Since Trump's Executive Order regarding gender-affirming care, numerous hospitals have preemptively canceled appointments for adolescents needing critical treatment, like hormone therapy. Although a federal court has blocked the order, hospitals continue to deny care, citing concern over compliance. This contrasts sharply with their response to intersex advocates, where hospitals quickly ceased non-consensual surgeries. The article highlights the damaging effects of these decisions on transgender youth and questions the contradictory stances of hospitals regarding care for different marginalized groups within the LGBTQI community.
These hospitals are engaging in overly cautious preemptive compliance, throwing their hands up and acting as if they're already tied.
While the Executive Order is by no means harmless, it does not impose new obligations on hospitals on its own.
Many hospitals responded swiftly to calls from intersex advocates, yet hesitated in providing care to transgender patients.
Intersex refers to people born with a wide range of innate variations in their physical sex traits such as chromosomes, genitals, gonads, and hormones.
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