AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Texas at Austin told its transgender students this week that the school's campus clinic would soon stop providing hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, as part of its gender care services.
Previously, transgender students at UT Austin could get HRT medications from UT Austin's University Health Services clinic on campus. Many in the transgender community see the therapy as life-saving.
A UT Austin spokesperson told KXAN that students could still get HRT from "external health care providers" who could offer them "a more comprehensive spectrum of focused care than a campus clinic."
"To ensure continuity of care, UHS notified current patients that this line of treatment will wind down this fall as patients transition their care to other providers," the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson declined to say what prompted the change or when the care will end.
A UT Austin student, who requested anonymity for their safety, shared UHS' message with KXAN. That student said that they're worried the administration is "being extra aggressive" in order to appease state leaders.
"It also plays into the greater anxiety I have that higher ups in the UT administration are being extra aggressive in appeasing the Republican legislature, doing way more than is necessary to follow the letter of the law and making decisions that actively harm its most vulnerable students. This makes me further concerned for their response to SB8," the student said.
According to the message, UHS will stop providing HRT at the start of 2026. The clinic did offer to help students find a new provider. It also said that UHS "know[s] this care is important."
"We remain committed to your overall health and well-being and to ensuring continuity of care as you transfer this service to a new provider," the UHS message said.
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