Robert De Niro’s daughter comes out as transgender
The daughter of actor Robert De Niro, Airyn, has come out as a transgender woman in a recent interview.
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The U.S. Health and Human Services released a report reviewing medical interventions for minors seeking gender-affirming care.
In the 400-page review published May 1, unnamed authors determined there’s a lack of evidence supporting interventions such as puberty blockers, sex hormones and surgery and emphasized their potential risks despite most medical organizations and professionals backing its benefit.
An HHS statement said medical doctors, medical ethicists and a methodologist contributed to the report, however, the agency declined to provide names for the contributors.
“Our duty is to protect our nation’s children – not expose them to unproven and irreversible medical interventions,” said Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health. “We must follow the gold standard of science, not activist agendas.”
Casey Pick, director of law and policy at The Trevor Project, a national LGBTQ+ youth advocacy group focused on suicide prevention, said the report is “deeply troubling” and “rejects health care best practices for transgender people.”
“We urge the administration to respect and support people for who they are – and to let families and doctors make decisions based on what keeps people healthy, not government ideology,” she said.
This story is developing.
Adrianna Rodriguez can be reached at adrodriguez@usatoday.com.
