#health-care-access

#health-care-access

With the potential shutdown of the only government-funded LGBTQ+ suicide crisis line, lawmakers express urgent concerns about the implications for vulnerable lives in jeopardy.

Aleman, a homeless outreach counsellor at St. Michael's Hospital, actively supports unhoused individuals by guiding them through a health-care system often complex for those without stable housing.

Human rights groups have called the policy cruel, racist and misogynist, highlighting that the crackdown has left many pregnant women with a terrifying choice between giving birth at home or facing deportation.

Respondents who lived in less supportive local communities, those in states with laws and policies that were less supportive of transgender people, and those with concerns about the impact of Trump's presidency on their access to health care, exposure to discrimination, and vulnerability to hate crimes, were more likely to want to move to a state they viewed as more trans-affirming.