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Trans lobby group threatens to help break puberty blockers ban by exploiting loopholes

Campaigners demanded an urgent review of the puberty blockers ban last night over a trans lobby group’s offer to help children exploit loopholes. Hours after they were permanently banned by the Government last week, Anne Trans Health started offering youngsters ‘legal, compassionate and supportive routes’ to access the body-altering hormones, which halt development into adulthood. Activists protesting outside Health Secretary …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Wes Streeting’s puberty blockers ban will force transgender kids to go to France for treatment

The Independent

Trans people in the UK face a pragmatic choice: to co-operate with what is regarded as a hostile Labour administration for the good that can be achieved for trans people or to protest what is regarded as the latest insult. Yesterday, the health secretary, Wes Streeting, confirmed as permanent the ban on the use of puberty blockers for trans youth …

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1 week, 4 days ago

House Passes Defense Bill That Strips Health Care From Military Families’ Trans Kids

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill on Wednesday that authorizes funding for the military — with a last-minute GOP provision to strip health care from military families’ transgender kids tucked into it. It’s buried on page 399: “Medical interventions for the treatment of gender dysphoria that could result in sterilization may not be provided to a …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Montana Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling that allows gender-affirming care for minors

Associated Press

— A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors will remain temporarily blocked, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, after justices unanimously agreed with a lower court judge who found the law likely violates the state’s constitutional right to privacy. “In upholding the district court’s flawed decision to temporarily block a duly enacted law, the Supreme Court put …

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Britain indefinitely bans puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria

Associated Press

LONDON — The British government on Wednesday indefinitely banned puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria after independent experts found there was an unacceptable safety risk in prescribing the medication. The ban does not apply to those already receiving puberty blockers for gender dysphoria, to their use in clinical studies or in treatment of children with precocious puberty, an uncommon …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Health Secretary Wes Streeting announces ‘indefinite’ ban on puberty blockers for children

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Streeting announced an indefinite ban on the prescription of puberty blockers to children after …

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1 week, 5 days ago

House GOP Uses Must-Pass Defense Bill To Strip Care From Military Families’ Trans Kids

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — House Republicans have tucked a provision into a must-pass defense bill that would strip health care from military families’ transgender kids, putting parents in a position of having to choose between their careers in the military and providing medically necessary health care for their loved ones. It’s just one sentence: “Medical interventions for the treatment …

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1 week, 6 days ago

"It's about the cruelty": Experts worry SCOTUS trans rights case could "creep into other areas"

Salon

The Supreme Court last week appeared likely to support a contentious Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for minors after more than two hours of oral argument in one of the most pivotal cases for transgender rights in the nation's history. "We think it would be sufficient for the Court to recognize that a law that on its face says you …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to state ban on gender-affirming care

Raw Story

by Chris Lefkow The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday hears a challenge to a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender minors, a case with repercussions for similar state prohibitions across the country. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, in a brief with the Supreme Court, said the state law is intended to "protect minors from the life-altering risks of …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on medical treatments for transgender minors

Associated Press

Follow live updates and analysis on the Supreme Court’s hearing on a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The Biden administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer warned a decision favorable to Tennessee also could be used to justify nationwide restrictions on transgender healthcare for minors. The Biden administration and the families and health care providers …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

What is gender-affirming care? Your questions, answered

CNN

CNN — The right of transgender minors to access gender-affirming care has sparked debate in many parts of the United States, and it’s now heading to the US Supreme Court. Major mainstream medical associations – including the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the Endocrine Society, the American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Supreme Court Weighs Future Of Trans Youth Health Care

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments for the most important transgender rights case it has ever reviewed — one that could have significant consequences on the future of lifesaving gender-affirming care for youth in the country. The Tennessee law, Senate Bill 1, encourages minors to “appreciate their sex” by prohibiting puberty blockers or hormone …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

In Supreme Court battle over transgender rights, conservatives look to an unlikely ally: Europe

Politico

In the court’s seismic 2022 ruling overturning the federal constitutional right to abortion, the conservative majority tiptoed around the foreign law issue. “Most Western European countries impose restrictions on abortion after 12 to 14 weeks, but they often have liberal exceptions to those time limits, including to prevent harm to a woman’s physical or mental health.” Some European countries rethink …

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3 weeks ago

Is the Supreme Court about to let red states ban hormone treatment for transgender teens?

