THE POLICY LANDSCAPE

Rights, restrictions & the places between.

Sources retrieved

Trans Policy Atlas data: Transitics' CATPALM (built by Aleksandra Vaca, a member of the Trans Data Initiative team) and the team's own research.

COLLECTION

Incarceration

Accessing gender-affirming care in prison

50 states + D.C.

State correctional policies; county jails and federal prisons may have different rules.

Alabama: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone TherapyAlaska: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesArizona: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesArkansas: Denies Gender-Affirming Care Unless Treatment Began Before IncarcerationCalifornia: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesColorado: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesConnecticut: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesDelaware: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesDistrict of Columbia: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone TherapyFlorida: Denies Gender-Affirming CareGeorgia: Denies Gender-Affirming Care (Blocked)Hawaii: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone TherapyIdaho: Denies Gender-Affirming Care (Blocked)Illinois: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesIndiana: Access To Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & Surgeries MandatedIowa: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone TherapyKansas: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesKentucky: Denies Gender-Affirming CareLouisiana: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone TherapyMaine: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone TherapyMaryland: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone TherapyMassachusetts: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone TherapyMichigan: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesMinnesota: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesMississippi: Provides Unspecified Gender-Affirming TreatmentMissouri: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone TherapyMontana: No Stated Gender-Affirming Care PolicyNebraska: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone TherapyNevada: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesNew Hampshire: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesNew Jersey: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesNew Mexico: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesNew York: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesNorth Carolina: Denies Gender-Affirming CareNorth Dakota: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone TherapyOhio: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone TherapyOklahoma: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesOregon: No Stated Gender-Affirming Care Policy; Access To Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy MandatedPennsylvania: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesRhode Island: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesSouth Carolina: Denies Gender-Affirming Care Unless Treatment Began Before IncarcerationSouth Dakota: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone TherapyTennessee: Denies Gender-Affirming Care Unless Treatment Began Before April 29th, 2024Texas: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone TherapyUtah: Denies Gender-Affirming Care Unless Treatment Began Before IncarcerationVermont: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesVirginia: No Stated Gender-Affirming Care Policy; Access To Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy MandatedWashington: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesWest Virginia: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesWisconsin: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesWyoming: Provides Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy & SurgeriesALAKAZCOFLGAINKSMEMNNCNDOKPASDTXWYMOWVILNMARCAHIIAKYMIMSMTNHNYOHORTNUTVAWAWINESCIDNVVTLAMARICTNJDEMDDC
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Access / protection recognized24
Conditions / barriers15
Restriction reported7
Court limits reported2
Not established3
Colors summarize the source’s description. Court limits, age and setting matter; read the state details. Territories are available in the state selector.

A record is what a source reported on the date it was captured, not a legal effective date. An unobserved record is not a finding that no restrictions exist.