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Health and WellnessBiden admin calls for program to help provide more gender-affirming care for trans people with HIV
The call comes as part of the Department of Health & Human Services celebration of the Affordable Care Act’s 12th anniversary.
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Health and WellnessDr. Rachel Levine defends trans youth who are losing healthcare in GOP-led states
The new Assistant Secretary of Health said that “I think that people fear what they don’t understand.”
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LGBTQ PrimeA court temporarily stopped an anti-LGBTQ health care rule, but the fight is far from over
There’s no question that the Affordable Care Act has greatly benefited older LGBTQ Americans. AARP is helping to protect it.
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PoliticsSenate Democrats urge Trump admin to stop easing discrimination rules during COVID pandemic
The changes suggest to health care providers and insurers that they can refuse to care for LGBTQ patients – including testing and treatment for COVID-19.
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PoliticsThe Trump administration is erasing transgender people from government websites
While multiple references to the LGBTQ community have disappeared, trans people are specifically being erased entirely.
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Health and WellnessJudge vacates Trump’s rule that would allow doctors to discriminate against LGBTQ people
The judge was shocked that Trump’s rule would allow ambulance drivers to dump a patient in the road for religious reasons. “Such harsh treatment would be blessed by the new rule.”
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PoliticsMike Pence praises new rule that allows adoption agencies to ban gay parents
Pence said he “couldn’t be more proud” of the rule which protects adoption agencies’ “deeply held religious beliefs.”
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News (USA)Turns out health care providers aren’t turning away people for religious objections
That means the recent assertions by the Department of Health and Human Services are another Trump administration falsehood.
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PoliticsJudge throws out Trump’s religious exemption rule that allowed doctors to discriminate
The judge said that the rule violated federal laws that ban discrimination and patient dumping.
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Health and WellnessHHS Secretary Alex Azar is supposed to be fighting HIV but he’s befriending anti-LGBTQ hate groups
Trump pledged to eradicate HIV by 2030, but his Health Secretary’s political pals have different goals in mind.
