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fromLGBTQ Nation
4 days ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene rages at Netflix "Strawberry Shortcake" cartoon: "Disgusting"! - LGBTQ Nation

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene urged canceling Netflix over a Strawberry Shortcake episode introducing a trans character and pushed a bill criminalizing gender-affirming care for youth.
LGBT
fromwww.advocate.com
5 days ago

Daily newsletter 10/23

Texas officials plan to target university professors for alleged 'leftist' ideology while legal rulings, healthcare policy changes, and political controversies affect transgender people and LGBTQ+ media opportunities.
#lgbtq-rights
fromKqed
6 days ago
California

Tracking Newsom's Record on Pro-LGBTQ+ Laws Signed and Vetoed This Session | KQED

fromKqed
6 days ago
California

Tracking Newsom's Record on Pro-LGBTQ+ Laws Signed and Vetoed This Session | KQED

#fenway-health
#transgender-youth
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago
US politics

Barack Obama says to avoid "holier-than-thou" condescension when supporting trans rights - LGBTQ Nation

fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago
US politics

Barack Obama says to avoid "holier-than-thou" condescension when supporting trans rights - LGBTQ Nation

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fromAdvocate.com
6 days ago

Philadelphia hospital slams Trump's DOJ, saying it 'reverse-engineered' claims about gender-affirming care

The Trump administration relied on dubious and unreliable data to justify attempting to seize minors' gender-affirming care medical records from CHOP.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
6 days ago

What are Bari Weiss' transgender political stances? - LGBTQ Nation

Bari Weiss is an out queer media figure presenting as a moderate while promoting transphobic views opposing gender-affirming care and trans female athletes' participation.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
1 week ago

Richmond's He She Ze and We expands support network as transgender Virginians face barriers to care

He She Ze and We provides microgrants, programs, and outreach to expand gender-affirming care and social connection for transgender and nonbinary people across Virginia.
fromAdvocate.com
1 week ago

How anti-trans policies are disrupting efforts to prevent genital mutilation

Connecticut is one of only a handful of states without a law banning female genital mutilation and cutting, a human rights violation and one of the most extreme forms of gender-based violence. FGM/C, as the practice is often abbreviated, can be done for cultural reasons or a way to exert control over sexuality. It is most often performed on young girls without their consent, has no medical value, and can result in severe medical complications like obstructed childbirth and sensory deprivation.
Public health
fromwww.advocate.com
1 week ago

Daily newsletter 10/15

At a time when LGBTQ+ journalism is more crucial than ever, NBC has laid off teams of journalists covering marginalized communities, including NBC Out. Meanwhile, a clinic in Boston has been pressured into cutting gender-affirming care for patients under 19, and a trans fencer is suing USA Fencing and the U.S. Olympic Committee. We also have Pete Buttigieg hitting the campaign trail with Virginia's Abigail Spanberger, and more bad news for right-wing conspiracy theorist Candace Owens.
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#trans-youth
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Gen Z women in the US: do you identify as liberal?

Gen Z women are the most politically left-leaning group in the US, according to a poll which suggests that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average on issues such as abortion and gender-affirming care.
US politics
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
3 weeks ago

Conflict at the counter: When pharmacists' and patients' values collide

Pharmacists' conscientious refusals to dispense medications create conflicts among religious freedom, patient access to care, and professional obligations.
Public health
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

How New Mexico Became a Sanctuary State for Health Care

New Mexico doubled abortion clinics after Roe's overturn, added strong gender-affirming care protections and universal child care, pursuing a progressive policy agenda.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
4 weeks ago

Veterans Affairs doctors banned from writing surgery referrals to private providers for trans vets

The VA now prohibits clinicians from completing non-VA documentation or support letters for gender-affirming surgery, blocking transgender veterans pursuing care outside the VA.
Law
fromAdvocate.com
4 weeks ago

Pennsylvania families fight Trump Justice Department subpoenas for their trans kids' private medical records

Federal subpoenas seek transgender youths' private medical records in Pennsylvania, prompting legal challenges over privacy, federal authority, and access to gender-affirming care.
#trans-rights
fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

