The Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine Friday refused to scrap new rules denying doctors from using gender-affirming care for trans youths after dozens of transgender people begged them to reverse the controversial bans
At a joint meeting of the boards, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine unanimously nixed an exception to its rule that would have allowed trans children participating in studies conducted by state universities to receive medical treatment. That brought the two boards’ rules into alignment.
More than 150 people attended Friday’s meeting, where speakers overwhelmingly opposed the treatment bans. The critics repeatedly noted that most of the country’s medical associations have endorsed gender-affirming care for minors and adults.“The most embarrassing moment of my life is happening right now as I stand in front of a panel of strangers and publicly beg for my right to exist. Nothing is more humiliating and dehumanizing than pleading for one’s own existence.
Under the rules, minors currently being treated with puberty blockers or hormone therapies would be allowed to continue the treatment for now. Simone Chriss, director of the Trans Rights Initiative at Southern Legal Counsel, argued that the treatments are necessary. “What the board has sought to do is protect our children from therapies that have irreversible harm. … So it’s a very limited set of therapies that have been restricted, but this board still wants these patients cared for, absolutely,” he said.
Board of Medicine member Hector Vila said the boards, which regulate physicians, thoroughly explored the issue before concluding the therapies are not supported by their own independent evidence.
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