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Trump Administration Questions Gender Transition's Health Impact

4/11/2025

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The Trump administration has tasked the National Institutes of Health with examining the physical and mental health impacts of gender transition, particularly regret and detransition. This move comes on the heels of major cuts to LGBTQ health research funding, sparking worries among researchers about the study's integrity and the motivations behind it, especially given the existing evidence showing low regret rates.

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The Trump administration has tasked the National Institutes of Health with examining the physical and mental health impacts of gender transition, particularly regret and detransition. This move comes on the heels of major cuts to LGBTQ health research funding, sparking worries among researchers about the study's integrity and the motivations behind it, especially given the existing evidence showing low regret rates.