After fighting to have gender-affirming care, a former prisoner adjusts to life in Chicago as a woman
Cristina Nichole Iglesias sued the federal Bureau of Prisons for the right to have the surgery and get the agency to pay for it and won.
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Cristina Nichole Iglesias sued the federal Bureau of Prisons for the right to have the surgery and get the agency to pay for it and won.
The number of gender-affirming surgeries in the U.S. nearly tripled from 2016 to 2019 before dropping slightly in 2020, according to a study published Wednesday. The increase likely reflects expanded insurance coverage for transgender care after the Obama administration and some states actively discouraged discrimination based on gender identity, lead author Dr. Jason Wright of…
The number of gender-affirming surgeries in the U.S. nearly tripled from 2016 to 2019 before dropping slightly in 2020, according to a study published Wednesday.
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.
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