Illinois launched the nation's first LGBTQ+ legal hotline to provide legal assistance. A Texas resident publicly opposed restrictive bathroom bills and reported no complaints from nine years near a court restroom. Education Secretary Linda McMahon declined to meet with Oklahoma schools chief Ryan Walters after representatives requested he be kept off her schedule. CVS Health denied coverage for Gilead's Yeztugo (lenacapavir), citing clinical, financial, and regulatory factors despite the drug's high effectiveness. Florida intensified enforcement against rainbow crosswalks, and concerns were voiced that removing iconic LGBTQ+ symbols risks erasing community visibility.
➡️ Conservatives are getting some pushback this week, as Illinois launches the nation's first LGBTQ+ legal hotline, a Texas resident speaks out against draconian bathroom bills, and Education Secretary Linda McMahon snubs Oklahoma's far-right superintendent of schools. We also report on CVS Health denying coverage for a breakthrough HIV drug despite it being nearly 100 percent effective. As Florida's crackdown on rainbow crosswalks continues, columnist John Casey wonders if Republicans are going to go after the AIDS Memorial Quilt next. "If we allow the Pulse rainbow to disappear, without protest, we risk allowing ourselves to disappear too."
Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced the launch of the nation's first-ever LGBTQ+ legal hotline. Courtesy Texas House of Representatives The father of a transgender child said that in nine years of working near a court bathroom, he has gotten zero complaints about people using it. Courtesy Ryan Walters for Oklahoma; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Trump cabinet official's representatives asked state officials to keep Ryan Walters, the firebrand schools chief, off her schedule. QualityHD/Shutterstock CVS Health will not cover Gilead's Yeztugo, generic name lenacapavir (LEN), citing "clinical, financial, and regulatory factors."
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