Overview

• The Center for Transyouth Health and Development at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles will end its three-decade program for publicly insured trans children and teens on July 22 after a legal and financial review.
• California Attorney General Rob Bonta warned the closure breaches state antidiscrimination law and underscored that gender-affirming care remains lawful in California.
• Scores of trans youth, their families and healthcare workers have kept up daily protests outside the hospital seeking to reverse the decision.
• With no court injunction blocking the shutdown, many families are forced to seek support from a patchwork of overburdened private and community providers.
• Advocates caution that the loss of specialized services and ongoing research could heighten mental health crises among trans youth already at elevated suicide risk.