BYU cancels care for transgender clients receiving voice therapy at its speech clinic

The private religious school says gender-affirming care conflicted with LDS Church handbook guidelines against “social transitioning.”

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Brigham Young University student wears a rainbow heart pin on March 11, 2020. The private religious school decided in February 2022 that transgender clients seeking gender-affirming speech therapy will no longer be able to get services at the campus' clinic.

BYU cancels care for transgender clients receiving voice therapy at its speech clinic

The private religious school says gender-affirming care conflicted with LDS Church handbook guidelines against “social transitioning.”

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