“Infected an Entire Generation”: AG Bondi Targets Trans-Affirming Health Care in Leaked Memo
The memo isn’t law, but it is the latest escalation in Trumpian efforts to wage war on trans people.| www.erininthemorning.com
The memo isn’t law, but it is the latest escalation in Trumpian efforts to wage war on trans people.| www.erininthemorning.com
Trump released over 70 executive orders on Monday. While orders on immigration and climate got a lot of attention, his anti-transgender order could have sweeping impacts as well.| www.erininthemorning.com
“[The] DOJ’s intent in issuing the subpoenas is not enforcement of the specific prohibitions of those laws but the chilling of medical care with which the administration disagrees ideologically.”| www.erininthemorning.com
If Planned Parenthood withholds treatment, many trans people may lose access to gender affirming care altogether, experts warn.| www.erininthemorning.com
Kaiser represents the latest battlefront in a wave of health systems either pressing pause or closing their doors on trans-affirming care for youth.| www.erininthemorning.com
The outdated myth has been debunked time and time again—but it keeps coming back.| www.erininthemorning.com
A landmark systematic review has concluded that regret rate for transgender surgeries is "remarkably low," comparing it to many other surgeries and major life decisions.| www.erininthemorning.com
The study, which has been paraded around right-wing media sources, does not evaluate the impact of surgery on transgender depression rates.| www.erininthemorning.com
Transgender people may be able to update their passports shortly.| www.erininthemorning.com
The decision is limited to the plaintiffs, and could be used to further restore funding to transgender research and care.| www.erininthemorning.com
The Supreme Court ordered several cases to be reexamined after the Skrmetti ruling, despite the decision ostensibly being a limited ruling.| www.erininthemorning.com
On Wednesday, the hospital system announced that it was resuming gender affirming care after a brief pause due to Trump's executive order attempting to ban it for those under 19.| www.erininthemorning.com
Today, SCOTUS released its ruling on Skrmetti, allowing Tennessee to ban transgender healthcare. The ruling was both devastating and limited, leaving many fights unsettled.| www.erininthemorning.com
The president has graduated to blaming transgender people for nearly anything he does.| www.erininthemorning.com
Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to join them in voting against anti-trans bills.| www.erininthemorning.com
The First Amendment does not guarantee this spa’s right to turn away trans women, the court ruled.| www.erininthemorning.com
Over 20 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have died in Florida after the legislature adjourned Sine Die on Friday, leaving some wondering if energy is waning over anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ legislation.| www.erininthemorning.com
If a trans girl qualifies for a competition, then a presumed-cis competitor who would not have otherwise made the cut will be granted entry.| www.erininthemorning.com
The far-right organization has launched a concerning lawsuit that could lead to horrific precedent against transgender people.| www.erininthemorning.com
The review, which was made possible by an executive order calling transgender healthcare "mutilation," reached its predetermined conclusion on its May 1st publication date.| www.erininthemorning.com
“After a brief pause, we are pleased to announce the continuation of our Gender Affirming Care services,” the organization said.| www.erininthemorning.com
With the latest trans military executive order, the administration has given up all pretense of "evidence-based care," and has moved to the kind of dehumanization meant to justify atrocity.| www.erininthemorning.com
Narratives of transgender regret have been prevalent in anti-trans media. A recent 90,000 response survey of trans people, however, shows most people are satisfied with transition.| www.erininthemorning.com
Dr. Hillary Cass, author of the Cass Review gave an interview with NPR in which she says that transition effectiveness should be measured by "employment" and "getting out of the house."| www.erininthemorning.com
Dr. Cass's latest statements are likely to cast more doubt on the validity of the study, which has come under fire for disregarding substantial evidence on trans care.| www.erininthemorning.com
The recent report borrows from DeSantis bans on transgender care in Florida and appears designed to provide political justification for further attacks on transgender care.| www.erininthemorning.com
News and discussion on trans legislation and life.| www.erininthemorning.com
Updates come to both the transgender youth and transgender adult maps as we prepare for the 2024 election cycle.| www.erininthemorning.com
West Virginia saw dozens of anti-trans bills proposed in 2024, including a bill to close an exception allow some trans youth to obtain care. Now, virtually all of those bills are dead.| www.erininthemorning.com
On Monday, anti-trans groups released a set of highly editorialized and decontextualized leaks dubbed the "WPATH Files." A fact check reveals 216 errors, misrepresentations, and faulty citations.| www.erininthemorning.com
Rowling took to Twitter on Monday to call trans journalist and broadcaster India Willoughby "a man," "cosplaying a male fantasy," the latest in a long list of transphobic remarks from the author.| www.erininthemorning.com
Chaya Raichik, creator of the anti-LGBTQ+ account Libs of TikTok, was appointed to the state's Library Media Advisory Committee. Her posts frequently are followed by bomb threats on schools.| www.erininthemorning.com
With 16 days in the legislative session, there are some states whose risk levels must be updated to account for trends in legislatures across the United States. This map updates that risk.| www.erininthemorning.com
This is one of the most common arguments brought up in anti-trans hearings. The idea that 80% of trans people "will desist" is a complete lie that is easy to debunk.| www.erininthemorning.com
For the first time, a randomized controlled trial has been completed on gender affirming care and the results are stunning: 55% of those on care saw reduction of suicidality vs 5% of control.| www.erininthemorning.com
The map of anti-trans risk has polarized into two Americas - one where trans people have full legal protections, and one where they are persecuted by the state.| www.erininthemorning.com
