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

A group representing Transgender Health and Wellness carries a large transgender flag in the 2022 San Diego Pride parade
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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.

However, the legislation is also having a negative effect on trans adults since many of the laws also attack their access to health care. 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…

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