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Ordinance Amending Title 6: Conduct, Article I, Rights and Actions by creating a new Chapter 620E Protection of Gender Affirming Care Services Providers from Out-of-State Investigation or Prosecution for Providing Legal Gender Affirming Care.
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WHEREAS, Pittsburgh has committed itself to being a welcoming city for members of the TLGBQ+ Community through its creation of the TLGBQ+ Commission in June 2020,
WHEREAS, on April 6, 2011, Pittsburgh City Council proclaimed Pittsburgh a Human Rights City as part of the Human Rights City Alliance,
WHEREAS, these commitments compel us to furthering the rights of all our residents to receive medically necessary care,
WHEREAS, the ACLU has declared gender-affirming care "medically necessary care that can be lifesaving for transgender youth,"
WHEREAS, 20 states have introduced legislation criminalizing gender affirming care,
WHEREAS, 26 states have restricted gender affirming care for minors and/or adults,
WHEREAS, The American Medical Association "views these bills as a dangerous legislative intrusion into the practice of medicine and... the AMA has emphasized that it is 'imperative that transgender minors be given the opportunity to explore their gender identity under the safe and supportive care of a physician,'"
WHEREAS, only 10 states are deemed "sanctuary states" for gender-affirming care,
WHEREAS, gender-affirming care for members of the TLGBQ+ community is currently under attack across the nation,
WHEREAS, this year members of the Pennsylvania State House introduced House Bill 138, which would impose civil liability for providers of gender-affirming care,
WHEREAS, at the date of this legislation, Pennsylvania law does not restrict or criminalize gender-affirming care,
WHEREAS, gender-affirming care is both evidence-based and medically necessary for transgender individuals, and is formally supported by the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatricians, the American Psychiatr...
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