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A South Carolina woman was forced to leave the state for an abortion. Now, she's suing

Despite being less than six weeks pregnant, Taylor Shelton said that healthcare providers would not assist her in terminating her pregnancy, nor provide her resources for services elsewhere.

This Texas Nonprofit Helps Transgender Youth Get the Health Care They Need

The North Texas Transportation Network provides travel grants for families seeking out-of-state gender-affirming medical care.

Trans Patients Often Have to Travel Out of State for Care: Study

A new study published in JAMA Surgery finds that people who travel out of the state for genital gender-affirming surgery paid nearly 50 percent more in out-of-pocket costs.

After Losing Roe v. Wade, How to Fight Back

Health care providers, candidates who support reproductive freedom, and people with few economic resources all need your help now.

Taking Away Our Civil Rights Must Not Become the New Normal After Dobbs

On the anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, remember we shouldn't get used to losing our rights.

Overturning Roe Is Already Upending Thousands of LGBTQ+ Lives

The conservative Supreme Court has shown it cares little for precedent or restraint.

Maine signs trans and abortion sanctuary bill into law, despite violent threats

Despite a series of bomb threats against legislators in the state, Maine's Gov. Janet Mills has signed a transgender and abortion sanctuary bill into law.

Op-ed: A Health Haven for Trans Women in Upstate New York

One transgender health program in Ithaca, N.Y., ensures that rural New Yorkers don't have to travel hundreds of miles for simple care.

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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For Families in the South Struggling to Find Gender-Affirming Care, Small Grants Make a Huge Difference

Across the South, families of transgender youth who want to find gender-affirming care for their children are wading through a morass of pending legal cases and being turned away at pharmacies without crucial information on what their rights are.

Trans Americans consider moves to safer states because of Trump election: Williams Institute

Many who live in states with anti-transgender laws feel threatened.

Coronavirus and HIV Parallels: On Racializing and Queering Illness

Bias, fear, and ignorance are the biggest threats of all.

Massachusetts lesbian Gov. Maura Healey signs abortion and gender-affirming care shield law

Shield Act 2.0 further strengthens protections for patients and providers of reproductive healthcare.

Ohio Republicans override governor's veto to pass gender-affirming care ban and sports ban

However, after Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed the bill, he took even stricter executive actions on gender-affirming care.

Equality Florida Issues Travel Advisory to LGBTQ+ Visitors to the State

“Florida may not be a safe place to visit or take up residence,” says the advisory.

80% of LGBTQ+ People Feel Less Safe Due to Gender-Affirming Care Bans

The laws are aimed primarily at trans youth, but they're negatively affecting all LGBTQ+ Americans, a new study finds.

An urgent call to protect gender-affirming care

While efforts to ban or severely limit access to gender-affirming care are blunt and sweeping, gender-affirming care is anything but, writes Human Rights Watch's Yasemin Smallens.

How Abortion Bans Target the LGBTQ Community

Politicians are stripping LGBTQ people of their right to health care, writes Planned Parenthood's Tamika Turner.

Kaiser Permanente ends gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19

Kaiser will stop offering the surgeries as of August 29, but said that it will still offer other gender-affirming care.