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Health and Wellness
Trans people sue West Virginia for denying them equal health care benefits
“This health care is about my very survival.”
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Politics
Fabian Nelson could be the LGBTQ lawmaker Mississippi needs
“A lot of us are verbally attacked,” he told LGBTQ Nation. “So being a role model to LGBTQ youth would mean so much to me, to say, hey it can be done.”
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Commentary
When Black queer women win, we all win
Michele Rayner & Jasmen Rogers-Shaw could be the first queer Black women in the Florida legislature.
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Health and Wellness
Trump promises to end AIDS in 10 years. Experts say his policies are thwarting that goal.
He would need to increase funding for PrEP, protect LGBTQ rights, and increase access to affordable health care.
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Health and Wellness
Federal judge rules Wisconsin’s Medicaid program must cover transgender healthcare
The judge said that transgender health care is medically necessary and a state law forbidding the use of Medicaid money for “transsexual surgery” has been overturned.
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Health and Wellness
Congress could shut the door on taxpayer-funded conversion therapy
The bill would crack down on “misleading billing tactics” that allow conversion therapy bills to be covered by Medicaid.
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Health and Wellness
Wisconsin has started covering trans healthcare as GOP governor gets ready to leave office
The state’s Insurance Board decided in 2016 to cover expenses related to transitions, but Governor Scott Walker (R) told them to reverse their decision.
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Bias Watch
The religious right feels betrayed by Kavanaugh’s vote in Planned Parenthood cases
““Now we know, for certain, that Brett Kavanaugh is a fraud. He should never have been President Trump’s first choice. He’s a weakling.”
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Health and Wellness
The South needs PrEP the most, so why are the fewest prescriptions written there?
And why don’t some doctors know what it is and what it can do?
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News (USA)
Transgender people opting for gender confirmation surgery is dramatically on the rise
But will the Trump administration’s attacks against the transgender community include ignoring an Obamacare mandate that helped make this positive trend a possibility?