plans unlawfully denied coverage for gender confirming care for two transgender residents. A second plaintiff, Zachary Martell, is married to a state employee with health care coverage that similarly does not cover a bilateral mastectomy to treat his gender dysphoria and assist his transition. …

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