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The number of gender-affirming surgeries in the United States nearly tripled from 2016 to 2019, likely reflecting expanded insurance coverage for transgender care after the Obama administration and some states actively discouraged discrimination based on gender identity, study author Dr. Jason Wright of Columbia University said. The dip in 2020 can be attributed to the pandemic.
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The increase likely reflects expanded insurance coverage for transgender care after the Obama administration and that some states actively discouraged discrimination based on gender identity
The increase is probably due in part to changes in laws that require insurance to cover such care, plus some growing social acceptance of the trans community.
The number of Americans undergoing gender-affirming surgery is on the rise, new research reveals, almost tripling between 2016 and 2019 alone.