FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 3, 2022

Contact:

Cindi Creager, CreagerCole Communications

(646) 279-4559, cindi@PROTECTED

WPATH/USPATH Condemn Florida Agency’s Attack on Transgender Health Care

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) and the United States Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH) condemn the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration for issuing a misleading and distorted report that aims to deny Medicaid coverage for transgender health care.

“Florida’s assault on transgender communities has been relentless. This latest attack from the agency that oversees the Medicaid program comes just two months after the Department of Health targeted medically necessary health care for trans youth.

As stated in USPATH’s detailed position statement responding to Florida’s actions: ‘These efforts lack scientific merit, and in some cases misinterpret or distort available data, or otherwise lend credence to individual opinions in the literature that are at odds with the overwhelming majority of experts and publications in this field.’

Florida’s health agencies have an obligation to support the health and wellbeing of its residents, including those who are transgender. The state has instead chosen to issue misleading and dangerous reports designed to harm transgender people. WPATH and USPATH will continue to challenge each and every one of these unconscionable attempts to thwart trans health care.”

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**Walter Bouman, WPATH President, quoted in AP article that has gone to many outlets including ABC News.

Transgender youth treatment under fire in Florida again - ABC News - https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/transgender-youth-treatment-fire-florida-85171580