A quarter of trans people have had health care disrupted in the past year

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A quarter of trans people have had health care disrupted in the past year

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/a-quarter-of-trans-people-have-had-health-care-disrupted-in-the-past-year/ar-BB1kLg9D?ocid=windirect&cvid=1999b497da6847fe83a800953beaa98a&ei=58

Story by Alex Bollinger (29 March 2024)

For the past several years, Republican lawmakers all over the country have been attacking transgender people's access to gender-affirming health care, and soon half of the states in the U.S. will ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

A new study from Data for Progress found that 24% of transgender adults have had their access to gender-affirming care disrupted in the past year, and one in five said that they didn't go to a doctor or the hospital when they needed to in the past year because they were worried about discrimination or mistreatment.

Some states have taken away access to gender-affirming care for adults recently, like Florida, which increased the difficulty of accessing gender-affirming care for adults last year by passing a law that requires trans adults to be treated by a physician in person instead of by a nurse practitioner or via telehealth.

The survey also found that 38% of trans adults are considering leaving their community or state as a result of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. A different survey by the U.S. Transgender Survey by the National Center for Transgender Equality, found that 47% of trans people are considering leaving their state over such legislation.