In July, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a “Request for Information” intendedto brand gender-affirming care as an “unfair and deceptive practice.”Advocates for Trans Equality fought back!
Since the FTC opened the public comment period, we’ve flooded their inbox with testimony on behalf of hundreds of real patients and medical practitioners. Trans people, their families, and their doctors agree: gender-affirming care is safe, evidence-based, and medically necessary.
If you are interested in sharing your story, you have until 11:59 PM EST tonight to submit your comment through our page. Please encourage your network to also submit a comment before 11:59 PM EST tonight.
TELL THE FTC: Hands Off Gender-Affirming Care!
Our story collection form will shut down at 11:59 PM EST TONIGHT, Wednesday, September 24, 2025.
After you send your story to us throughthis form, A4TE will process your testimony and submit your comments to the FTC. This minimizes risk for our community and allows A4TE to send submissions in large batches. We encourage you to submit your comment through our story collection page for these reasons.
We appreciate your bravery in sharing your story. Thank you to everyone who has already submitted! Together, we can make a powerful case to the FTC that gender-affirming care is safe and medically necessary.
