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1 year agoMarjorie Taylor Greene is outraged that a trans man got top surgery because he's disabled - LGBTQ Nation
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized a University of Minnesota student with cerebral palsy for undergoing gender-affirming top surgery, calling it criminal despite the student being a consenting adult.
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1 week agoTrans women win court victory after insurance company denied their gender-affirming surgeries - LGBTQ Nation
A federal court granted a preliminary injunction requiring Aetna to reconsider denying facial feminization surgery to transgender women, ruling the blanket exclusion constitutes sex discrimination.
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1 year agoMarjorie Taylor Greene is outraged that a trans man got top surgery because he's disabled - LGBTQ Nation
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized a University of Minnesota student with cerebral palsy for undergoing gender-affirming top surgery, calling it criminal despite the student being a consenting adult.
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1 week agoTrump deletes post backing gender-affirming surgery for trans kids after backlash
Trump deleted a Truth Social post proposing parental consent for gender-affirming surgery after conservative backlash, contradicting his administration's blanket restrictions on trans youth healthcare.
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3 months agoCan West Virginia ban Medicaid coverage for adult gender-affirming surgery? Appeals court to decide
With that opening line, West Virginia's solicitor, Caleb B. David, urged a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to reverse its own ruling and reinstate the state's categorical Medicaid ban on gender-affirming surgery for transgender adults. The case, Anderson v. Crouch, had returned to the court after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated its ruling and remanded it for reconsideration following the high court's 2025 decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, a case focused narrowly on restrictions for minors.
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3 months agoThe Fight for Gender Recognition for Trans People in Southeast Asia | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Vietnamese trans people often travel abroad for gender-affirming surgery because legal recognition usually requires surgery and local services remain limited and costly.
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5 months agoAfter forcing gender surgery for decades, Iran now touts its expertise to pursue medical tourism goal
Iran markets inexpensive gender-affirming surgeries to medical tourists while criminalizing homosexuality and pressuring some gay Iranians into transition to avoid punishment.
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10 months agoThe incredible life of Roberta Cowell: Trans innovator, war pilot and racing driver
To fuel her love of racing, Cowell would sneak into the pits of the Brooklands race circuit, dressed in overalls to help the mechanics.
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