Advocates, elected officials urge hospitals to resume gender-affirming care for youth

By: Erik Gunn

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: May 22, 2026

Words: 953

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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A group of more than 60 nonprofits, advocacy organizations and businesses wrote to two Wisconsin health systems Thursday, urging them to resume gender-affirming care for minors that they halted five months ago.

The hospital organizations — UW Health in Madison and Children’s Wisconsin in Wauwatosa — stopped providing hormone medication and puberty-blocking medication to minors with gender dysphoria following Trump administration actions targeting such healthcare.

Thursday’s letter, led by the LGBTQ+ rights groups Fair …

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