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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.

Wash. Times Editorial Spreads Slurs, Lies, on Medicare's Trans Coverage

An editorial for the right-wing Washington Times claims that Medicare's new willingness to cover transgender-related health care will lead to taxpayer-funded 'tranny grannies.'

This Cancer Is Killing Men. Where’s the Research?

There's a conspicuous silence surrounding prostate cancer.

Pa. Man Sues to Overturn State Medicaid's Trans Exclusions

The lawsuit is among the first to challenge state laws on the basis of civil rights provisions written into the Affordable Care Act. 

Exploiting a Health Care Emergency to Restrict Reproductive Rights

It's a shameful power play, writes Julianna S. Gonen of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

House Republicans Attack LGBTQ+ Community Through Spending Bills

They are attaching anti-LGBTQ+ amendments to every appropriations bill that's pending.

An End to the HIV Epidemic? Not If Trumpcare Passes

"More people are going to get sick and more people are going to die."

Obama May Kill Religious-Based Health Restrictions

Obama may be rescinding a disastrous health policy the Bush administration tried to impose in December allowing health care officials to refuse treatment based on religious beliefs.

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.

Press Secretary Claims Trump Is Pro-LGBTQ+, Punts Trans Ban Question

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany tried to gaslight her way out of a question about the president's ban on trans service members.

Trump Admin's 'License to Discriminate' Health Care Rule Struck Down

Allowing health care workers to refuse services to those who offend their religious beliefs is illegal, a federal judge rules.

Congressional Right-Wingers Urge Trump to Repeal Key LGBT Protections

These include federal regulations affecting education and health care.

Nation's Largest Latino Group Joins LGBTs in N.C. Boycott

National Council of La Raza pulled its convention from North Carolina in protest of the anti-LGBT HB 2. 

Trump Budget Would Harm the Neediest LGBTQ Americans

The budget also flies in the face of his pledge to end the HIV epidemic by 2030.

Trump Nominates Antigay, Antichoice Rep. Tom Price as HHS Secretary

The Republican congressman from Georgia is a major opponent of Obamacare.

Facing Reelection, Trump Expands His Anti-LGBTQ Agenda

The impeached and desperate president is capable of anything, writes Sean Cahill of The Fenway Institute.

How Obamacare Will Affect Trans Folks and Families

We asked the Transgender Law Center whether new health care regulations help, hurt. or ignore trans people and their families.

Tenn. Counselors Can Now Turn Away LGBT Clients

Tennessee will allow mental health professionals to deny service to prospective LGBT patients if it conflicts with their religious convictions.

We Can Protect Religion Without Denying Rights to LGBT People

The Do No Harm Act would end this current game of discrimination.

House Dems Take Action Against HHS 'Religious Freedom' Division

Lawmakers express concern that the division will enable discrimination, and one seeks to abolish it.