Seven families with transgender or nonbinary children have taken legal action against President Donald Trump's recent executive orders, which aim to narrowly define sexes and cease federal support for gender-affirming health care for transgender individuals under 19 years old. The lawsuit, filed in a Baltimore federal court, includes plaintiffs such as PFLAG, a national LGBTQ+ family support group, and GLMA, a doctors organization.
Trump's order, signed just a week prior, directed the federal government to halt funding for gender-affirming medical care under programs like Medicaid and TRICARE. This move has left families like Kristen Chapman's in distress. Chapman, who relocated from Tennessee to Virginia due to a ban on gender-affirming care, shared her disappointment after her daughter's care appointment was canceled following Trump's order.