More Americans see a future where gender-affirming care will be harder to access

A growing number of Americans believe that gender-affirming care will become less accessible in their lifetime, a new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll finds - reflecting a political landscape that has become increasingly hostile toward transgender health care. Nearly 4 in 10 Americans think gender-affirming care will become less accessible over the course of their lifetime. A year ago, The 19th and SurveyMonkey found only 20% of Americans felt that way.
US politics
US politics
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Advocates Urge Defense of Trans Youth Care in FTC Comment Period's Final Days

The FTC's Request for Information on gender-affirming care for trans youth is perceived as a selective pretext to justify banning such care despite medical support.
#transgender-rights
fromKqed
1 month ago
LGBT

New Policies Are Making Life Harder for Trans People - and Prompting Big Financial Decisions | KQED

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fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

9 state Attorneys General pledge to support transgender youth: 'We have your back'

Nine Democratic state attorneys general vowed to defend transgender youth, protect access to gender-affirming care, hold schools accountable, and safeguard related health providers.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

California Legislature passes bill to protect medical data of transgender people

California law shields transgender people's gender-affirming medical data from out-of-state subpoenas and federal access without warrants, blocking use of prescription data to target care.
fromKqed
1 month ago
LGBT

New Policies Are Making Life Harder for Trans People - and Prompting Big Financial Decisions | KQED

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fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

Coauthor of gender-affirming care reviews says they've been misused to justify bans

Evidence for gender-affirming treatments for youth is low-certainty, but low-quality evidence does not prove ineffectiveness and should not automatically justify bans.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

Appeals court ruling creates 'lower-class citizenship' for transgender people, judge says

The 11th Circuit reversed a ruling requiring insurance coverage for gender-affirming care, sending Sgt. Anna Lange's discrimination claim back to trial.
#congressional-conflict
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago
US politics

Nancy Mace Erupts After Congresswoman Says Boob Jobs Count As Gender-Affirming Care

fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago
US politics

Nancy Mace Loses It After Colleague Calls Out Boob Jobs, Botox By Colleagues on House Floor: Absolutely Ridiculous!'

fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago
US politics

Nancy Mace Erupts After Congresswoman Says Boob Jobs Count As Gender-Affirming Care

fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago
US politics

Nancy Mace Loses It After Colleague Calls Out Boob Jobs, Botox By Colleagues on House Floor: Absolutely Ridiculous!'

fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

Military families sue Trump administration over gender-affirming care ban

"President Trump has illegally overstepped his authority by abruptly cutting off necessary medical care for military families,"
US politics
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

How a mom learns with love to accept her trans son: new short documentary

A mother shifted from conditional acceptance to full affirmation after confronting restrictions, learning about transgender identity, and supporting her child's gender-affirming care.
LGBT
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Campaigners warn of staggering increase' in GPs denying trans care

GPs increasingly deny gender-affirming hormone therapy, causing some trans patients to self-medicate and suffer worsened mental health and distrust in doctors.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

Daily newsletter 8/26

WorldPride wedding celebrated; lawmakers seek Supreme Court support for conversion-therapy bans; judge upheld trans women sorority admission; Michigan restricts minors’ gender-affirming care.
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

University of Michigan latest hospital system to abandon trans minor patients & families after DOJ subpoena

"The University of Michigan, including Michigan Medicine, is one of multiple institutions across the country that has received a federal subpoena as part of a criminal and civil investigation into gender-affirming care for minors," the system said in a statement to Talking Points Memo. "In light of that investigation, and given escalating external threats and risks, we will no longer provide gender affirming hormonal therapies and puberty blocker medications for minors."
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US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Minnesota AG Brags About Suing Trump: And We'll Sue Him 44 More' Times!

Keith Ellison pledged that Democratic attorneys general will repeatedly sue President Donald Trump, vowing "44 more and 44 more after that" across multiple policy areas.
#doj-subpoenas
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

Anti-transgender former Missouri AG appointed to FBI leadership

The latest character to enter the revolving door of President Donald Trump's federal staff is a well-known antagonist of transgender Americans. Andrew Bailey, former Missouri attorney general, has been appointed a co-deputy director of the FBI. The current official in the role, Dan Bongino, came under fire for his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse case, triggering rumors about his potential future-or lack thereof-at the bureau. This comes as legal attacks on gender-affirming care for trans people heat up at the Department of Justice.
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

