Dr. Rachel Levine focused on her job at HHS. Still, anti-trans politics followed her toggle caption Maansi Srivastava for NPR In 2021, the country had one state with a ban on gender-affirming care for youth on the books — Arkansas. Sponsor Message In the closing days of the presidential campaign, Republicans used Levine's image in the "Kamala is for they/them" …
Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky, who ran for the Republican nomination for U.S. President in 2016, took his opportunity to ask very direct questions related to genital mutilation and transgender medication to Joe Biden’s nominee for Assistant Secretary of Health, Dr. Rachel Levine at her confirmation hearing in the U.S. Senate. However, the exchange between Sen. Rand Paul and Dr. …
Why transgender people are ignored by modern medicine Getty Images Transgender people make up a significant minority in some countries but their medical needs have been largely ignored by the health sector Gender is fundamental to many decisions in health care systems around the world – and this puts transgender people in a vulnerable position. Getty Images There has been …