gender-affirming care

The names and birthdates of patients at the center of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawsuit against Dr. M. Brett Cooper were mistakenly released in records provided to KERA News.

Hospitals and clinics that have offered gender-affirming treatments to transgender youth reacted in a variety of ways to an executive order that aims to halt the care.

President Trump signed an executive order seeking to end gender-affirming medical treatments for children and teenagers under the age of 19.

A provision in the Pentagon budget bill cuts off TRICARE coverage of gender-affirming health care for military dependents under 18.

A new analysis of private insurance claims data finds less than 0.1% of youth accessed puberty blockers or hormones for gender transition. This small group has garnered a huge amount of attention from Republican lawmakers in recent years.

At issue is a Tennessee law that bans access to hormones, puberty blockers and other treatments for trans kids in the state.

This is the third doctor — and second at UT Southwestern — Paxton has sued as the state is 'cracking down' on health care providers who allegedly violate the state's ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

The attorney general sued Dr. May Lau of UT Southwestern for allegedly providing hormone treatment to 21 patients after the state's ban on gender-affirming care for children took effect.

The Transgender American Veterans Association is suing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, two years after the department said it would provide gender affirmation surgery.

Advocates argue today in front of the Supreme Court of Texas that the state's gender-affirming care ban violates the Texas Constitution.