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‘We’ve created medical refugees.’ LGBTQ+ health care workers fight for gender-affirming care amid rise in anti-trans laws

Nico Olalia, a transgender and Filipina nurse at Cedars-Sinai, has made it her life’s mission to help others. (Jireh Deng/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Nico Olalia, a transgender and Filipina nurse at Cedars-Sinai, has made it her life’s mission to help others. (Jireh Deng/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
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Yearly surveys of first-year medical students by the Assn. of American Medical Colleges show that the percentage identifying as transgender and gender nonconforming doubled from 0.7% in 2020 to 1.4% in 2023.

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