Why LGBTQ+ Americans Go to TikTok and Therapists to Make Health Decisions
Queer folks across the country are building physical and digital bridges to places where health systems have failed.
December 16, 2023
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Nancy Pelosi Calls Trump's Decision on Health Care 'Downright Deadly'
Trump's administration expanded religious protections for health care workers, a move that will directly impact LGBTQ people.
May 3, 2019
Freedoms for LGBTQ+ Americans Are on the Ballot: Make A Plan to Vote
Voters must choose lawmakers who will work to protect their privacy, private health decisions, and decisions personally affecting them and their families.
September 20, 2022
Pete Buttigieg Gets Dragged for Response on Abortion Rights
Was he avoiding the subject or just saying the government should stay out of private health care decisions?
May 17, 2019
New Campaign Inspires LGBT Americans to Take Advantage of Obamacare
A campaign that was launched on National Coming Out Day is giving LGBT people the resources they need to make educated decisions about their health care coverage.
December 10, 2013
Thailand will be the first Southeast Asian country with marriage equality
The bill grants LGBTQ+ couples the same legal rights and recognition as heterosexual couples, including inheritance, adoption, and health care decision-making.
June 18, 2024
Health Care and Gay Men in the United States
As we age, our dependence on health care increases and the rising costs of medicine, hospitalizations, and doctors' fees can make choosing an insurance carrier a difficult decision.
October 13, 2008
Op-ed: What A Hobby Lobby Ruling May Mean for Us
The Hobby Lobby case isn't just about access to birth control pills.
June 23, 2014
White House statement on transgender minors’ health care sparks outrage by LGBTQ+ rights groups
The Biden administration seems to be okay with some limits on bodily autonomy.
July 3, 2024
Abortion Clinics Don't Just Serve Straight Women
HIV care, trans clinics, cancer screenings for lesbians and bi women — many abortion clinics offer these services, so the battle to keep them open is our fight too.
June 29, 2016
Gender-affirming care ban leaves Trump with ‘blood on his hands,’ group says, joining others in outrage
“Only eight days into his second term, President Donald Trump has blood on his hands,” executive director of Advocates for Trans Equality Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen said earlier this week.
January 30, 2025
Biden on Today's SCOTUS Decision: 'This is Not Over'
President Joe Biden criticized today's ruling by the Supreme Court which stripped away the constitutional right to an abortion.
June 24, 2022
Op-ed: Trans Health Care Victories Closer Than We Dreamed
Much has been achieved in the fight for transgender health care rights, but the director of the National Center for Transgender Equality says there is still work to be done.
June 24, 2014
Supreme Court rules in Planned Parenthood Medicaid case
The case challenged South Carolina’s attempt to exclude Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program.
June 26, 2025
Op-ed: The Real Verdict? We Want to Be Healthier
Regardless of the ruling, being healthier is the single most important step toward curbing health care costs.
June 28, 2012
Florida officials claim SCOTUS ruling allows them to deny trans adults health care
Did the Skrmetti ruling give states carte blanche to discriminate against all transgender people?
July 16, 2025
Supreme Court ruling on gender-affirming care for trans kids sparks nationwide outrage
The Supreme Court dealt trans kids and their families a "devastating blow” by upholding states’ rights to ban gender-affirming care, advocates say.
June 18, 2025
Federal Court: Obamacare Protects Trans Health Care Patients
For the first time, a federal court clarified that the Affordable Care Act prohibits discriminating against patients' gender identities.
March 18, 2015
Parents of Trans Kids Seek to Block Georgia Ban on Gender-Affirming Care
They want an emergency order to prevent it from going into effect.
July 4, 2023
Trump's Pick to Lead Nation's Health Services Is Terrifying
We can stop Tom Price from leading the Department of Health and Human Services, writes Candace Bond-Theriault of the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund.
December 12, 2016