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Executive Order 14187, titled "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation", is an executive order issued by Donald Trump on January 28, 2025. [1] The order acts to prevent gender affirming care for Americans under 19 years old by withholding federal funding and directing agencies to take a variety of steps to prevent surgeries, hormone therapy, puberty blockers and other gender ...
In June 2021, Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough announced that the department was “taking the first necessary steps to expand VA’s care to include gender confirmation surgery ...
The United States Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has an LGBTQ+ Program through the Office of Patient Care Services. [1] The “+” sign captures identities beyond LGBTQ, including but not limited to questioning, pansexual, asexual, agender, gender diverse, nonbinary, gender-neutral, and other identities.
In February 2025, the state joined with Oregon and Minnesota in filing a lawsuit in the District Court for the Western District of Washington, seeking to block an executive order issued by President Donald Trump to prohibit gender-affirming care for minors. [81] [82] [83]
Gender-affirming care will also be “excluded” from the Defense Department’s TRICARE program, which provides care for nearly 2 million Americans under 18, according to the order.
Gender-affirming care is a multidisciplinary approach that includes medically necessary and scientific evidence-based practices to help a person safely transition from their assigned gender ...
Several states, including Alabama, Arizona, Missouri, Texas, and Louisiana, have enacted laws that restrict or outright ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors. These bans typically prevent access to puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and in some cases, gender-affirming surgery for individuals under 18.
The House passed a massive defense spending bill Wednesday with a provision that bars the military’s health care program from covering transition-related care for minors.