Williams Institute: Proposed Bans Put Nearly 17,000 Transgender Youth at Risk of Losing Access to Gender-Affirming Care
February 07, 2020
February 07, 2020
LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 7 -- The Williams Institute issued the following news release:
An estimated 16,750 transgender youth in the U.S. ages 13 and older are at risk of being denied gender-affirming medical care due to proposed state bans.
Eight U.S. states are currently considering bills to deny gender-affirming care to transgender youth, including Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and South Dakota. Most of the bill . . .
An estimated 16,750 transgender youth in the U.S. ages 13 and older are at risk of being denied gender-affirming medical care due to proposed state bans.
Eight U.S. states are currently considering bills to deny gender-affirming care to transgender youth, including Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and South Dakota. Most of the bill . . .