North Carolina GOP Moves to Ban Healthcare for Trans Youth and Bar Them From Sports Teams

North Carolina GOP-controlled General Assembly considers legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and trans participation in sports
Bill banning state facilities from treating trans minors with hormones and gender-affirming surgeries advanced by House Health Committee
Senate to vote on whether to ban trans girls from playing on school sports teams that align with their gender identity
Proposal prohibits public health care facilities from performing any surgical gender transition procedure on a minor or providing them with puberty-blocking drugs or cross-sex hormones
Gender-affirming treatments for gender dysphoria are considered safe and medically necessary by leading professional health associations