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Rhode Island bans ex-gay ‘conversion therapy’ torture aimed at LGBT youth
The law bars providers from advertising or engaging in conversion therapy for those under 18.
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AMA advises surgery should not be a requirement for birth certificate changes
CHICAGO — The American Medical Association on Monday said transgender people should be able to switch the sex designation on their birth certificates without having sex-change surgery. Most states make the operations a prerequisite, but a new AMA policy acknowledges that gender identity doesn’t always match a person’s birth anatomy.
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Baldwin leads 85 lawmakers calling for end to blood donation ban for gay men
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is leading a group of 85 House and Senate lawmakers criticizing what she’s says is the sluggish pace the nation’s top health officials have taken at reevaluating blood donation policies for gay men.
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AMA says it opposes FDA lifetime ban on gay men as blood donors
The American Medical Association, the largest association of physicians in the U.S., voted Tuesday to oppose a decades long ban by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which prohibits gay men from donating blood, reported ABC News.
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AMA says ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ gay marriage bans leave LGBT families vulnerable
The nation’s largest doctors’ group has agreed to join efforts to repeal the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy, Associated Press reports: The American Medical Association says the ‘don’t ask, don’t-tell’ law creates an ethical dilemma for gay service members and the doctors who treat them. The AMA also voted to declare that gay marriage […]