Laura Haygood vs. transgender people

Laura J. Haygood is an American dermatologist and anti-transgender activist. Haygood has co-signed legal briefs and citizen petitions attacking trans healthcare.

Background

Laura Jennifer (Bryson) Haygood was born in March of 1968. Haygood earned a bachelor’s degree from Rice University in 1991 and a medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in 1995. Haygood completed a residency in dermatology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1999.

In 2001, Haygood established Adagio Dermatology & Aesthetics PA in Tyler, Texas. Haygood is a principal in the companies Laura J Haygood MD PA and Lark Consulting and Management LLC.

Haygood married Kenneth “Ken” Haygood while in medical school. They have two children, Ryan and Ashley.

Anti-transgender activism

In 2024, FAIR in Medicine published an open letter condemning the American Psychiatric Association for publishing the 2023 book Gender-Affirming Psychiatric Care. The signatories were prominent anti-transgender activists around the globe and included Haygood.

In 2024, Haygood was a signatory on an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court in United States v. Skrmetti.

Haygood is a director of anti-trans organization Texas Principled Physicians. In 2025, Texas Principled Physicians and Haygood as an individual were listed as a signatories on a citizen petition submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration, seeking to restrict or ban off-label use of feminizing hormones.

References

Brief of Amici Curiae the American College of Pediatricians et al. in Support of Respondents, United States v. Skrmetti, No. 23-477 (U.S. Oct. 15, 2024).

Resources

Adagio Dermatology (adagiotyler.com)

Instagram (instagram.com)

• adagiodermatology

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

• laurahaygood
• ADAGIO Dermatology & Aesthetics / Laura Haygood MD
• linkedin.com/company/adagio-dermatology-&-aesthetics