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Transgender Youth Abandon By Healthcare

 NYU Langone ending Transgender Youth Health Program

BY: Zanger, Jenna DeAngeli
Updated on: February 18, 2026 

NYU Langone announced Tuesday it is discontinuing its Transgender Youth Health Program, leaving families frustrated and advocates fighting back. 

There's outrage in New York City's LGBTQ+ community over the decision to end that treatment at NYU Langone. 

The move comes in the wake of President Trump's Jan. 2025 executive order banning gender-affirming health care, and a December Trump administration proposal to withdraw federal funds from hospitals providing gender transition treatments to young people. 

"So-called gender affirming care has inflicted lasting physical and psychological damage on vulnerable young people. This is not medicine. It is malpractice," Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said in December.

"Given the recent departure of our medical director, coupled with the current regulatory environment, we made the difficult decision to discontinue our Transgender Youth Health Program. We are committed to helping patients in our care manage this change. This does not impact our pediatric mental health care programs, which will continue," NYU Langone said in a statement. 

"President Trump pledged to restore common sense and put a stop to unscientific and irreversible child mutilation procedures. The Trump administration is delivering," a spokesperson for the White House said. "Trans youth exist"

NYU Langone had reportedly begun cancelling some appointments shortly after the executive order was signed, so the shutdown of the entire program more than a year later may not come as a complete surprise. It is drawing the ire however of a number of advocacy organizations. 

"What I know is that trans youth exist. I once was a trans youth myself. This care is supported by nearly every major medical association in the country," said Elisa Crespo of the Stonewall Community Foundation. "American families are really hurting right now. I'm being contacted by parents of trans youth who are devastated and don't know where to turn."

Crespo said it now falls to the city and state to help fill in the gaps in care. 

"It's a shame our government is getting in the way of decisions that should be made between families, young people, and their doctors. It's a shame they are perpetuating such a bias and harmful narrative about gender affirming care," Crespo added. 

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Advocates are calling on NYU Langone to reinstate the program, while hoping the city and state will help fill gaps in care. 

I love A success Story - Jesse James Keitel in 56 Days

Jesse James Keitel
at arrivals for 56 DAYS Premiere

Jesse James Keitel stars as Alison Meadows in the 2026 Amazon Prime Video thriller series, 56 Days. Keitel attended the Los Angeles premiere of the series on February 11, 2026, at the Hammer Museum. The show, which follows a couple during a pandemic lockdown, features Keitel in a major role.

• Role: Keitel plays Alison Meadows.
• Show: 56 Days (2026), a thriller series.
• Platform: Amazon Prime Video.
• Premiere: February 11, 2026.

 

This role is part of a series of high-profile projects for Keitel, who is also known for her roles in Queer as Folk and Big Sky.

Wikipedia:  Awards and accolades and Personal life

Keitel was honored in Out magazine's OUT100 in 2018 for her portrayal of queer characters in the Ben Stiller-produced Netflix film Alex Strangelove, as well as playing TV Land's first non-binary character on Younger.

In 2020, Keitel identified as non-binary and used they/them pronouns. In 2022, she came out as a trans woman and began using she/her pronouns.

According to NBC News, Keitel is a "distant relative" of Harvey Keitel

Reddit - The truth about crossdressing and being married

Mallory

I get a lot of messages about how I “came out” or how my wife took it. Hopefully this can help a lot of you out there with the same curiosity or questions.

So just some background how it happened to me… I’ve crossdressed well before I met my girlfriend who is now my wife. About two weeks before my wedding date my (at the time) girlfriend found my stash of clothes. As any normal girl would do, she assumed that I was cheating. Which is a normal response in all honesty. Therefore I was left with the question: either say I’m cheating and lose the love of my life… or tell her everything and hope she still loves me. As you can tell, I told her everything, showed proof, and hoped she wouldn’t leave me.

Her first question was if I was transgender. Which is fair. I told her that I am not transgender or any other label that falls under lgbt. More power to you if you are, I just happen to be a straight guy who likes to dress up.

The next question was why. I simply told her that I like dressing up just because. It also has to do with the fact that I’m in an extremely masculine line of work and that I need a release. For me, that just happens to be dressing up and taking on the roll of Mallory. It takes my stress away and I just like being someone else for a while. Also… the clothes feel lovely 🥰.

Once she knew why and the reason, she was very accepting. For a while I struggled with alcoholism and anger. This was a relief for me. In a way, crossdressing made me a better person/husband.

