US: Bans on Gender-Affirming Care Harm Trans Youth

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Lily, a 10-year-old trans girl, said she was devastated when her family felt forced to relocate to protect her from anti-trans hostility. © 2025 Illustrations by Barrack Rima, Art directed by Studio Safar for Human Rights Watch Laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the United States are inflicting severe harm on young people and their families as well as health care systems and civil society.Under the Trump administration, families are being pushed to the brink, forced to navigate impossible barriers to care, while the federal government intensifies…

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