Trump Administration Hosts DeTrans Awareness Day, Highlights Detransition Stories

The event signals a broader push by the administration to restrict gender-affirming care and reshape federal policies on transgender rights.

The Department of Education hosted panels with detransitioners, medical professionals, and activists to mark DeTrans Awareness Day, a first for the federal government.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon and lawmakers like Rep. Dan Crenshaw discussed the role of schools in social transitions and proposed measures to limit gender-affirming care for minors.
The Trump administration has rolled back protections for transgender individuals, including limiting access to gender-affirming care and restricting trans-inclusive policies in schools.
Critics argue the administration is amplifying misinformation about gender-affirming care, which is supported by major medical organizations and has a low rate of regret among recipients.
Proposals include barring federally funded hospitals from providing gender-affirming care to minors and creating systems to report hospitals allegedly defrauding the government over transition procedures.