In December 2024, Cleveland Clinic opened a new facility designed exclusively for LGBTQ+ patients to provide “inclusive” transgender care.
Cleveland Clinic has administered transgender care to hundreds of kids, which included irreversible surgeries and the prescribing of hormone puberty blockers.
Cleveland Clinic has published articles with controversial claims such as: young kids are not too young to understand or question gender; puberty blockers are appropriate; and hormone therapy has “a positive impact” on youth struggling with body image.
Cleveland Clinic boasts about its top marks from the Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index. In 2024 it received 100 rating and was designated as a “Leader” in LGBTQ+ health care.
Cleveland Clinic lobbied against the SAFE Act, which prohibits transgender care on minors, in the Ohio legislature. Even after the legislation was signed into law, Cleveland Clinic still meets with kids “to discuss their gender questions.”
