Sarah McBride knew some Democrats would betray trans people, so she lobbied Republicans
Sarah McBride successfully lobbied a handful of Republicans to vote against a ban on gender-affirming care for youth.
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Health Care
House passes bill banning Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for youth
A bill banning Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for youth has passed the U.S. House with the help of four Democrats.
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Health policy expert to RFK Jr.: You can't ban trans youth care this way
“They are trying to do something that CMS simply isn’t empowered to do,” a former senior Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official from the Biden administration told The Advocate.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors passes with Democrats’ support
The outgoing Georgia congresswoman was able to successfully make transgender young people a target as one of her last acts in Congress.
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December 17 2025 6:47 PM
California hospital will continue youth gender-affirming care after families protest
Northern California's largest healthcare provider will continue gender-affirming care for youth after their families spoke out.
December 17 2025 11:18 AM
Connecticut hospitals sued after cutting off transgender youths’ access to care, despite state protections
Trans patients say that preventing them from receiving care that cisgender patients can still receive violates the state’s public accommodation law.
December 17 2025 12:01 AM
Florida and Texas launch 'legal attack' in push to restrict abortion medication nationally
Florida and Texas have filed a lawsuit seeking to nationally restrict the abortion medication mifepristone.
December 15 2025 11:18 AM
Texas expands lawsuits against doctors accused of providing gender-affirming care to youth
Ken Paxton is expanding two lawsuits against doctors in Texas after being forced to drop a third.
December 11 2025 4:36 PM
Florida sues leading medical groups for supporting gender-affirming care
Florida has accused WPATH, the Endocrine Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics of somehow violating the RICO Act.
December 11 2025 11:02 AM
RFK Jr.’s health department is using religious freedom to strip transgender people of health care
“This administration is obsessed with targeting trans folks,” former HHS deputy assistant secretary for health policy Adrian Shanker told The Advocate.
December 09 2025 5:34 PM
Punished for bleeding: How periods in prison become a trap
Incarcerated women and trans people are forced to choose between maintaining their dignity and health — or facing penalties.
December 09 2025 1:39 PM
Here's what Zohran Mamdani has promised to do for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers as mayor
Here's everything Zohran Mamdani wants to do for LGBTQ+ people in NYC.
December 03 2025 2:20 PM
Out former CDC vaccines head Demetre Daskalakis named chief medical officer at NYC LGBTQ+ health center
Infectious diseases specialist Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who walked out of the CDC over Trump's health policies, will begin his new role at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in February.
December 03 2025 6:00 AM
HIV-positive men stage 'Kiss-In' protest at U.S.-Mexico border (in photos)
Here's why HIV-positive men met at the border between the United States and Mexico to kiss.
December 01 2025 12:56 PM
Funding cuts could cause 3.3 million additional HIV infections by 2030: report
Global HIV assistance is projected to drop by 30 to 40 percent in 2025 compared with 2023, a new UNAID report found.
November 26 2025 11:01 AM
DOGE is gone, leaving behind 300,000 fired federal workers, 600,000 USAID deaths, and more
Here's everything DOGE did that affected the LGBTQ+ community at home and abroad.
November 24 2025 1:18 PM
The sex ed you get depends on your ZIP code — and your state’s politics
In some states, students learn about consent and healthy relationships. In others, they get "Baby Olivia."
November 18 2025 12:11 PM
Gen Z men do care about abortion, actually
Gen Z men said abortion was likely to impact their vote after hearing from people affected by bans, new polling found.
November 14 2025 11:26 AM
Catholic Church formally bans gender-affirming care at its hospitals
The country's largest nonprofit health care provider will no longer offer gender-affirming care.
November 13 2025 11:22 AM
Detransition is rare, but it’s driving anti-trans policy anyway
Political rhetoric doesn’t capture the complexity of detransitioning — or what taking away health care means.
November 12 2025 10:48 AM