Democrats introduce bill to expand gender-affirming care access to mark Trans Day of Visibility
The bill expands medical education and access to gender-affirming care in rural communities.
MARCH 31, 2025
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The bill expands medical education and access to gender-affirming care in rural communities.
As Donald Trump forbids trans people from updating their gender markers at a federal level, Democratic states are making it easier for them to legally change their name and sex.
The teens all face multiple felonies for the July attacks.
The trusted former television meteorologist explained his approach to representing his constituents in an interview with The Advocate.
“Real American patriotism is loving your country so much that you want to help the people in your country,” he said.
These states have taken the step to protect bodily autonomy.
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The governor particularly spoke out for transgender youth, saying we must not sacrifice the most persecuted for the most popular.
"Federal funding to institutions that provide gender-affirming care continues to be available, irrespective of President Trump’s recent Executive Order," the attorneys general say.
“Access to lifesaving medical care makes all the difference in the world,” the dad of a transgender daughter told The Advocate.
In 2021, a jury convicted Smollett on five counts of disorderly conduct.
Taylor, a Black trans activist from Chicago, was reported missing June 20.
The closures may leave a gap in health care access, particularly for lower-income patients without insurance who relied on the centers.
Both pharmacy chains already dispense misoprostol, the other medication involved in medication abortion regimens.
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“After we’ve discriminated against, deported or disparaged all the immigrants and the gay and lesbian and transgender people, the developmentally disabled, the women and the minorities...what comes next?” the Democratic governor asked.
"Contrary to President Trump’s assertions, the policies he seeks to end do not diminish the importance of individual merit, nor do they mean that employers are lowering their standards," their joint statement says.
The Republican's latest anti-LGBTQ+ effort would write a binary definition of sex into federal law.
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