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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

The Medical University of South Carolina initially said it wouldn’t be affected by a law banning use of state funds for treatment “furthering the gender transition” of children under 16. Months later, it cut off that care to all trans minors.

One Saturday morning in September 2022, Terrence Steyer, the dean of the College of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, placed an urgent call to a student. Just a year prior, the medical student, Thomas Agostini, had won first place at a university-sponsored event for his graduate research on transgender pediatric patients. He also had been featured in a video on MUSC’s website highlighting resources that support the LGBTQ+ community.

Now, Agostini and his once-lauded study had set off a political firestorm. Conservative activists seized on one line in particular in the study’s summary — a parenthetical noting the youngest transgender patient to visit MUSC’s pediatric endocrinology clinic was 4 years old — and inaccurately claimed that children that young were prescribed hormones as part of a gender transition. Elon Musk amplified the false claim, tweeting, “Is it really true that four-year-olds are receiving hormone treatment?” That led federal and state lawmakers to frantically ask top MUSC leaders whether the public hospital was in fact helping young children medically transition. The hospital was not; its pediatric transgender patients did not receive hormone therapy before puberty, nor does it offer surgical options to minors.

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[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 53 points 1 year ago

I am amazed that health companies are not penalized for discrimination on which human beings they treat. Sorry, but that makes no sense.

[-] Colorcodedresistor@lemm.ee 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the neat part is the American health care system always finds a new way of disappointing everyone.

what's truly upsetting is that the few trans people that may need to go to that hospital for the fastest health care are going to find out the shitty way they've been blacklisted.

there is probably a good legal case against this misinformation but how many trans have the time and energy to fight backdoor politics?

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 20 points 1 year ago

there is probably a good legal case against this misinformation but how many trans have the time and energy to fight backdoor politics?

That's why I give money to the ACLU

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Yeah exactly, I’m trying to afford rent and stave off burnout too. I spent years doing activism but I’m almost 30 and I’m exhausted. And even when we do fight we’re a third of a percent of the population and economically disadvantaged before you take into account the expenses of transitioning (fortunately I’m past most of it, but spending my first years out of college saving up for a $20000 surgery was a serious financial hit)

And all this for what? My state government doesn’t give half a shit what we want. I’ll keep trying to vote them out but they realized they don’t even actually have to do what courts say. The courts won’t actually punish the legislature, just the state coffers if that.

[-] interceder270@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Have they really been 'blacklisted', or are they just unable to get certain procedures done?

[-] andros_rex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It can be both. There are cases of paramedics refusing to treat trans women, to the point where they die.

Doctors will also assume that any medical issue you have is due to your hormones and not treat you. I passed a kidney stone on my own because I was hurting in the “wrong” place.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Penalized? The people in goverment are bigots who want the hospitals to discriminate.

[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

There are constitutional guarantees that preclude it. Just needs someone to take it to court.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

And a court and justice system that cares and is not part of the corrupt state that enabled this in the first place

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

We have Two SCOTUS justices who committed perjury during their confirmation hearings and another who has been caught accepting bribes from petitioners of the court. You're putting an awful lot of faith in the court.

[-] interceder270@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Can you tell me what you think these guarantees are?

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Well if you decide that it’s religion you can hurt people by deciding that their medical care isn’t something your god approves of. And no you don’t need to find sufficient text or historical justification

[-] CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Wasn't there a case before SCOTUS where they held only "closely held beliefs" (or some shit) was allowed?

I can't find the actual case or verbage but basically it made it possible to force, say, spaghetti monster believers to adopt laws against their beliefs. Essentially paving the way for Christian nationalism.

[-] interceder270@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it's because people view hormonal treatment and sex changes as different than treatment for disease or injury.

They probably view it more as cosmetic treatment, like plastic surgery.

[-] Cannacheques@slrpnk.net -3 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't be surprised if health insurance companies in China would pull the same crap.

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