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Republican AGs demand Biden administration allow them to keep access to out-of-state medical records
The Republicans say that they need out-of-state medical records to enforce state bans on abortion and gender-affirming care.
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Biden administration announces monkeypox coordinator as 3 states declare state of emergency
Thee governors of California, New York, and Illinois can expand resources to stop the spread of monkeypox.
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Biden administration announces new policy to strengthen transgender healthcare protections
“We want to make sure that whoever you are, whatever you look like, wherever you live, however you wish to live your life, that you have access to the care that you need.”
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Gov. Jared Polis announces better coverage of gender affirming care in Colorado
While Colorado policies already cover some aspects of gender-affirming care, there will now be more procedures deemed essential.
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California is banning state-sponsored travel to Ohio over their anti-LGBTQ law
California previously enacted such a ban against 17 other states, including Texas and North Carolina. Now Ohio is on their naughty list.
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Supreme Court rejects Texas’s lawsuit against California over LGBTQ adoption law
Texas allows adoption agencies to refuse to work with LGBTQ parents. California banned state-funded travel to Texas in response. Texas cried discrimination.
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Joe Biden calls for increase in funds to end HIV epidemic
Part of the money will go to funding access to PrEP.
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The religious right is targeting HHS nominee Xavier Beccara for being too pro-LGBTQ
Conservatives are making more noise about Becerra, a supporter of LGBTQ rights and reproductive rights, than they did about Pete Buttigieg.
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Joe Biden picks transgender woman for assistant health secretary
Dr. Rachel Levine could be the first out transgender person appointed to a federal position and approved by the U.S. Senate.
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Judge 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.”