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Gender-affirming care

Restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors, including hospital and court restrictions, and their impact on transgender youth.

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Jan 28, 2026
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Did the Biden administration support gender mutilation on children

has not embraced a policy endorsing broad surgical interventions for minors; in July 2024 explicitly said it opposes gender-affirming surgery for transgender minors , while simultaneously maintaining ...

Jan 23, 2026
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does the trans movement claim that trans people are “born in the wrong body”

The short answer: sometimes — but not universally. The “” formulation is a longstanding shorthand used by some , and many individuals to describe gender incongruence, yet it is contested, critiqued an...

Feb 6, 2026

Transgender rights

sit at a precarious crossroads: aggressive state-level legislation and high-profile court battles are constricting access to sports, healthcare, and public accommodations for transgender people even a...

Feb 3, 2026

What are the key LGBTQ rights protections in the Big Beautiful Bill?

The One —widely called the “Big Beautiful Bill”—contains no affirmative expansion of in the reporting provided; instead, its most consequential provisions for LGBTQ+ people are cuts, redefinitions, an...

Jan 28, 2026

What specific arguments does Blair White make about gender identity and medical transition?

argues from a distinctly conservative, skeptical position that gender identity as an individual experience can be real for some — including herself — while medical transition, especially for minors, i...

Jan 18, 2026

Did Monty Bennett establish a right wing influence network in North Texas

Evidence collected in local reporting shows Monty Bennett has financially supported conservative causes, founded or funded media and nonprofits, and been connected to a cluster of groups active in Nor...

Jan 9, 2026

What do major medical and psychological organizations say about whether trans women are women?

Major U.S. medical and mental‑health organizations—among them the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Academy o...

Jan 6, 2026

do transgender inmates present a threat to the population of female prisoners?

The available research shows that transgender people are dramatically overrepresented in carceral settings and are disproportionately victims of violence behind bars, but robust, generalizable evidenc...

Jan 5, 2026

What is Turning Point USA's stance on LGBT rights?

Turning Point USA (TPUSA) positions itself as a hard-line cultural conservative force that opposes many contemporary LGBTQ+ policy changes and often frames its opposition as defending “traditional” va...