Transgender pride flags ruffled in the night Monday as thousands of LGBTQ+ protesters and their supporters marched on NYU Langone Hospital in Manhattan after the medical giant pulled the plug on gender-affirming care for children.
The gathering at St. Vartan Park, located on 1st Avenue and 35th Street across the way from NYU Langone, stressed that the decision to deny such care to trans youth is a matter of life and death, and their fury hinged on the fear that struggling children could lose their lives to self-harm. NYU Langone’s decision came following an executive order that President Trump signed barring gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth.
