The Trump administration is being sued for trying to restrict transgender youth from gender-affirming care. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Feb. 5 (UPI) — Two transgender adults, the families of five transgender youth and two LGBT rights organizations, GlAM and PFLAG, are suing the Trump administration over its controversial move to withhold federal funding to medical institutions that provide gender-affirming medical care to those under the age of 19. Gender-affirming care, including for minors, is supported by every major medical association in the United States. In going against medical guidance, Republicans over the past few years have sought to restrict and ban gender-affirming care, while spreading misinformation concerning such treatment. Advertisement
On returning to the White House last month, President Donald Trump has implemented a series of policies attacking transgender people, including issuing an executive order on his first day in office directing government policy to recognize only male and female as genders and stating that they are
Trump admin. sued over executive order restricting gender-affirming care for youth
