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Jason Aldean Defends Wife Brittany Aldean, Disagrees with Gender-Affirming Care for Underage Transgender Youth and Praises His Pal, Trump

Jason Aldean called gender-affirming care for transgender youth "weird" in a new interview. Watch the interview and see what he said.

The former Fox News host brought up Brittany’s previous comments calling gender-affirming care for transgender youth “genital mutilation” in a social media post in 2022, which garnered backlash from artists including Maren Morris and Cassadee Pope. The Endocrine Society and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health do not recommend gender-affirming surgery for anyone under 18, and medical experts who provide this type of care previously told Billboard that underage patients are not allowed to make such life-changing decisions by themselves. “Prior to any gender-affirming medical or surgical intervention, all minors must have an intake with a knowledgeable mental health provider internal to our system,” Dr. Joshua D. Safer told Billboard in 2022, after Brittany made her initial statements.

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