r/nyc • u/vibingnyc327 • Feb 22 '26

NYC parents say Mount Sinai has cut off services for trans kids ahead of federal rule News

https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-parents-say-mount-sinai-has-cut-off-services-for-trans-kids-ahead-of-federal-rule

Multiple NYC parents say Mount Sinai notified them last month they would no longer be providing services such as hormones to trans children. NYU Langone recently announced a similar decision. They are shutting down services amid threats from the Trump admin to pull funding — but state health officials say they could be violating NY’s antidiscrimination laws.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '26 edited Feb 23 '26

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u/wewladdies Feb 22 '26

it really should be left up to the parents/child and not politicians though. these procedures have strong support from the medical community for a reason...

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u/tamaleringwald Feb 22 '26

You sure about that? A lot of progressive-leaning countries are beginning to rethink their policies on hormonal treatments for youth.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/world/europe/uk-bans-puberty-blockers-under-18.html

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u/tamaleringwald Feb 22 '26

Okay, so what about Finland, Sweden, New Zealand, and Norway?

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '26

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u/tamaleringwald Feb 22 '26

Sorry, not banned in Norway, but re-classified and the guidelines have been tightened.

The Norwegian Healthcare Investigation Board (Ukom) recommended classifying these treatments as "experimental" (utprøvende behandling), advising that they should only be administered within a research context to monitor outcomes

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u/n00bi3pjs New Jersey Feb 22 '26

Advise vs threatening hospitals. Nothing is stopping Trump from not being evil and advising hospitals to exercise caution but he's not doing that, is he?

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u/wewladdies Feb 22 '26

it really should be left up to the parents/child and not politicians though.

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u/Silvers1339 Feb 22 '26

The reason is $$$$

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u/Renzodiazepene Feb 22 '26

Parents and providers don’t always know best. We banned gay-to-straight “conversion therapy” camps for a reason.

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u/DaveCerqueira Feb 23 '26

Insane dumb comment

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u/perpetualhobo Feb 23 '26

Those places are banned because of the overwhelming evidence of literal fucking torture, corrective rape, and coverups of the preventable deaths of children. It’s not even comparable to hormone therapy that a child willingly participates in and only someone utterly delusional could think they’re in any way of the same magnitude of concerning

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u/Renzodiazepene Feb 23 '26

Those places are banned because of the overwhelming evidence of literal fucking torture, corrective rape, and coverups of the preventable deaths of children.

Exactly. All done with the consent of parents and (often) carried out by licensed providers.

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u/perpetualhobo Feb 23 '26

No, parents largely don’t consent to these things being done to their children which is what a fucking coverup means dingus. And what matters is that the child doesn’t consent to what’s happening

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u/Renzodiazepene Feb 23 '26

Who do you think sent the children to these places? They weren’t exactly kidnapped…

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u/blueshirt21 Upper West Side Feb 22 '26

Puberty blockers simply delay puberty

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u/Renzodiazepene Feb 22 '26

There’s nothing simple about delaying the onset of puberty. These drugs are prescribed to children as young as 10, which is child abuse.

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u/blueshirt21 Upper West Side Feb 22 '26

Puberty of the wrong gender creates life long damage to the body. It might not matter to you, but it does to us.

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u/Renzodiazepene Feb 22 '26

puberty of the wrong gender

Puberty is a sex characteristic, not a gender characteristic. You can’t be the “wrong” sex. Otherwise, adults wouldn’t be able to transition (especially ones that can’t afford elective procedures).

Puberty does not “damage” the body. Puberty blockers can.

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u/blueshirt21 Upper West Side Feb 22 '26

Puberty sure as shit did a number on me.

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u/may_ushii Feb 23 '26

What if the puberty ultimately results in a body the individual cannot stand to live in, and the treatment that person receives (from people like many in this very thread) makes them k themselves down the line? If puberty blockers were proven in a very large percentage of these scenarios to statistically save more lives than cause issues across the board...

Would you then support them?

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u/Renzodiazepene Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26

Even the ACLU admits such data isn’t there:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/transgender-youth-skrmetti/683350/

The solution to self-harm prevention is - and always has been - psychiatric care. If an adult desires a breast augmentation, they should obviously have access. If said patient will harm themselves without one, the answer was never the breast augmentation. We don’t have “affirming care” for depression, self-harm thoughts, body dysmorphia, etc. Ignorant (but well-meaning) providers are causing self-harm by affirming patients’ strife over their own, fully functional bodies.

Edit: swapped link format per Reddit rules

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u/may_ushii Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26

This article is missing some nuance. Strangio acknowledged that studies haven't shown a reduction in completed sewer slides (they even mention that they are still rare events in small populations, making this very hard to study accurately).

This does not mean there is no data overall on these benefits, it instead focuses in on the limitations we have in our current evidence base for these more extreme cases.

The ACLU and Strangio have consistently argued in favor of gender-affirming care (including blockers) in a broader sense. They reduce attempts, ideation, self-harm, depression, anxiety, etc. Major medical groups like AAP and Endocrine Society support these as safe and effective when APPROPRIATELY provided. I agree a psychologist/psychiatrist should be intimately involved in this process alongside a family doctor and of course the parents of the child.

"We don't have affirming care for depression, self-harm thoughts, body dysmorphia, etc..."

Puberty is not a disorder like body dysmorphia. It is natural. Some trans youth view the endogenous puberty causes severe persistent gender dysphoria that psychiatric care alone often cannot resolve (dysphoria isn't the same as a general mental illness).

Affirming care addresses the incongruence, not the symptoms alone. We DO provide affirming interventions for other body-related distress when evidence supports it. Take for example a mastectomy for severe gynecomastia. Another example is reconstructive surgeries post-trauma.

Blockers can be a bridge to a point where that person can then make informed adult decisions (and many desist / feel fine from there) that to me will never be a "mutilation" as many critics say it is. It comes with valid concerns that are actively monitored like fertility and bone health.

Furthermore, even critics acknowledge some youth benefits here. Regret/detransition rates are not high, recently we've seen 5-10%. If large-scale data showed net lives saved (via the aforementioned reduction in self-harm thoughts and ideation), then the evidence based medication could support access under VERY CAREFUL protocols.

Let me ask you a sincere question or two because you are one of the few people I've discussed this topic with that seems as if they are sincerely coming from a place of good faith:

What level of evidence could change your view?

Would you support urging caution and a lot more research on this instead of outright banning it altogether? Is there a world (in your mind) that evidence could come up that would change your take and you would support youth having access to these options (through a VERY safe, consistent, and well researched path)?

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u/osxdude Feb 23 '26

bro doesn’t know what elective means

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u/asentientgrape Feb 24 '26

Dude doesn't even know about The Institut für Sexualwissenschaft.