Trump Rules Force Cancer Registries To ‘Erase’ Trans Patients From Public Health Data

TO Rachana Pradhan

December 11, 2025

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<br /> <span class="byline">Rachana Pradhan</span></p> <p>LISTEN: “People get better care when we know who they are.” This belief is at the heart of why scientists and LGBTQ+ health advocates are opposing a new rule that would make it more difficult to collect data on trans cancer patients. KFF Health News Correspondent Rachana Pradhan appeared on WAMU. <em>Health Center</em> December 10 about changes in the Trump administration.</p> <p>In 2026, the Trump administration <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/transgender-patients-us-cancer-registries-trump-only-male-female-unknown/">will require</a> US cancer registries that receive federal funding to classify patient gender as male, female, or unspecified/unknown. The latter category is for cases where “the patient's gender is documented as other than male or female (eg, non-binary, transgender) and there is no additional information about sex assigned at birth,” the new standard states.</p> <p>LGBTQ+ health advocates say the move essentially removes transgender and other patients from the data. They say the data collection change is the latest move by the Trump administration to limit health care resources for LGBTQ+ people.</p> <p>KFF Health News Correspondent Rachana Pradhan appeared on Vamu Channel. <em>Health Center</em> Dec. 10 to explain why LGBTQ+ health advocates are concerned the change could harm public health and the care patients receive.</p> <p>
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