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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.

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. 

An End to the HIV Epidemic? Not If Trumpcare Passes

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

Congressional Right-Wingers Urge Trump to Repeal Key LGBT Protections

These include federal regulations affecting education and health care.

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.

We Can Protect Religion Without Denying Rights to LGBT People

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

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.'

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.

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 Nominates Antigay, Antichoice Rep. Tom Price as HHS Secretary

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

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.

Federal judge in Maryland blocks Trump's anti-transgender gender-affirming care order

Those who sued have "shown they will face irreparable harm" if the order is allowed to stand, a federal judge wrote.

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

There's a conspicuous silence surrounding prostate cancer.

House Republicans Attack LGBTQ+ Community Through Spending Bills

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

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.

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.

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. 

Facing Reelection, Trump Expands His Anti-LGBTQ Agenda

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