Medicare, Medicaid agency demands info on gender-affirming care for trans youth
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services falsely claims such care is not evidence-based.
May 30, 2025
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Congressional Equality Caucus condemns Medicaid cuts, anti-trans provisions in budget bill
Republicans are advancing a "cruel reconciliation bill," Equality Caucus Chair Mark Takano says.
May 14, 2025
BREAKING: U.S. Senate parliamentarian blocks GOP’s plan to ban gender-affirming care under Medicaid
The nonpartisan arbiter of rules compliance rejected parts of the Republican so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.”
June 26, 2025
House budget cuts could devastate LGBTQ+ people's health care: What you need to know
It would have terrible consequences for transgender Americans, impoverished LGBTQ+ people, and those living with HIV.
May 22, 2025
Feds Change Rules, Offer Benefits for Kids of Domestic Partners
The new rule applies to children of federal employees who are in same-sex domestic partnerships but live in states where marriage is not an option.
November 6, 2013
Donald Trump's policies are making our kids dumber, sicker, meaner, and scared
Opinion: Trump has never seemed to be a fan of children, and his egregious actions towards them prove that targeting kids is part of his grand retribution tour, writes John Casey.
March 14, 2025
Another Epidemic of Inequities: HIV Among Young Black Men
Health care disparities affecting the Black community, including among Black LGBTQ+ people, must be addressed.
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August 27, 2020
Republican Sen. Roger Marshall seeks to block Biden ban on anti-trans discrimination in health care
The GOP senator doesn't think a ban on sex discrimination in health care should include gender identity, and he's making some baseless assertions to argue his case.
May 25, 2024
How SNAP cuts will disproportionately impact some LGBTQ+ people
About 15 percent of LGBTQ+ adults received SNAP benefits in the past year.
July 1, 2025
Camille Paglia Feeds the Right What It Wants to Hear About Hillary Clinton
The contrarian, "feminist," and academic assails Clinton even as Trump's White House falls apart.
May 17, 2017
Op-Ed: Family Act Gets Us Closer to Workplace Equality
The Family Act would help LGBT workers get access to paid leave and provide them with more time to spend with their families.
December 23, 2013
Preview: What's in Store for LGBT Families in 2014?
The fight for LGBT families' rights will continue next year. Here's what to expect, says Emily Hecht-McGowan, director of public policy at the Family Equality Council.
December 24, 2013
New Project 2025 ad highlights sinister nature of Republican plan ahead of historic presidential debate
The LGBTQ+ group GLAAD is not holding back as it attacks the plan to dismantle civil rights for Americans.
September 10, 2024
From purity rings to 'Don’t Say Gay,' the right’s war on sex ed never ended
Opinion: When federal grants depend on erasing LGBTQ+ people from classrooms, it’s not education — it’s censorship dressed up as morality, argues Emma Cieslik.
October 13, 2025
Can trans rights survive in a Republican-controlled Congress?
Here’s what trans people should know about how a new Congress, and the first days of Trump’s presidency, could shape their lives.
January 12, 2025
Debate: Trump Lies, Exaggerates, Calls Himself 'Least Racist Person'
It was less chaotic than the first debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, but it had its bizarre moments.
October 23, 2020
Fired After Joining a Gay Softball Team, This Man Is Fighting Back
Gerald Bostock's case is one of three the high court will hear Tuesday on whether anti-LGBTQ discrimination is legal.
October 4, 2019
Montana Governor Signs Gender-Affirming Care Ban Despite Nonbinary Son's Pleas
The ban means public employees are forbidden to advise young people even on social transition.
April 28, 2023
Trump’s three stooges of U.S. health care: a skeptic, a quack, and a huckster
Opinion: These three aren’t a joke. They’re a warning, and if they exert their power, the consequences of their actions could be fatal, writes John Casey.
May 14, 2025
HRC Trying to Toss Antigay Democrat off the Ballot
Incumbent congressman Dan Lipinski has a poor record on LGBT rights and more, making Marie Newman a better choice, progressive groups say.
March 15, 2018
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