Intersex youth who rely on hormone therapy are facing treatment challenges as the Trump administration threatens to cut funding for medical centers providing gender-affirming care to trans minors. A mother’s voice highlights the lack of recognition for children who life does not easily categorize, raising alarm among families and advocates.

Pediatricians and legal experts in Washington are denouncing a new Trump administration proposal to bar gender-affirming care for minors. Washington’s Attorney General has publicly rebuked the plan, underscoring the tension between state and federal perspectives on transgender healthcare.

A recent ruling by Judge Jackson Lofgren has upheld North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for children. Parents who were already leaving the state to secure these treatments must now continue seeking medical help elsewhere, underscoring the ban’s impact on families.

Alaska’s medical board has advanced a draft regulation that could penalize providers of gender-affirming care for minors. The proposed changes, approved on Friday, signal a shift in how youth treatments may be administered across the state.