The move targets at least one New York hospital in an effort to ostracize transgender Americans, critics warn
Published
May 22, 2026 6:30AM (EDT)
Protesters with Gender Liberation Movement and ACT UP block the entrance to the Department of Health and Human Services while protesting the Trump administration’s plan to cut federal funding to clinics providing care for transgender youth on February 17, 2026 in Washington, DC. 24 demonstrators were arrested while protesting on the final day of public comment over proposed rules that critics say would effectively ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth nationally. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
As of last week, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has begun issuing criminal subpoenas seeking information on gender-affirming care administered to minors. This escalation, critics argue, is the latest step in a larger effort to push transgender Americans further out of public life.
