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News
Texas may lose billions in federal funding over its attack on trans children. The state is suing.
The state says it isn’t trying to deny life-saving care to trans children, but rather trying to protect children from “unnecessary medical interventions.” That’s a lie.
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Life
Rachel Levine on facing transphobia: “I am really able to channel that emotion into my work”
Levine, the first transgender person to ever be confirmed by the U.S. Senate to a Cabinet-level position, said she harnesses the transphobia she has experienced and uses it to help people.
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Bias Watch
Evangelical leader says doctors are too stupid to understand trans patients’ “biology”
Family Research Council head Tony Perkins said the LGBTQ anti-discrimination rule will have “tragic” consequences because doctors will mix up people’s medications.
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News (USA)
Biden bans discrimination against LGBTQ people in healthcare
The announcement reverses a Trump-era policy that allowed providers to deny care to LGBTQ people.
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Health and Wellness
Dr. 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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Politics
Republican lawmaker faces reprimand for sharing derogatory meme about trans Biden nominee
The lawmaker now regrets “poking fun” at Dr. Rachel Levine, although he did not see the “error” of his post until he received a ton of messages. He didn’t actually apologize to her though.
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News (USA)
Trump blocked Dr. Fauci from going on Rachel Maddow’s show “for months.” Biden has already let him.
Dr. Fauci made his most open rebuke of the Trump administration to date during his MSNBC appearance. “I had pressure put on me, but I resisted it.”
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Health and Wellness
Oregon’s governor accuses Trump administration of massive “deception” about coronavirus vaccine
“This is a deception on a national scale,” out governor Kate Brown alleged in a bombshell announcement that there is no national reserve.
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Politics
You’ll be able to get PrEP for free soon
A new government program will cover the cost of PrEP for people without prescription drug coverage.
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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.