Medicare pays for several gender affirmation treatments when medically necessary. Different parts of Medicare cover different elements of gender affirmation. Gender affirmation is a series of ...

A new study from the Trevor project, based on texting 9,000 transgender and nonbinary kids, concluded that they need one thing the most to have better mental health: gender affirmation and validation.

The Department of Veterans Affairs will not move forward with covering gender-affirmation surgery for transgender veterans while it studies the effects of a sweeping law that expanded VA eligibility ...

California courts’ child custody decisions must consider whether a parent affirms a child’s “gender identity or gender expression,” under a bill the California Legislature approved Friday. The ...

Missouri has banned medical gender-affirming care for youth and some adults since 2023. But other forms of gender-affirming care is happening in the state — including haircuts, facial waxing and ...

Protesters chant as they are heard in the legislative chamber during a final reading on a bill that combined a 12-week abortion ban with a measure to restrict gender-affirming care for people under 19 ...

A California bill would require judges hearing custody disputes to consider whether parents affirm their child’s gender identity, a move that legal experts say could disadvantage parents with ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have required judges to consider whether a parent affirms their child’s gender identity when making custody and ...

California courts’ child-custody decisions must consider whether a parent affirms a child’s “gender identity or gender expression,” under a bill the California Legislature approved Friday. The ...