UT Southwestern and Children’s Health became two of only three hospitals to ever get the “responsible citizenship criteria” deduction on the Human Rights Campaign’s indexThe Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBTQ rights organization, significantly lowered the ranking of two Dallas hospitals in its scoring system for health care inclusivity after the facilities halted medical treatment for new adolescent transgender patients.
Genecis – which stood for Gender Education and Care, Interdisciplinary Support – was an acclaimed seven-year-old program created by the hospitals to provide comprehensive care to transgender and gender-diverse youth. It was the only such program in the state of Texas before it stopped providing gender-affirming medical care for new patients in November 2021.
The Dallas Morning News reached out to UT Southwestern and Children’s Health for comment on the score changes but has not received a response. All of the major national and state medical groups support age-appropriate, individualized gender-affirming care for trans children and adolescents. Best practices dictate that medical interventions only be explored for adolescents who have experienced the onset of puberty and have undergone mental health evaluation.
Until the suspension, UT Southwestern and Children’s Health were listed as scoring 95 and 90 out of 100, respectively, on the index. UT Southwestern previously pointed to the index “top performer” designation on its website as proof of its focus on equity and access.The decision to invoke such a significant deduction was not an easy one, she said. “We did not take implementing this penalty lightly. In the end, we prefer not to have to do it,” Hanneman said.
This is absolutely not surprising.
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