NYU Langone Health CEO, and dean of NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Robert Grossman, made the decision to end care for trans youth without public notice, activists say, following Donald Trump’s January 28 executive order banning trans healthcare for youth. The parents of transgender youth got word out after their children’s appointments were canceled.

Within 36 hours, trans advocates and families – with help from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) – helped to organize several hundred protestors outside of NYU Langone’s Tisch Hospital in Manhattan.

The crowd carried signs that read, “F**k Trump,” “Gender Affirming Care Saves Lives,” and “Shame on You NYU,” and the speakers – who included activists, youth, and celebrities – spoke to the illegality of NYU Langone’s actions as well as their efforts to eradicate the at-large trans community.

“[Trans] power is undeniable,” NYC trans activist and costume designer Qween Jean passionately enunciated to the audience.

Behind Jean, transgender flags flew among Palestinian and Lebanese flags to signal support for struggles outside of New York City.

“But what is not divine, are these bigots in power,” Jean continued. “I call them misleaders because they’re not leading us anywhere good. They have targeted us for the past few years, and the people in power, the left, the right, everybody in between, have remained silent. They have been working to undermine our intelligence, to undermine our contributions, to undermine our innovation. We are trans people. We are trans, and we will never be eradicated.”

In between speakers, members of DSA handed out QR codes to scan in order to send a letter demanding NYU Langone resume life-saving healthcare for trans youth.

“If you are a New Yorker that is prepared to fight like hell for your trans loved ones and neighbors let me hear you now!” roared District 22 New York City Councilmember Tiffany Cabán, a Democrat as well as a member of DSA. “I am here to tell you the first rule against tyranny is you do not obey in advance.”

New York Attorney General Letitia James earlier this week warned New York hospitals that complying with the White House’s executive order violates state law.

In a letter, James reminded institutions who comply with Trump’s Executive Orders that the “Office of the New York State Attorney General, as well as 22 other Attorneys General from across the country, filed a lawsuit in federal district court on January 28 seeking to halt the federal government’s illegal efforts to freeze federal funding to hospitals” who treat trans youth in line with best practice medicine.

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