NY Attorney General Orders NYU Langone to Resume Gender Affirming Care for Youth
NYU Langone in February of 2025 after the hospital first started pulling back on gender-affirming care for youth in the aftermath of an executive order from President Trump. MATT TRACY By Matt Tracy Gay City News New York Attorney General Leticia James The Office of New York Attorney General Letitia James has ordered NYU Langone to resume gender-affirming care for patients under the age of 19 after the hospital shut down its Transgender Youth Health Program in the face of pressure from the Trump administration. The letter, obtained by Gay City News, was delivered on Feb. 25 — about a week after NYU Langone shut down its program, citing the “current regulatory environment” and the departure of its medical director. “You are hereby advised to immediately resume all service offerings as they had before the change in policy and to make medically necessary puberty-blocking medications and hormone therapies available for patients under nineteen who are diagnosed with gender dysp...