LA Times

The conservative Supreme Court is poised to leap into another culture-war battle between red states and blue states, this time involving medical rights of transgender teens and their parents. Biden’s Solicitor Gen. Elizabeth Prelogar told the court “there is broad consensus in the field that adolescents who have reached the early stages of puberty and have experienced gender dysphoria over …

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3 weeks ago

In transgender care case, Supreme Court to consider how far equal protection goes

CNN

CNN — When the Supreme Court hears an appeal Wednesday from transgender youths challenging a Tennessee ban on their medical care, fundamental principles forbidding sex discrimination will be on the line. Throughout decades of cases, the high court has described Black Americans and other racial minorities as a “suspect class,” needing the greatest constitutional protection, and it has deemed victims …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Researcher’s fears of ‘weaponized’ data reignite focus on puberty-blocking drugs for transgender youth

CNN

CNN — The benefits of puberty-blocking drugs for transgender children are drawing fresh attention after the scientist leading a major federally funded study was quoted by The New York Times as saying she had delayed publication of some of her results because of fears that they would be “weaponized” in a heated political climate. Olson-Kennedy said that in the study, …

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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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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Wes Streeting pushes ahead with NHS puberty blockers clinical trial as high court rules ban lawful

The Independent

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

High Court judge in the UK upholds the government ban on puberty blockers

Associated Press

LONDON — A High Court judge on Monday upheld the British government’s emergency ban on puberty blockers, saying a study that found “very substantial risks and very narrow benefits” of the treatment supported the restriction as potentially being harmful. Justice Beverley Lang said a review commissioned by England’s National Health Service concluded that gender care is an area of “remarkably …

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5 months ago

Social media discussion of suicides by trans people ‘insensitive and dangerous’

The Independent

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5 months, 1 week ago

Wes Streeting ‘treading cautiously’ in pressing ahead with puberty blocker ban

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Medicine given to children must …

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5 months, 1 week ago

There are a few things Wes Streeting should consider before making his mind up on puberty blockers

The Independent

The current ban on puberty blocking drugs in the treatment of trans children has presented Labour’s new health secretary, Wes Streeting, with a significant test of his and his party’s ability to steer clear of the divisive arguments that dominated the end of the last government and instead deliver meaningful change for the better. A temporary ban was put in …

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6 months ago

Nevada schools OUTED for secret student sex changes and classes on the 'Genderbread Person'

Daily Mail

Six big school districts in Nevada responsible for thousands of students have policies to help them change sex identity in class without their parents finding out, DailyMail.com can reveal. Emails from Elko County School District reveal that students can transition without their parents' knowledge Researchers obtained internal documents from six school districts that are responsible for thousands of students PDE's …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Private prescriptions of puberty blockers for children to be banned

The Telegraph

Private prescriptions of puberty blockers to children will be banned in one of the Government’s last acts, it emerged on Wednesday. Dr Helen Webberley, who runs the offshore clinic GenderGP, said children should be given cross-sex hormones in addition to puberty blockers to give them the “right puberty”. The doctor called puberty blockers “safe and life-saving” in her first public …

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Trans lobby group threatens to help break puberty blockers ban by exploiting loopholes

Wes Streeting’s puberty blockers ban will force transgender kids to go to France for treatment

House Passes Defense Bill That Strips Health Care From Military Families’ Trans Kids

Montana Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling that allows gender-affirming care for minors

Britain indefinitely bans puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria

Health Secretary Wes Streeting announces ‘indefinite’ ban on puberty blockers for children

House GOP Uses Must-Pass Defense Bill To Strip Care From Military Families’ Trans Kids

"It's about the cruelty": Experts worry SCOTUS trans rights case could "creep into other areas"

U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to state ban on gender-affirming care

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on medical treatments for transgender minors

What is gender-affirming care? Your questions, answered

Supreme Court Weighs Future Of Trans Youth Health Care

In Supreme Court battle over transgender rights, conservatives look to an unlikely ally: Europe

Is the Supreme Court about to let red states ban hormone treatment for transgender teens?

In transgender care case, Supreme Court to consider how far equal protection goes

Researcher’s fears of ‘weaponized’ data reignite focus on puberty-blocking drugs for transgender youth

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

Wes Streeting pushes ahead with NHS puberty blockers clinical trial as high court rules ban lawful

High Court judge in the UK upholds the government ban on puberty blockers

Social media discussion of suicides by trans people ‘insensitive and dangerous’

Wes Streeting ‘treading cautiously’ in pressing ahead with puberty blocker ban

There are a few things Wes Streeting should consider before making his mind up on puberty blockers

Nevada schools OUTED for secret student sex changes and classes on the 'Genderbread Person'

Private prescriptions of puberty blockers for children to be banned