The American Psychological Association (APA) has issued a groundbreaking policy resolution opposing bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. With 157,000 members, the APA asserts that such bans disregard crucial psychological and medical research. The policy passed with a 153-9 vote, underscores the necessity of gender-affirming treatments for transgender individuals. This move represents a significant consensus among leading psychologists on the importance of such care. President Cynthia de las Fuentes emphasizes the importance of the new policy resolution, highlighting the positive effects of gender-affirming care on transgender, gender-diverse, and nonbinary individuals' well-being. The policy highlights the need for individuals of all ages to have access to comprehensive, gender-affirming healthcare. It also condemns state bans on gender-affirming care, emphasizing that such policies contradict evidence-based healthcare principles, human rights, and social justice. It also denounces misinformation by equating gender dysphoria with trauma or neurodivergence. The policy comes amid claims made targeting such care. Representative Gary Click of Ohio attributed the rise in transgender individuals coming out to autism to justify a care ban. Similarly, Pamela Paul's recent New York Times piece suggested neurodivergence and OCD could cause gender dysphoria. The APA policy strongly opposes these ideas. #Queer Up Health