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Vanderbilt University Medical Center halts gender-affirming surgeries, citing operational limits and staffing shortages. Patients like Jordan, midway through his surgery, will continue to receive care. However, new procedures are on hold, and non-surgical care for adults remains. The centers earlier cuts to its LGBTQ health program and layoffs have left trans patients feeling abandoned and terrified. With no full-spectrum gender-affirming surgeries in Tennessee, patients must travel to other states, facing financial and logistical challenges. Mutual aid groups like Trans Aid Nashville are stepping up to support trans patients, while doctors grapple with moral injury from political pressures. Community advocates call for unity and change to improve trans Tennesseans access to care.

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