A tiny 5.5 percent of transsexual "chest reconstruction" surgeries – radical procedures performed on healthy bodies and designed to make gender-confused people feel and look more like their ...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado alleges in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that Children’s Hospital Colorado is discriminating against transgender patients by refusing to perform surgeries it ...

The number of gender-affirming surgeries performed in the United States nearly tripled between 2016 and 2019, a trend driven in part by changes in federal and state laws mandating coverage of the ...

SEATTLE, WA / ACCESS Newswire / October 9, 2025 / Within gender‑affirming medicine, female‑to‑male (FTM) chest reconstruction-often called top surgery-requires highly specialized technique and ...

Children’s Hospital Colorado has stopped performing chest reconstruction on transgender patients, though it will continue to offer non-surgical gender-affirming care. The hospital never performed ...

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is taking steps to ensure transgender youth are not denied access to medical care by their insurance company. Lara announced Wednesday, December 30, that ...

Dr. Wallace answers the question: 'Tissue flap reconstruction on both sides?' — -- Question: If I have both breasts removed, can I have tissue flap reconstruction done on both sides of my chest?

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Colorado filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHCO), alleging discrimination against transgender patients for halting gender ...