A message to our community
Children’s Minnesota has resumed all services in its Gender Health program that had been temporarily paused on February 27, 2026.
In the News
Star Tribune “Minnesota advocates react to Trump’s plan to federally defund gender-affirming care for minors”
Comprehensive care for transgender and gender-diverse kids
Children’s Minnesota is committed to providing evidence-based, high-quality and essential health care to all kids, including our transgender and gender diverse patients. Our Gender Health program partners with parents and our communities to improve kids’ health now and for the future.
Patients currently being cared for in our Gender Health program (and/or children or teens on our waitlist) will continue to receive care unless they have received information directly from the Gender Health clinic or their care team.
At Children’s Minnesota we provide a safe and accepting environment for transgender and gender diverse youth and their families to ask questions, seek support and access evidence-based mental health and medical care. We do not perform gender affirming surgeries.
Children’s Minnesota Gender Health program is an exclusively pediatric, multidisciplinary gender health program, and includes pediatric gender health, endocrinology and adolescent health physicians.
The Gender Health program provides compassionate and comprehensive care for transgender and gender-diverse youth. We’re dedicated to serving as an essential medical partner and resource for transgender youth and families along their journey.
Learn more
Find out about what to expect at the Gender Health program.
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