The statement followed a report in The Times that a federal health official had urged the removal of age minimums from treatment guidelines for transgender minors. By Roni Caryn RabinTeddy Rosenbluth ...

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons says transgender youth should wait until age 19 to have any surgeries. Surgery is already rarely performed for transgender young people.

Reaction continued as Vanderbilt University Medical Center abruptly announced an end to transgender surgery, advocates say ...

A patient who came to regret the top surgery she got as a teen won a $2 million malpractice suit. Then, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons clarified its position that surgery is not recommended ...

Three transgender women are suing Aetna, alleging that the health insurance company has for years unlawfully denied their claims for facial feminization surgery. According to a press release from ...

That’s how much money a 22-year-old woman just won in a New York lawsuit against her doctors. She sued them for medical malpractice after they cut off her breasts when she was 16. They told her she ...

The 27-year-old trans social media star and author has been socially transitioning for almost a decade, and this is the latest step in her journey. AJ underwent the surgery back in June, explaining ...

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is recommending that surgeons delay gender-affirming surgeries until patients turn 19, including chest, genital and facial surgeries.

Jennifer Capasso had endured multiple tumors. She wondered what might be said during her next cancer surgery. So, she hit record on her phone. Jennifer Capasso was about to undergo another cancer ...

Former President Donald Trump repeated his false claim that children are undergoing transition-related surgery during their school day, worsening fears among some conservatives that educators are ...