Pressures to change/eliminate transgender care.

While I don’t know what Mayo is doing, I support your inquiring about treatment in general from the proper sources at Mayo.
Then, if you are receiving hormone treatment from a physician at Mayo, you should ask that physician directly how your treatment could be affected.
The trans community has every right to be alarmed. Close friends have a grandchild who is trans, so I am very invested in this issue and try to stay informed. Also, I am LGBTQ.

I wish you well. However, remember to advocate for yourself as you are now.

I've spoken with a number of physicians and pharmacists on the government interference with transgender care. The pharmacists tell me all the HRT drugs are readily available, since the meds are used by cis-women also. The docs all tell me not to worry, that they can always make an accommodation. I live in a purple state, and don't anticipate any pushback politically until the next election cycle.

If anyone's looking for providers, outcarehealth.org is a good resource. Many of us who treat people in the community will continue to do so.

At 60 years of age, having never tried transition surgery due to financial reasons and now feel it's too late at this point. I also have health issues with hyperthyroidism, I do fear what the government is doing against us trans people.

People who are post operative likely have an easier row to hoe as we will die without them.

Lawsuits will be filed for those undergoing transition pre surgery, however, personally I expect providers to cease any prescriptions for those starting hrt.

Actually, we won't die without hormones. We will just suffer the same as menopausal women or cis men with low testosterone.

Though I knew by age seven I did not conform, I buried those aspects of my life for sixty more years. I invited myself in at 68 and haven't looked back. Don't forget, you have Medicare on your horizon, and currently surgical alignment procedures are still covered (at least for now). I have my final consult in four weeks and a surgery date in late October.

My 9-year-old child is currently socially transitioning. We are worried about this as well. While there certainly has been strides in recent years to bring visibility to trans rights and acceptance, there is also a great deal of rejection, attacks, and legislative action to unnecessarily demonize the community. Although I have always considered myself to be an ally to the LGBTQ community, now that it is intimately affecting me as a parent, I will continue to do what I can to advocate, educate and resist the attacks on those of you living your authentic lives and their loved ones.

gbbuck,
Thank you for being there for your child. I was raised in the 60's and 70's, transitioning was not an option. I tried really hard to do what I was supposed to do. It didn't work very well. I didn't fit and I didn't understand it. It led me into trouble as the only group that would accept me was the misfits. By middle school I found drugs and alcohol. I had a few run ins with the law. By the time I was in my mid 20's, I started to figure myself out, but transition was still out of the question for me. It wasn't until I was in my 50's that I felt comfortable enough with who I was and where I was that I could transition. I don't know how my life would have turned out if gender dysphoria was recognized when I was a kid. I know it would have saved me a lot of heartache and kept me out of the dark side.

Thank you for supporting your child. This will mean the world to them. The world may be scary right now, but the consequences of not transitioning when you know you need to is much worse.

With love and respect,
-Clara

My fear isn't with the hospitals or pharmaceutical industries. It's with the insurance companies. They are so enormous that they can easily be leveraged to eliminate procedures the federal government doesn't wish to support. It's the age old strategy of hitting you in the pocket book. Without insurance, alignment surgery becomes financially unobtainable for most of us.