Gavin Newsom cut LGBTQ+ health funding. The CA legislature is set to restore $40 million
Newsom eliminated funds for health programs centered around LGBTQ+ youth, women, and transgender people last month.
June 13, 2025
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How did the Biden administration just make health care fairer for LGBTQ+ people?
The Biden-Harris administration announced a rule change that restores protections against discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation in health care settings.
April 29, 2024
Amazon removes 'equity for Black people' and 'LGBTQ+ rights' from company policies
Amazon has quietly removed protections for Black and LGBTQ+ workers from its company policies.
January 13, 2025
Obamacare Prohibits Providers From Denying Health Care to Trans People
The Obama administration is banning health providers from denying access to transgender people because of their gender identity.
May 13, 2016
New Trump Health Care Rule Will Harm 1.5 Million Trans People
The Trump administration announced a new proposed regulation today, gutting antidiscrimination protections.
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May 24, 2019
Federal court rules 'gender ideology' funding ban likely unconstitutional
The decision is limited to the plaintiffs and could be used to further restore funding to transgender research and care.
June 9, 2025
Trans Youth 'Driven to Deaths of Despair,' Says Admiral Rachel Levine
Levine, the highest-ranking trans person in the federal government, will speak Saturday in Texas on the harm done by anti-trans legislation and policies.
April 29, 2022
WV Gov. Morrisey signs bill closing gender-affirming care 'loophole'
The new law also redefines sex, threatens doctors with the loss of their medical licenses, and allows minors to sue in court.
May 2, 2025
Trans people and people of color have been quietly erased from national caregiving plan
The decision ignores the stark reality that underserved communities experience greater negative impacts from caregiving, from financial hardships to worse health outcomes, advocates say.
November 21, 2025
Court blocks termination of LGBTQ-related NIH health research grants
A federal court in Maryland found the termination discriminatory and unconstitutional.
August 1, 2025
Only 6% of LGBTQ+ People Say They Aren't Getting a COVID Vaccine
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation found that 91 percent of LGBTQ+ people surveyed said they were already vaccinated, which is about 30 percent higher than the general population.
November 12, 2021
People in states with abortion bans are twice as likely to die during pregnancy
The risk is greatest for Black women in states with bans, who are 3.3 times more likely to die than White women in those same states.
April 25, 2025
LGBTQ+ people are far better off under Joe Biden than Donald Trump, HRC report shows (exclusive)
The queer rights organization issued a new report that demonstrates how Joe Biden’s policies are exponentially better than Donald Trump’s for LGBTQ+ people.
July 19, 2024
House Republicans Attack LGBTQ+ Community Through Spending Bills
They are attaching anti-LGBTQ+ amendments to every appropriations bill that's pending.
July 18, 2023
Project 2025 vowed to roll back LGBTQ+ rights. Here's everything Trump has done so far
Donald Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had "nothing to do" with Project 2025 — but now that he's in office, he's implementing it.
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May 6, 2025
'Thunderdome of Hate': Florida House Debates Slew of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills
Lawmakers debated bills restricting drag, bathroom access, and gender-affirming care.
April 18, 2023
Larry Hogan, Maryland GOP Senate candidate, evades gay constituent's question when asked about his record
His record as Maryland's governor shows that he is no friend to the LGBTQ+ community, according to political insiders in the state.
August 26, 2024
Federal judge orders Pentagon to restore LGBTQ+ books, gender & diversity lessons in military schools
Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and DoDEA Director Beth Schiavino-Narvaez to comply immediately.
October 20, 2025
For trans people reliant on federal programs, this election could change everything
Experts, providers, elected officials, and people with lived experience discuss how election outcomes — up and down the ballot — might impact gender-affirming care in Pittsburgh and beyond.
November 1, 2024
These 35 major companies caved to Trump and rolled back DEI programs
Major corporations are using Donald Trump's executive orders as an excuse to end their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
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January 24, 2025