The Bureau of Prisons policy, which has been blocked by lower courts, would give transgender prisoners access to psychotherapy and antidepressants instead of certain gender-transition medical treatments.

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is devoting a hearing to a topic that affects millions but is poorly understood and widely ignored, including when it comes to federal research money.

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Two transgender teenagers claimed that the ban, enacted last year over the Democratic governor’s veto, violated the Kansas Constitution.

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The Trump administration has used an array of pressure tactics to try to end treatments for minors, even in states that want to keep them.

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