“Offering science- and research-based health care to trans and gender diverse youth is part of Children’s Minnesota’s vision of being every family's essential partner in raising healthier children."
Fantastic news! It's great that they're bringing it back, but the harm they caused and the trust they broke will take years to heal. My health system stopped youth GAC as well, and I will never let them forget how they betrayed our community. Am I thrilled with this? Yes. Am I willing to forgive and forget? Nope.
Children's Minnesota should have never suspended care in the first place, but it is good to see that affected families will be able to resume their care that should have continued uninterrupted.
Hopefully Judge Kasubhai rules on the side of common sense and decency against the Trump regime from further threatening healthcare providers.
I applaud Judge Kasubhai for his decision vacating the federal government’s attempt to restrict gender-affirming care and allowing services for transgender youth to continue — at least for now. This ruling recognizes what medical experts, families, and transgender young people have been saying all along: access to medically necessary care should never be dictated by politics or ideology.
While this decision brings much-needed relief and hope, we must also be realistic. If this case moves forward — as it almost certainly will — an appeal is inevitable, and the path likely leads to the Supreme Court. Given the Court’s recent trajectory, there is real concern that it may ultimately side with the Trump administration, risking another devastating setback for transgender rights and healthcare access.
Today is a victory and a reprieve worth celebrating. But it is also a reminder that the fight is far from over. The rights, dignity, and health of transgender youth remain on the line, and continued advocacy, vigilance, and solidarity are more important than ever.
I just sent a thank you to familyliaison@childrensmn.org for standing up for children with gender needs. I wish they had never stopped caring for kids but I do understand that money controls all. The US government is evil.
Speaking as your Canadian neighbour looking in, I’m always a little taken aback at how one presidential order can ripple through an entire healthcare system. I’m not pretending to understand every twist of American law — I’m just up here thinking, “Surely there’s a rulebook for this… right.”
But Baum’s reporting makes one thing clear: hospitals didn’t pause gender‑affirming care because the medicine changed. They paused because the politics did. And now the courts are trying to figure out whether that declaration even had the legal footing it claimed.
As someone with people in my life who are navigating identity with honesty and courage, this hits differently. When someone you care about trusts you enough to say, “This is who I am,” you start to understand how much strength it takes just to move through the world as yourself. And you realize quickly that medically supported, evidence‑based care isn’t abstract — it’s essential.
So when I see that care thrown into chaos by decisions that don’t reflect the science, it’s heartbreaking. Not in a distant, theoretical way — in a very human way.
But I say all this with respect, not judgment. Different country, different system, different levers of power. I’m just a neighbour trying to make sense of how it all works.
What gives me hope is the way everyday people use the tools we have — social media, the open web, AI — to share facts, support one another, and push back when something isn’t right. These tools were built for regular folks, and moments like this show why they matter.
As a Canadian looking in — and as someone who cares deeply about the people in my life — I’ll always stand with the trans community. With compassion. With curiosity. With love. And with the steady belief that we can do better than this.
I think that we will see more health care providers following suit and resuming gender health care. Yet this is only more likely if our community and our allies continue to put pressure on health care providers and our local and state officials to do the right thing.
and send emails with this news to any/every other Children’s Hospital that we know of, urging them to resume care and/or continue the fight for it. I will do Colorado Springs!
Never should have happened to begin with. They could have had their lawyers look things over without taking any immediate action, but instead chose to harm their patients to safeguard their bottom line.
🌹 awesome! Thank you Erin and S.Baum!
Now… How do we make it easy for Judge Kasubhai to expand the impact of this ruling??
Filing suits relevantly citing that ruling.
Fantastic news! It's great that they're bringing it back, but the harm they caused and the trust they broke will take years to heal. My health system stopped youth GAC as well, and I will never let them forget how they betrayed our community. Am I thrilled with this? Yes. Am I willing to forgive and forget? Nope.
Yay Minnesota!!!
TY, Baum, please keep the goods news coming!
Children's Minnesota should have never suspended care in the first place, but it is good to see that affected families will be able to resume their care that should have continued uninterrupted.
Hopefully Judge Kasubhai rules on the side of common sense and decency against the Trump regime from further threatening healthcare providers.
Now how about the rest of the hospitals take notice and do the right thing.
I applaud Judge Kasubhai for his decision vacating the federal government’s attempt to restrict gender-affirming care and allowing services for transgender youth to continue — at least for now. This ruling recognizes what medical experts, families, and transgender young people have been saying all along: access to medically necessary care should never be dictated by politics or ideology.
While this decision brings much-needed relief and hope, we must also be realistic. If this case moves forward — as it almost certainly will — an appeal is inevitable, and the path likely leads to the Supreme Court. Given the Court’s recent trajectory, there is real concern that it may ultimately side with the Trump administration, risking another devastating setback for transgender rights and healthcare access.
Today is a victory and a reprieve worth celebrating. But it is also a reminder that the fight is far from over. The rights, dignity, and health of transgender youth remain on the line, and continued advocacy, vigilance, and solidarity are more important than ever.
A childrens hospital looking after Children's needs. Perfect.
I just sent a thank you to familyliaison@childrensmn.org for standing up for children with gender needs. I wish they had never stopped caring for kids but I do understand that money controls all. The US government is evil.
Thanks for posting, I send them a thank you as well.
Wish our two Childrens Hospitals in Wisconsin would do the same.
Speaking as your Canadian neighbour looking in, I’m always a little taken aback at how one presidential order can ripple through an entire healthcare system. I’m not pretending to understand every twist of American law — I’m just up here thinking, “Surely there’s a rulebook for this… right.”
But Baum’s reporting makes one thing clear: hospitals didn’t pause gender‑affirming care because the medicine changed. They paused because the politics did. And now the courts are trying to figure out whether that declaration even had the legal footing it claimed.
As someone with people in my life who are navigating identity with honesty and courage, this hits differently. When someone you care about trusts you enough to say, “This is who I am,” you start to understand how much strength it takes just to move through the world as yourself. And you realize quickly that medically supported, evidence‑based care isn’t abstract — it’s essential.
So when I see that care thrown into chaos by decisions that don’t reflect the science, it’s heartbreaking. Not in a distant, theoretical way — in a very human way.
But I say all this with respect, not judgment. Different country, different system, different levers of power. I’m just a neighbour trying to make sense of how it all works.
What gives me hope is the way everyday people use the tools we have — social media, the open web, AI — to share facts, support one another, and push back when something isn’t right. These tools were built for regular folks, and moments like this show why they matter.
As a Canadian looking in — and as someone who cares deeply about the people in my life — I’ll always stand with the trans community. With compassion. With curiosity. With love. And with the steady belief that we can do better than this.
Thanks for sharing this good news, S. Baum.
I think that we will see more health care providers following suit and resuming gender health care. Yet this is only more likely if our community and our allies continue to put pressure on health care providers and our local and state officials to do the right thing.
This makes my heart HAPPY!!
Let’s all thank this hospital
and send emails with this news to any/every other Children’s Hospital that we know of, urging them to resume care and/or continue the fight for it. I will do Colorado Springs!
Never should have happened to begin with. They could have had their lawyers look things over without taking any immediate action, but instead chose to harm their patients to safeguard their bottom line.