The New Transgender Tipping Point: Trumpism, Medical Necessity & Gender-Affirming Care

Following the rise and eventual triumph of Trumpism 2024, President Donald J. Trump and his administration have sought to discredit the internationally recognized standards of effective health care practice for gender-affirming care. Now, ten years after Time Magazine published “The Transgender Tipping Point,” the political discourse of transgender identity is tipping again. Under the second Trump Administration, transgender identity sits at the edge of an abyss. Trumpism seeks to eradicate or significantly limit access to gender-affirming care through executive actions and the judiciary, despite the plethora of medical associations stating that that care is medically necessary. Public policies that widely restrict gender-affirming care create inherent inequality. This Article discusses the real and negative health consequences transgender patients face when gender-affirming care [is] inaccessible.