"More than two dozen activists were arrested this week while protesting proposed Trump administration policies that would effectively end gender-affirming care for minors at hospitals across the U.S. As both Erin in the Morning and report, more than 50 activists, including parents of transgender young people and members of ACT UP, gathered outside the Hubert H. Humphrey building, the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, on Tuesday for a protest organized by the Gender Liberation Movement (GLM)."
"In a press release, GLM noted that dozens of hospitals across the country have already preemptively halted youth gender-affirming care programs due to the administration's threats to withhold federal funding. The release also pointed to HHS General Counsel Mike Stuart's announcement last week that he had referred four community health centers, including New York's Callen-Lorde and the Los Angeles LGBT Center, for investigation for continuing"
More than two dozen activists were arrested while protesting proposed policies that would end gender-affirming care for minors at hospitals nationwide. Over 50 activists, including parents of transgender youth and ACT UP members, gathered outside the HHS Hubert H. Humphrey building for a Gender Liberation Movement protest. Protesters blocked the entrance, held signs, chanted, and shouted during the final public-comment day on draft HHS rules. The proposed rules would block federal funding through Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP for any hospital providing gender-affirming care to patients under 18. Dozens of hospitals have preemptively halted youth programs amid threats to withhold funding. HHS General Counsel Mike Stuart referred four community health centers, including Callen-Lorde and the Los Angeles LGBT Center, for investigation.
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