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President Bush's nominee for surgeon general faces a contentious confirmation hearing because of his writings about homosexuality and health. In advance of the Senate hearing on Thursday, gay rights groups, the American Public Health Association, and 35 members of the House were lining up in opposition to James W. Holsinger's nomination.
At the beginning of Pride Month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's office and the state's surgeon general Joseph Ladapo have come out against providing gender-affirming care for trans people on Medicaid and transgender youth.
They oppose even social transition, which recommends simply using affirming language for questioning youth.
“As a parent, it is heartbreaking to see my right to make healthcare decisions for my child taken away by political bullies, and the hurt and harm that has caused my child,” one parent of a trans youth said in a new legal brief.
Rep. Eric Schleien wants LGBT youth in New Hampshire to know they were 'born this way,' and no so-called therapist should try to change them.
The proposed legislation would go even further than California's ban on so-called ex-gay therapy does.
We have to laugh at Donald Trump's recently announced appointments now, because we'll likely be crying for four years.
It's been a half-century of horror and progress.
I will not be alone this Christmas; however, it wasn’t always that way, writes John Casey.
Former Obama administration officials including Sally Yates and Susan Rice have also been named to Biden's team.
