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19 blue states sue to stop RFK’s proposed gender-affirming care hospital ban
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (1084+ words) The states argue that Kennedy overreached his power in threatening to withhold funds from hospitals. Nineteen states are suing to block the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announcement last week of a proposed rule to end all federal…...
Dr Oz brutally mocked for his bizarre rant about the high price of penises & testicles
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (988+ words) "Better wait for a BOGO on the testicles." Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, announced yesterday proposed rules that could end gender-affirming care for trans youth across the country if they go into effect. And…...
Trump administration is forcing hospitals to end gender-affirming care for trans minors
6+ day, 50+ min ago (1332+ words) New rules will bar funding to hospitals nationwide that provide it. Today, the Trump administration announced new rules that would end gender-affirming care for minors at hospitals across the country. At a news conference led by Health and Human Services…...
Trans youth & families sue hospitals for denying them care: They're "living through a nightmare"
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (1046+ words) Two major hospitals in Connecticut stopped providing gender-affirming care to comply with the president. Now they're getting sued. GLAD Law has filed civil rights complaints against two hospital systems in Connecticut, claiming that their decision to suspend gender-affirming medical care…...
Pronoun respect for trans youth can reduce suicide risk by over 30%, study finds
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1050+ words) As young trans and nonbinary people face the holidays, a new study shows respect for their pronouns could be life saving. For transgender and nonbinary young people (aged 18-24), having the majority of people in their lives respect their pronouns could…...
Teacher facing jail time for holding Pride march has no regrets: "Freedom comes at a high price"
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (1398+ words) G'za Buz's-H'bel says the integrity of the European Union is in jeopardy if something isn't done to stop Hungary's anti-LGBTQ+ crusade. A Hungarian LGBTQ+ rights activist is being investigated for defying the country's new ban on Pride events when he…...
These parents couldn't find a space that centered Black trans kids. So they made one.
3+ week, 4+ day ago (955+ words) For parents of color, advocating for their kids means fighting both transphobia & racism. Rainbow in Black wants to help families through it all. "There are questions that you don't even know to ask because you don't know what you don't…...
Texas approves "parents rights" amendment that could enable harm against kids
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1059+ words) The "vague and broad" amendment could enable parents to justify child abuse or allow state agents to arbitrarily define acceptable parental standards. On Tuesday, nearly 70% of Texas voters approved Proposition 15, a state constitutional amendment granting parents the right "to exercise…...
Maryland's anti-book ban law used for first time in state's history. It protected a gay book.
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (879+ words) "There are kids out there right now who are going through exactly what I went through in 1995," the author said about his book. Maryland's State Board of Education reversed a local book ban for the first time under the state's…...
Calls to suicide hotline decline sharply after Christian conservative resigns as education head
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (866+ words) Teachers have literally been celebrating his departure. The Rainbow Youth Project, a group that operates a national crisis hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, said calls from Oklahoma declined over the last month after the resignation of anti-LGBTQ+ Christian Nationalist Ryan Walters…...