Just because you open up to your wife and she is accepting of it, doesn’t mean that it comes with boundaries.

For example: sexual activities while dressed is a no go for my wife. Which is completely understandable. She told me that she wants me to be the real me during all of that, which is perfectly fine with me.

The biggest thing is establishing boundaries with your significant other of you are like myself. You still have to respect him/her. Don’t ever try to force something onto anyone, whether it’s dressing up, or anything for that matter.

For me, I still get a little uncomfortable going full out girl mode in front of my wife. So don’t be surprised if it happens to you. I fall into a very masculine line of work, which gives me the thought that I should always be this macho man all the time.

If I’m being honest, clothes don’t bother her whatsoever. She actually loves when I wear panties. It starts to cross her sexual boundary when I wear full makeup and a wig. The reasoning behind that is because I start looking “too” feminine, and it’s a little strange for her. That being said, refer to how I mentioned everything about setting boundaries. However, at certain times, she encourages me to do my “thing” as a stress relief”

Just remember, it’s not just you…it’s about her as well. From an early start set those boundaries. This is the key to success.

What might also help is the benefits she will get. For example extra make up products or make up remover. Make up remover is a big one. As well, you have a sense of feminine style, so when she goes shopping for clothes she will trust your judgment more lol. Another thing I like to do is take care of household chores while I am dressed up. She will never be mad at you while doing that lmao. Just to be clear, I’m not saying that it’s a woman’s job to do household chores. Gender norms, as you can tell, aren’t a thing for me.

Furthermore, if you’re contemplating about telling your significant other, there is no clear answer. It’s also not guaranteed that she will be accepting. My best line of advice is to give her the reason why you like to do so.

Once again, I’m a straight male who just likes to dress up and take on the role of Mallory. If you are trans, bi, etc. this might not apply to you.

No matter what, I really hope this helps with some of you girls out there!

If you have any questions, fell free to ask!

The Files and Now A War Distraction

NPR: Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump

Warning - This article contain explicate sexual material. 

Originally published February 24, 2026 5:00 AM ET

Heard on Morning Edition

The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds. It also removed some documents from the public database where accusations against Jeffrey Epstein also mention Trump.

Some files have not been made public despite a law mandating their release. These include what appear to be more than 50 pages of FBI interviews, as well as notes from conversations with a woman who accused Trump of sexual abuse decades ago when she was a minor.

NPR reviewed multiple sets of unique serial numbers appearing before and after the pages in question, stamped onto documents in the Epstein files database, FBI case records, emails and discovery document logs in the latest tranche of documents published at the end of January. NPR's investigation found dozens of pages that appear to be catalogued by the Justice Department but not shared publicly.

The Justice Department declined to answer NPR's questions on the record about these specific files, what's in them and why they are not published. After publication, the Justice Department reached out to NPR, taking issue with how its responses to questions were framed. Department of Justice spokeswoman Natalie Baldassarre reiterated DOJ's stance that any documents not published are privileged, are duplicates or relate to an ongoing federal investigation.

Following NPR's reporting, the House Oversight Committee's ranking member, Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., released a statement about the missing files.

"Yesterday, I reviewed unredacted evidence logs at the Department of Justice. Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes," Garcia stated.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have already been investigating this allegation against the president and will now open a parallel investigation into the DOJ's decision not to release these particular documents.

This collage shows photos of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell on a plane, as well as black-and-white photos of students playing in an orchestra and a girl near a cabin. There are also fragments of documents showing over $350,000 in donations from Epstein to the Interlochen Center for the Arts.

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But one lead was sent to the FBI's Washington office with the purpose of setting up an interview with the accuser. The lead was included in an internal PowerPoint slide deck detailing "prominent names" in the Epstein and Maxwell investigations last fall.

The woman who directly named Trump in her abuse allegation claimed that around 1983, when she was around 13 years old, Epstein introduced her to Trump, "who subsequently forced her head down to his exposed penis which she subsequently bit. In response, Trump punched her in the head and kicked her out."

Political Cartoons 3-1-2026

 

A permanent seat on Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" designed to oversee Gaza's reconstruction, requires a contribution of $1 billion in cash. The initiative, launched in early 2026, allows invited nations to secure permanent membership via this payment, while standard terms are for three years. 

According to NPR: So there's a lot of criticism among analysts saying Trump is really trying to undermine the U.N. here and even make world diplomacy transactional.  The charter does not say the president of the United States is the chairman. It says Donald J. Trump would be...