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The Guardian - US
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Melody Schreiber

‘Nakedly political’: US attempts to link trans support to authoritarianism in new health department report

group of people hold signs in protest
People hold signs as the US supreme court hears arguments over an appeal by the Biden administration in Washington DC, on 4 December 2024. Photograph: Benoît Tessier/Reuters

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a report linking “gender ideology” to leftwing authoritarianism and political violence – a study scientists say was poorly conducted and “nakedly political”, probably leading to greater politicization of science and health.

It follows attempts by the administration to limit access to gender-affirming care – including, on Friday, an agreement reached between the Department of Justice and a New York hospital to no longer offer pediatric gender-affirming care. Dozens of hospitals stopped offering gender-affirming care after the Trump administration began investigating them for offering the standard of care.

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