Today, the Trump administration published a final Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rule prohibiting federal Medicaid funds from being used to provide medically necessary care for transgender youth under the age of 18, as well as Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funds for individuals under age 19.  Throughout the federal rulemaking process, more than 35,000 public comments were ...

As of July 1, 2026, California's Transgender Privacy Act (SB 59) is officially in effect, strengthening privacy protections for transgender, nonbinary, and intersex (TGI) Californians seeking legal name and gender marker changes. This bill, authored by Senator Wiener and co-sponsored by TransFamily Support Services and Alliance for TransYouth Rights, expands confidentiality protections and allows those who previously completed a name ...