About 200 faculty, students and community activists gathered at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to protest the decision to close the state’s...
On International Transgender Day of Visibility, about 200 protesters gathered at the UT Southwestern Medical Center campus
At the start of the event, a protest organizer read a statement on behalf of UT Southwestern and Children’s Health community members and their allies. “We are deeply concerned by UTSW’s recent public statements that perpetuate dangerous misinformation as well as the institution’s failure to uphold nondiscrimination policies,” the statement said.
“We continue to provide evaluations for gender dysphoria in youths, continue to provide psychiatric care for gender transition and continue the coordination of these services,” the statement said. The rally was the latest public display of dissent against UT Southwestern and Children’s Health, which halted gender-affirming medical care for new adolescent patients in November.to hospital leadership opposing the decision. Hundreds of families also signed a letter detailing the effect of the changes to care on their loved ones.over the decision to stop offering gender-affirming treatments like puberty blockers and hormone suppressants to new patients.
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