/tags/trans-health Trans Health en-US Copyright Wed, 17 May 2023 19:00:00 GMT /health/2023-05-17/restricting-trans-health-care-could-increase-suicide-rates About a dozen bills introduced this year in North Carolina would impact transgender people including some that would restrict health care available to transgender kids. Wed, 17 May 2023 19:00:00 GMT /health/2023-05-17/restricting-trans-health-care-could-increase-suicide-rates Jason deBruyn /health/2023-05-10/transgender-advocate-athlete-ban-sports-north-carolina The often-heated debate puts transgender athletes at the center of an issue without a clear middle ground. Wed, 10 May 2023 18:58:03 GMT /health/2023-05-10/transgender-advocate-athlete-ban-sports-north-carolina Jason deBruyn /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-01-27/refused-when-youre-too-fat-for-top-surgery-weight-stigma-bias Last October Anita got an e-mail that piqued her curiosity: a story pitch about how anti-fat bias affects people seeking gender-affirming surgery. She hands the mic over to audio journalist H Conley, who follows a 26-year-old Black nonbinary food writer as they overcome repeated barriers to getting top surgery due to body size. Fri, 27 Jan 2023 10:38:00 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-01-27/refused-when-youre-too-fat-for-top-surgery-weight-stigma-bias H Conley, Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /news/2022-05-13/texas-supreme-court-oks-state-child-abuse-inquiries-into-the-families-of-trans-kids The ruling overturns an injunction barring state officials from following Abbott's directive to view treatments such as hormones and puberty-blocking drugs as incidents of child abuse. Fri, 13 May 2022 16:32:25 GMT /news/2022-05-13/texas-supreme-court-oks-state-child-abuse-inquiries-into-the-families-of-trans-kids Bill Chappell /show/the-state-of-things/2019-02-27/how-can-transgender-southerners-get-better-healthcare More than 500,000 transgender people live in the South, according to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law. National data show that nearly a… Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:06:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-02-27/how-can-transgender-southerners-get-better-healthcare Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /health/2019-02-27/how-can-transgender-southerners-get-better-healthcare More than 500,000 transgender people live in the South, according to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law. National data show that nearly a… Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:06:00 GMT /health/2019-02-27/how-can-transgender-southerners-get-better-healthcare Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio