The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a report discrediting gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary youth, instead advocating for exploratory therapy as a sole treatment for gender dysphoria. Critics, including LGBTQ+ advocates, argue that this approach amounts to a form of conversion therapy, despite the HHS's claims that it differs from traditional methods. The report, released under a Trump Administration mandate, also threatens to withhold federal funding from institutions providing gender-affirming care, highlighting the ongoing debate over the treatment of transgender youth within the healthcare system.
This report not only rejects health care best practices for transgender people, it goes a step further by recommending conversion therapy, though under a new, rebranded name, exploratory therapy.
Despite the report's claims, this is, in fact, the same harmful practice of conversion therapy, just using friendlier language.
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