Gender-Affirming Care

These six new forms for minors and adults go over possible risks of treatment.

Thousands of transgender adults are grappling with Florida’s new health landscape after a state board issued new rules for care at the end of June.

Six weeks after Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill that places heavy restrictions and outright bans on gender-affirming care in Florida, many transgender Floridians feel uncertainty and dread about their future in the state.

The rules are related to providing treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone-replacement therapy to transgender children and adults, carrying out part of a new law championed by Gov. DeSantis.

The state is appealing two rulings this month by a federal judge that rejected efforts to limit treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender people.

On this week's Florida Roundup, we discuss Floridians losing their Medicaid coverage, a block on Florida’s Medicaid coverage ban for gender-affirming care and the state's plans to protect environmentally sensitive lands.

The court ruled Warren, who was suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis after saying he would not prosecute cases involving abortion or gender-affirming care, had waited too long to file a petition.

The latest ruling involved a lawsuit filed last year on behalf of two adults and two minors. An estimated 9,000 transgender people in Florida use Medicaid to fund their treatments.

Physicians will be able to renew orders for puberty blockers and hormone therapy children and adults as long as no changes are made to the prescriptions. The Board of Medicine previously approved the rule.

A judge says a House panel “has shown a legitimate interest" in obtaining the state American Academy of Pediatrics' documents on the development of care standards for minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria.

This week, a judge temporarily blocked Florida's ban on gender-affirming care for kids. It's seen as a win for trans rights but a chilling effect has left some providers and families confused on care.

A group including transgender advocates, health care professionals, and attorneys gathered recently for town hall meetings in Tampa and St. Petersburg.