NYC Pride Grand Marshals Call for Ban on Hospitals that Ended Youth Gender-Affirming Care

NYC Pride grand marshals call for ban on hospitals that ended youth gender-affirming care

File photo from the NYC Pride March on June 29, 2025, in New York City. The annual Pride parade draws more than 1 million and is reputed to be the largest Pride event in North America. The marshals state the hospitals should be on the outs until they restore care and commit to protecting trans youth. [ more › ]

LGBTQ+ activists demand NYC Pride ban hospitals that ended trans youth care

The Gender Liberation Movement (GLM) is calling on New York City Pride to ban hospitals that have suspended gender-affirming care programs for trans youth. GLM’s letter against the hospitals includes signatories from LGBTQ+ non-profits, the families of trans youth, and former NYC Pride grand marshals.  “We call on NYC Pride to prohibit any hospital system that has ended, restricted, or suspended gender-affirming care for transgender youth from m…

Bowen Yang and Michelle Visage among stars calling for hospitals to be banned from NYC Pride march

The campaign follows moves by several major hospital systems to close or reduce services for transgender minors.

NYC Pride urged to ban hospitals that stopped care for trans kids

Grand marshals past and present have signed a letter demanding that New York City Pride bans hospitals that stopped providing healthcare for trans kids from participating in the event. Trans advocacy group Gender Liberation Movement published the letter, which was addressed to NYC Pride’s Board of Directors and Leadership, on 22 June. “We write as LGBTQ+ organisations, advocates, community leaders, allies, and New Yorkers who believe that Pride …

Grand marshals demand NYC Pride shut out hospitals that abandoned trans kids

Transgender advocates, along with past and present NYC Pride grand marshals, are demanding that Heritage of Pride bar hospital systems that have stopped providing gender-affirming care to transgender minors from participating in the city’s Pride march on June 28, including NYU Langone Health and Mount Sinai.Organized by the Gender Liberation Movement, the sign-on letter calls on the organization behind NYC Pride to prohibit any hospital system t…