Biden White House Doubles Down Opposing Bans On Child Sex Change Surgery Amid Activist Pressure

The White House repeated its opposition to bans on sex change procedures for minors amid backlash from LGBT activist groups, according to the Advocate.

The Biden administration released a statement last week saying it opposed sex change surgeries for minors, but still supported gender procedures for transgender individuals, the Advocate reported on Wednesday. The administration faced immediate backlash from several LGBT activist groups, including the Human Rights Campaign, which called the administration “flat wrong.”

The White House clarified this week that the administration opposed bans on transgender sex change surgeries, while reiterating that minors should not receive life-altering transition surgeries.

LGBT activists took credit for the White House’s clarification in a leaked email posted to X on Tuesday morning. The email chain from the Whitman-Walker Institute and PACT, posted by health and science reporter Benjamin Ryan, praised the administration for clarifying that it continues “to oppose bans on care for trans youth” and affirming “that these decisions are best left to patients, providers, and families.”

The Whitman-Walker Institute is a group of nonprofits involved LGBT advocacy. Partnering and Communicating Together (PACT) is a funded partnership between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Division of HIV Prevention and other organizations representing populations affected by HIV.