Illinois launches first-in-nation LGBTQ+ legal hotline

with all the things that are coming at all of us, for us to be able to go on offense and not be on defense is what I love about this state. The state of Illinois, today I am announcing, is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ individuals across the state. And Illinois is proud to announce it, Building upon the state's transgender and gender-diverse wellness and equity project that we launched at the beginning of 2024, we will be the only state, the only state in the entire United States, that provides free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ community.
US politics
US politics
fromsfist.com
2 months ago

The Trump Administration Tried to Subpoena Medical Records of Children Seeking Gender-Affirming Care

The Justice Department subpoenaed medical records of Philadelphia children receiving gender-affirming care, targeting communications and prescriptions for puberty blockers and hormone therapy.
#transgender-health
Social justice
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

Trump admin. quietly bans federal health insurance from covering gender-affirming care

The Trump administration is banning federal health insurance from covering gender-affirming care for all ages.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

Gov. Healey signs 'strongest law in America' protecting gender-affirming care

The act will prevent sensitive data, including the practising doctor's name, from being disclosed. The law will prohibit Massachusetts-based authorities from working with federal and out-of-state healthcare investigations, including abortions.
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Public health
fromBoston.com
2 months ago

Healey just signed a law expanding reproductive and transgender care. Here's what to know.

Massachusetts enacted the Shield Act 2.0 to protect reproductive and gender-affirming health care from federal investigations.
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

Massachusetts lesbian Gov. Maura Healey signs abortion and gender-affirming care shield law

Massachusetts strengthens protections for reproductive healthcare through the Shield Act 2.0, ensuring access to abortion and gender-affirming care.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
2 months ago

BREAKING: Appeals court rejects challenge to Oklahoma's ban on gender-affirming care for youth

The 10th Circuit upheld Oklahoma's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, referencing the Supreme Court's ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti.
#supreme-court
fromsfist.com
2 months ago

Saturday Links: Oakland Police Seize 27 Guns in Weeklong East Oakland Arrest Sweep

The Oakland Police Department seized 27 guns and made multiple felony arrests this week during a string of operations tied to past shootings, robberies, and carjackings.
California
US politics
fromTruthout
2 months ago

Over a Dozen States Sue Trump Administration to Protect Gender Affirming Care

Trump administration is accused of exerting unconstitutional pressure to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender youth nationwide.
LGBT
fromABC7 San Francisco
3 months ago

Nurses protest Kaiser's cut to transgender care for young people in SF: Here's what both sides say

Nurses protested Kaiser Permanente's pause on gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19, citing pressure from the Trump Administration.
San Francisco
fromsfist.com
3 months ago

Saturday Links: Nurses, Parents Protest Kaiser's Pause on Trans Youth Care

Protestors criticized Kaiser's pause on gender-affirming care for minors, while ICE conducted significant arrests at a San Francisco immigration court.
fromAdvocate.com
3 months ago

Laws are targeting my daughter's right to exist

"It's not some abstract issue. This is about whether I get to live my life." After transitioning, everything shifted. My daughter found hope, felt joy, and had the energy to connect with new friends.
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#kaiser-permanente
#healthcare
fromTruthout
3 months ago

Puerto Rico Criminalizes Gender-Affirming Care for People Under 21

Act 63-2025, signed by Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González Colón, criminalizes gender-affirming care for those under 21, imposing prison time and hefty fines.
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#lgbtq
fromAdvocate.com
3 months ago
LGBT

FTC hosts anti-trans workshop LGBTQ+ advocates call 'government-sponsored disinformation'

The FTC workshop was criticized for promoting anti-trans narratives against gender-affirming care for youth.
fromAdvocate.com
4 months ago
SF LGBT

Stanford Medicine caves to Trump Administration, ends gender-affirming surgeries for youth

Stanford Medicine has halted gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19 due to political pressures.
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

The Transgender Road to Tennessee

The Supreme Court has allowed states to determine the availability of gender-affirming care for minors, with the potential for state legislators to overrule parental decisions.
US politics
US politics
fromSocial Media Today
3 months ago

xAI Struggles to Make its Grok Bot Align With Elon Musk's Personal Opinions

Political opinions are polarized, with a significant disparity in how left and right-wing views are expressed online.
#lgbtq-health
fromsfist.com
4 months ago

Stanford Medicine Announces 'Pause' In Providing Gender-Affirming Surgeries for Trans Youth

UCSF may become one of the last places in California to provide gender-affirming surgeries for teenagers, following Stanford's suspension and closures of other facilities.
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