evidence: The Biden administration is reaffirming its support for overturning bans on gender-affirming surgeries for transgender minors after backlash over a recent White House statement opposing such surgeries. [...] The statements marked a significant policy change for an administration whose Department of Justice has urged the supreme court to take up the case of a Tennessee law that bans all gender transition care for minors, arguing that the law discriminates against trans people. "[These statements] unfortunately sowed a lot of confusion among transgender people and our families as to what is their position," said Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, executive director of Advocates for Trans Equality. "The Biden administration has consistently done the right thing and … there’s been a really positive track record for a long time, which we’re really grateful for. Then when those statements came out, it seemed like a contradiction. It made everyone pretty scared that there was some about-face."