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Rally to Resist outside the Des Moines Iowa State Capitol in support of LGBTQ rights 2023

Iowa bans Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for adults

The law prevents Medicaid from paying for hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgeries for trans people, but not for cis people.

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Pope Francis dead at 88: Looking back on his LGBTQ+ rights legacy

In recent years, Pope Francis suffered various health issues and was recently discharged from the hospital. He leaves behind a complicated legacy regarding LGBTQ+ rights in the Catholic Church.

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Trump orders NIH to study gender transition ‘regret.’ Here's what we already know about it

Trump wants to study transgender people's "regret," but people are more likely to regret having children than gender-affirming surgery.

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Hormones and surgery improve transgender men's quality of life: study

A new study proves gender-affirming care directly improves quality of life among transgender men.

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What is gender-affirming care, who uses it, and do they regret it?

Gender-affirming care is banned for transgender youth when it's mainly cisgender people who use it, and when it has a significantly lower regret rate than all other major surgeries, tattoos, and children.

JD Vance

JD Vance really wants you to know he's 'not gay' while lying about transgender youth

The Republican nominee for vice president compared gender-affirming care to conversion therapy in a recent interview with gay conservative podcaster Tim Dillon.

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Donald Trump punches down on transgender people in hypocritical new Kamala Harris attack ad

Republicans are attacking the vice president for something Trump’s own administration provided to incarcerated trans people.

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Why do inmates have access to gender-affirming care? Those Trump ads you keep seeing debunked

Republicans have spent $65 million on attack ads that target 0.6 percent of the population. Here's all the context they're missing.

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Laverne Cox mocks the GOP's $65 million anti-trans ad buy: 'Made-up fearmongering'

"It doesn't even work," the trans actor reminded viewers on The Daily Show.

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Indiana judge blocks law denying gender-affirming care to prisoners, ruling it’s likely unconstitutional

It’s a big victory for trans rights.

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Arts & Entertainment

'Jackass' star Steve-O cancels breast implants surgery after reality check from trans person

The Jackass star planned to get the surgery done as a joke, until he actually had a conversation with a transgender person.

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This punk bakery in Nashville gives trans customers gender-affirming surgery care packages

Guerilla Bizkits tells The Advocate about its post-surgery care packages that provide transgender customers with easy-to-prepare biscuits, jam, and coffee.

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Gender-affirming surgeries are mostly performed on cisgender people: 'Bitter irony'

Out of the 151 breast reductions that were performed in 2019 on American minors, 146 (97 percent) were performed on cisgender males.

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People are more likely to regret having children than gender-affirming surgery: study

Other operations, "while associated with higher rates of post-operative regret, are not as restricted and policed like gender-affirming surgery," a new study found.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Veto Transgender Healthcare Sports Participation Ban

Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine Vetoes Transgender Health Care and Sports Participation Bans

DeWine's veto is likely to be overridden by the state legislature, as HB68 passed both the state House and Senate with a supermajority.

Children’s Hospital Colorado

Colorado Children’s Hospital Stops Gender-Affirming Procedures for Adult Patients

The spokesperson said that patients seeking surgical care are being referred to other facilities that still offer such procedures.