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Vanderbilt University announces end to transgender surgeries for adults

Legislation currently pending in the Tennessee legislature would ban the state’s TennCare medicaid program from covering ‘transition’ surgeries at any age.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Feb 23, 2026Feb 23, 2026

Top Tennessee hospital fires ‘LGBT health’ staff, ends ‘Trans Buddy Program’

Vanderbilt University Medical Center laid off five LGBT activist employees and ended its ‘LGBT Health Program,’ after a budget reduction over Trump administration funding cuts.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Jul 21, 2025

Major hospitals may still be ‘transitioning’ children despite Trump order: report

Five prominent left-wing hospitals may be continuing to ‘gender transition’ children and push woke initiatives in defiance of the Trump administration, a watchdog group warns.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Jun 20, 2025Jun 23, 2025

Hundreds of gender-confused Canadian girls have had their breasts removed, data shows

Since 2018, at least 602 gender-confused minors in Canada have had their breasts either removed or reduced by surgeons, with the youngest girl being just 14.

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LifeSiteNews staff

• Oct 2, 2023Oct 2, 2023

Vanderbilt halts transgender mutilation of children ahead of new Tennessee law taking effect

Vanderbilt University Medical Center stopped filling requests for puberty-blocking drugs on June 1 in anticipation of a ban taking effect in July.

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Calvin Freiburger

• Jun 19, 2023Jun 20, 2023

Tennessee lawmakers introduce bill to ban puberty blockers, ‘sex change’ surgeries for minors

The legislation would allow patients and their families to sue a healthcare provider for violating the law.

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Andreas Wailzer

• Nov 10, 2022Nov 10, 2022

The ghastly truth about ‘gender transitioning’ is coming out, and liberal elites can’t stop it

Facts about the damage caused by transgenderism are forcing their way into the mainstream, one story at a time.

Blogs

Jonathon Van Maren

• Oct 11, 2022

Vanderbilt Medical Center to pause mutilating gender surgeries for minors following scandal

The move comes after a Daily Wire report about Vanderbilt's practices and Gov. Bill Lee's call for an investigation.

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Jean Mondoro

• Oct 10, 2022

Boston Children’s Hospital suggested unborn babies know they are ‘transgender’ in now-deleted video

‘Kids know very, very early,’ the gender psychologist said.

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Ashley Sadler

• Oct 10, 2022

Does Tennessee’s failure to ban minor gender surgeries hamper governor’s call for Vanderbilt investigation?

In 2022, the Tennessee legislature had an opportunity to outlaw all gender-mutilation procedures on minors, but the bills never made it out of committee.

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Jenny Hay

• Oct 3, 2022

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Vanderbilt University announces end to transgender surgeries for adults

Top Tennessee hospital fires ‘LGBT health’ staff, ends ‘Trans Buddy Program’

Major hospitals may still be ‘transitioning’ children despite Trump order: report

Hundreds of gender-confused Canadian girls have had their breasts removed, data shows

Vanderbilt halts transgender mutilation of children ahead of new Tennessee law taking effect

Tennessee lawmakers introduce bill to ban puberty blockers, ‘sex change’ surgeries for minors

The ghastly truth about ‘gender transitioning’ is coming out, and liberal elites can’t stop it

Vanderbilt Medical Center to pause mutilating gender surgeries for minors following scandal

Boston Children’s Hospital suggested unborn babies know they are ‘transgender’ in now-deleted video

Does Tennessee’s failure to ban minor gender surgeries hamper governor’s call for Vanderbilt investigation?