Brazil bans hormone blockers for transgender minors

On April 8, Brazil's Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) approved a resolution prohibiting the use of hormone blockers in children and adolescents. The resolution raises the minimum age for initiating cross-sex hormone therapy—the administration of sex hormones for feminization or masculinization, according to gender identity—from 16 to 18 years, and the minimum age for performing sterilizing "transition" surgeries, that is, those that affect repr…

The Government of Javier Milei amended the Law on Gender Identity through DNU, preventing people under 18 years of age from accessing hormonal treatments of gender affirmation. The civil association La Casita Trans presented a collective protection to stop it, but the appeal was rejected by the courts, claiming a hierarchical incompetence. From the collective, they declare that they will not appeal the decision and that they will raise individua…