Freedom of Information Request - Emails Related to Gender-Affirming Care

Dear Jesse Singal:
The Department of Public Health acknowledges receipt of your request (Reference #: R000305-062123) under the Freedom of Information Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-200 et. seq. dated June 21, 2023, for the item(s) described below:
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01/01/2022 - 12/31/2022
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "gender-affirming" and "suicide" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "gender affirming" and "suicide" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "puberty blockers" and "suicide" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "puberty blockers" and "mental health" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "puberty blockers" and "mental illness" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "blockers" and "suicide" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "blockers" and "mental health" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "blockers" and "mental illness" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "hormone replacement therapy" and "suicide" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "hormone replacement therapy" and "mental health" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "hormone replacement therapy" and "mental illness" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "HRT" and "suicide" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "HRT" and "mental health" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "HRT" and "mental illness" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "hrt" and "suicide" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "hrt" and "mental health" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "hrt" and "mental illness" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "histrelin acetate" and "suicide" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "histrelin acetate" and "mental health" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "histrelin acetate" and "mental illness" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "leuprolide acetate" and "suicide" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "leuprolide acetate" and "mental health" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

Any and all emails sent to or from staff members of the Department of Public Health, between dates January 1st 2022 to December 31st 2022, containing both the terms "leuprolide acetate" and "mental illness" in the same email or in an attachment to an email.

I kindly request that the information be provided in an electronic format, delivered by email attachment or secure file-sharing platform. If this is not possible, please provide them in USB flash drive or CD-ROM.

I request that, if possible and pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-212(d), fees be waived as I believe this request part of a journalistic effort that is in the public interest, and since any recovered materials will be made public. My prior work on gender-affirming care has been published in The Atlantic, New York Magazine, and other major outlets. This request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I am open to discussing any reasonable modifications to this request that would help expedite the process or clarify its scope.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 4 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,
Jesse Singal

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Connecticut Department of Public Health

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RE: FOI Request of June 21, 2023, Reference # R000305-062123
Dear Jesse Singal,
The Connecticut Department of Public Health received a public information request from you on June 21, 2023.
Based upon that file search, no files or information responsive to your request were identified.
This completes the Department’s response to your request.
If you have any questions you may reply to this email.
Respectfully,
Department of Public Health
Freedom of Information Office
410 Capitol Ave., MS #13PHO
P.O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134