Important Texas Update and Resources
Despite attacks by state anti-trans legislation and hateful opinions from state attorney generals and governors like in Texas, trans people, and more particularly, trans youth are protected from health care discrimination under ley Federal. Here’s how to use those protections to get the health care you need—and how to stand up against the attempts to promote discrimination.
Esto es lo que necesitas saber
La línea de fondo: Federal law protects trans people and trans youth from discrimination in health care, including discriminatory e innecesario barriers to gender affirming care. Gobernador Greg Abbott is trying to criminalize gender-affirming care—but it can’t change the fact that gender affirming care saves lives y que anti-trans discrimination in health care is illegal—and more importantly harassing trans youth and their families is unconstitutional.
Recently in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott directed state agencies to forcibly investigate families and caregivers who provide gender affirming care to their youth, and to “refer for prosecution any such abuse”. Sin embargo, the night of March 2nd, 2022, President Biden and his administration released a strong statement en contra estos unsubstantial and not legally binding claims and we want to make sure our community, especially trans youth, understand under federal law, trans youth have the right to life-saving gender affirming care.
With the law on our side, we can and will fight these attacks—and trans people, especially trans youth, can continue to use the ACA’s protections and the Office for Civil Rights to advocate for themselves.
Fight back against state anti-transgender and gender affirming care bans and ataques
Aprenda más sobre the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to fight back.
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Posicionamiento del presidente Joseph Biden.
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Tmojar del presidente Joseph Biden.
Learn more about others’ efforts to fight back.
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A growing number of prosecutors are committing to follow the law and refusing to comply with this opinion that encourages investigators to harass loving & supportive adults.
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District Attorneys from five major Texan districts condemn El gobernador de abad order a investigate gender-affirming care as child abuse.
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Statement can be found esta página.
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Texas Episcopalian Bishop expressed support for trans youths.
Resources for being a afirmación de género care advocate in your community
Not just in Texas, these resources and tools are key to any trans person facing health and transition-related discrimination. Alquiler y venta cuidador who loves and supports their child and is taking them to a licensed healthcare provider for gender affirming care is not engaging in child abuse. No court has ever found that providing trans young people with gender-affirming health care constitutes child abuse.
Declaraciones by major medical organizations in response to Texas, clearly stating that gender affirming care saves lives and it’s not child abuse.
Advocating to get the care you need
You still have a right to health care y servicios sociales sin discriminación. La Department of Health and Human Services has released several guidance for Texas and other states facing anti-trans ataquesque incluyen:
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Dirección para state child welfare agencies through an Memorandum informativo which clarifies that states should use their child welfare systems to advance safety and support for LGBTQI+ youth, y importantly includes access to gender affirming el cuidado. Additionally, they mentioned titles IV-B and IV-E of the Act program requirements that state, county, and tribal child welfare agencies and their federally funded contractors (collectively, title IV-B and IV-E agencies, unless otherwise noted) can use to guide their work when determining how best to serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI+1 ) children and youth, including those with non-conforming gender identity or expression who are involved with the child welfare system.
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Además, A Message in Support of LGBTQI+ Children and Youth Who Are Involved with the Child Welfare System
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HHS Notice and Guidance on Gender Affirming Care, Civil Rights, and Patient Privacy que aclararies that, despite the Texas government’s threat, health care providers are not required to disclose private patient information related to gender affirming care; fabricación it clear that denials of health care based on gender identity are illegal, as is restricting doctors and health care providers from providing care because of a patient’s gender identity.
If you believe that you or another party has been discriminated against on the basis of gender identity or disability in seeking to access gender affirming health care, Visite el OCR complaint portal to file a complaint online.
Other resources, information, and support
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Experts Say Gender-Affirming Medical Care Can Be Lifesaving for Youth
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Leer NCTE's Conozca sus Derechos Recurso para obtener más información sobre sus derechos y qué hacer si enfrenta discriminación.
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¿Tiene Medicare? Lea el recurso Conozca sus derechos de NCTE en Medicare.
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¿Necesitas ayuda legal? Conectar con organizaciones legales.
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Igualdad del sur está proporcionando emergency assistance grants for families of transgender youth in Texas. More information about the fund, clic esta página. If you are interested in donating to this a specific fund to direct families and individuals, there is more información aquí.
Acciones you can take to support trans youth in Texas
