U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Report on Pediatric Gender Dysphoria and Gender Conversion Efforts May 6, 2025 Issue Brief This brief examines the main points raised in an HHS report reviewing evidence on gender affirming care concerning psychotherapy. It focuses on recommendations around “exploratory therapy,” which could include gender conversion practices, as well as the current legal and policy environment across the country regarding this practice.
President Trump’s Executive Order on Gender Affirming Care: Responses by Providers, States, and Litigation February 11, 2025 Blog This Policy Watch reviews the key provisions of President Trump’s Executive Order that aim to restrict youth access to gender affirming care and examines state and legal responses.
New Rule Proposes Changes to ACA Coverage of Gender-Affirming Care, Potentially Increasing Costs for Consumers March 24, 2025 Issue Brief This brief examines a proposed rule that seeks to change how ACA plans would cover gender affirming care services. If finalized the rule could lead insurers to drop coverage or shift costs to individuals and states, making access to gender affirming care more difficult.
What to Know Ahead of the Supreme Court Case on Youth Access to Gender Affirming Care November 26, 2024 Issue Brief This brief provides background on gender affirming care and state bans, explains the legal challenge to the Tennessee law, and explores the potential Supreme Court ruling and impact on access across the country.
Growing Uncertainty About the Future of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQI+ Service June 11, 2025 Issue Brief This brief reviews the latest data on the 988 LGBTQI+ service and explores its future, including recent uncertainties.
LGBTQ+ Health Policy September 30, 2024 Page This Health Policy 101 chapter explores LGBTQ+ people’s identities and demographics, their experiences with health and health care, including the significant disparities, and the related health policy landscape.
Utilization of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQ Service May 23, 2024 Issue Brief This analysis examines performance metrics to assess utilization of 988’s LGBTQ service (which SAMHSA refers to as the LGBTQI+ subnetwork), compared to usage of 988’s main service, from December 2023 to March 2024 (the most current and comprehensive data available). It finds high demand for the specialty services but also certain challenges (e.g. higher call abandonment rates and longer call wait times than for the main 988 service).
Half of All U.S. States Limit or Prohibit Youth Access to Gender Affirming Care May 29, 2024 Issue Brief As of May 21, 2024, half of all U.S. states have enacted a law that prohibits or limits youth access to gender affirming care. This Data Note examines the uptick in this lawmaking, which was slow at first but then quickened, increasing 7-fold in an eight-month period in 2023.
Policy Tracker: Youth Access to Gender Affirming Care and State Policy Restrictions April 22, 2024 Dashboard This tracker provides an overview of state laws/policies restricting minor access to gender affirming care and any associated litigation by state, identifying which groups of people are impacted in addition to minors, the types of penalties providers face, the status of legal challenges, and other key information.
The Proliferation of State Actions Limiting Youth Access to Gender Affirming Care January 31, 2024 Blog Over the past 18 months, there has been a rapid increase in the number of states that have enacted laws and other policies that prohibit or restrict minor access to gender affirming care. This policy watch summarizes state policy developments aimed at restricting minor access to gender affirming care as well as the litigation challenging it. as of January 30, 2024.
