Transhealth Condemns Supreme Court Ruling on Trans Health Care
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a devastating decision to uphold Tennessee’s ban on medically necessary healthcare for trans youth in U.S. v. Skrmetti.
This ruling is a direct and cruel attack on trans lives across the country. The court’s majority employed a standard of review that allowed it to endorse what is obviously outright discrimination. It gives states a green light to ignore medical and scientific expertise in denying young people the care they need, and to play politics with the rights, lives, and dignity of trans youth, their families, and their healthcare providers.
At Transhealth, we want our patients and their families to know this: Your care is not changing in Massachusetts. Gender-affirming care remains legal, protected, and accessible here. We are thankful for Massachusetts’ political leadership and their support for equality and equity, and we remain steadfast in our commitment to provide this essential care with respect, compassion, and clinical excellence.
Let’s be clear: gender-affirming care is good, proven healthcare supported by every major medical association. Trans youth deserve safety, support, and the freedom to grow into who they are on their own terms. There is no law, court, politician, or president which can deny the existence of trans, nonbinary, gender-diverse, and intersex people. There are no opinions to be offered that are more important than the positive impact of providing medically-necessary, gender-affirming healthcare to trans people and their families.
Our power has always come from within the community, and that power will only grow. Courts and politicians may try to restrict our rights, but they cannot define our value or control the reality of our identities and lived experiences. We will not back down from this truth.
In the face of cruelty and fear, Transhealth will continue to offer healthcare, build community, and fight for a world in which every trans person—of every age—can thrive.
We are still here. We are still protecting each other. We are not done fighting.
