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Protesters Rally Against Closure of Largest Gender-Affirming Care Center for Kids in the US
UNITED STATES, JUL 8 – Federal probes target hospitals claiming religious exemptions to deny gender-affirming care as part of enforcing conscience protections, risking Medicare and Medicaid funding cuts, experts say.
- The facility providing gender-affirming care to young people, operated by Children's Hospital Los Angeles and recognized as the country's largest such service for youth, is scheduled to close on July 22, 2025.
- This closure follows threats from the Trump administration to cut federal funding for gender-affirming care for minors, despite such care remaining legal in California.
- The center operated for over three decades, serving thousands of transgender youth on public insurance, but hospital leaders cited a legal and financial assessment influenced by federal actions.
- Maria Do of the Los Angeles LGBT Center called the closure 'a stain on their legacy,' while a 2024 CDC study reported increased suicide risk among trans children and teens amid the disruption in care.
- The closure disrupts care access and has prompted protests and calls for expanded healthcare options and alternate funding to shield transgender youth services from political interference.
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The biggest gender-affirming care center for trans kids in the US is closing, prompting protests
By ANNA FURMAN, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Growing up, Sage Sol Pitchenik wanted to hide. “I hated my body,” the nonbinary 16-year-old said. “I hated looking at it.” When therapy didn’t help, Pitchenik, who uses the pronoun they, started going to the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the country’s biggest public provider of gender-affirming care for children and teens. It changed their life…
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Protesters rally against closure of largest gender-affirming care center for kids in the US
By ANNA FURMAN LOS ANGELES (AP) — Growing up, Sage Sol Pitchenik wanted to hide. “I hated my body,” the nonbinary 16-year-old said. “I hated looking at it.” When therapy didn’t help, Pitchenik, who uses the pronoun they, started going to the Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the country’s biggest public provider of gender-affirming care for children and teens. It changed their life. But in response …
Protesters rally against closure of largest gender-affirming care center for kids in the U.S.
The Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children's Hospital Los Angeles will be closing in response to the Trump administration's threat to cut federal funds to places that offer gender-affirming care to minors.
Louisiana Medicaid quietly stops reimbursing patients for gender-related prescriptions • Louisiana Illuminator
Transgender Louisianians will no longer receive Medicaid reimbursement for any gender-affirming care prescriptions if their provider uses certain gender-related diagnosis codes, according to multiple LGBTQ+ organizations. (Stock photo by Vladimir Vladimirov/Getty Images)Transgender Louisianians will no longer receive Medicaid reimbursement for any gender-affirming care prescriptions if their provider uses certain gender-related diagnosis codes, …
Los Angeles is witnessing widespread protests over the closure of the Gender Care Center at Children's Hospital, a decision that has raised widespread concerns about the future of healthcare for transgender minors...
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