Enormous Outpouring Of Support For Conversion Therapy Ban In Maine
Youth and Medical and Legal Professionals Describe Extreme Damage to LGBTQ Youth Young people—LGBTQ themselves and their siblings—kicked off the public hearing in favor of…
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RI Medicaid Program Removes Outdated Transgender Exclusions
This week, Rhode Island’s Department of Health and Human Services announced that the state’s Medicaid program has removed arbitrary and outdated coverage exclusions for transgender…
GLAD Calls for End to Conversion Therapy in Massachusetts
BOSTON, Mass.—Bennett Klein, Senior Attorney for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) testified today in favor of banning the destructive practice of so-called “conversion…
Creep of the Week: Gov. Rick Snyder, More Worried About Same-Sex Parents than His State’s Fate
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— The Michigan marriage trial, officially known as DeBoer v. Snyder for plaintiff April DeBoer and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, has…
Ugandan President Planning to Sign Horrific Anti-Gay Bill into Law
President Yoweri Museveni’s reversal comes after a review of junk science from so-called “medical experts” WASHINGTON – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is planning to sign an…
Gov. Christie Signs Bill Protecting New Jersey’s Youth
Law will ban harmful psychological abuse of children WASHINGTON – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed into law AB 3371, a bill that will…
California Bans Insurance Discrimination Against Transgender Patients
DMHC Issues Clarifying Directive to Health Plans SAN FRANCISCO, California — California’s Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) has issued guidance clarifying the obligations of…
Group Applauds Colorado Decision Banning Transgender Health Care Discrimination
Denver, Colorado–Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) applauds the release of a bulletin by the Colorado Division of Insurance which bans health insurance discrimination…
Black History Month Overshadowed by Prejudice
By: Nicole Lashomb, Editor-in-Chief– February kicks off Black History Month, a month designated to pay tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with…