BAGLY’s Lawsuit Allowed To Continue
Federal Court Allows BAGLY Lawsuit Challenging Trump “Rollback Rule” Undermining Healthcare Nondiscrimination Protections To Continue BOSTON—Recently, a federal court permitted plaintiffs to continue to pursue…
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Biden Restores LGBTQ+ Health Protections
Pres. Joe Biden revives Obama-era Health Care Protections to LGBTQ+ Americans Honoring campaign promises, President Joe Biden earlier today signed an executive order restoring health…
Barrett Uses Word “Preference” During Testimony
Organizations Chime in on how Barrett used the term “sexual preference” when speaking about the LGBTQ+ community. “This is why so many people, including many…
Barrett Threatens Rights, Democracy
Trump Supreme Court Nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Threatens LGBTQ+ Rights & Democracy; Sen Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey Talk To The Rainbow Times About…
Trump Rushes To Replace Justice Ginsburg
Organizations condemn Trump for jumping to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Nomination endangers many groups’ livelihoods, Court’s balance By: Audrey Cole*/TRT Reporter— Pres. Trump rushed…
Trans Man Sues Baltimore Hospitals For Discrimination
The facility claims religious exemption to deny the surgery to trans man BALTIMORE—A transgender man allegedly was denied gender affirmation surgery at the University of…
Holyoke Mayor Challenges Incumbent For 1st Congressional Seat
Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse says he’s challenging “status quo” by running against Congressman Richard Neal By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— Holyoke, Massachusetts Mayor Alex Morse…
Fenway: Policy Outlines Likely to Harm LGBTQ People From New Trump Health Care Regulation
BOSTON—Recently, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief outlining the harm to LGBT people likely to result from a new health care…
Orgs. Sue NC Officials For Denying Health Care To Transgender Employees & Trans Children
GREENSBORO, NC—Lambda Legal and Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) filed a federal lawsuit against North Carolina officials today for discrimination in state employee…
FAQs To Trump Admin Plan to Roll Back ACA Trans Nondiscrimination Regulation
By: National Center for Transgender Equality— The Trump Administration has announced that it is planning to roll back an important regulation about Section 1557 of…
Reactions to Trump’s Nomination of Kavanaugh To The Supreme Court
Last night Pres. Trump announced that he is nominating Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on the United States Supreme Court,…
Campaign to Elevate Voices of Trans People Living with HIV in National Conversation About Health Care
OAKLAND, Calif.—Transgender Law Center’s Positively Trans project recently launched #ACApositive, a campaign to shift the conversation about health care and the Affordable Care Act towards a…
Looking Back on 2017 in HIV/AIDS – What’s in Store for 2018
The political climate challenges our ability to keep making gains in ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic, even as we’re beginning to see some new possibilities for…
Graham-Cassidy Healthcare Bill Would Harm LGBTs and People Living With HIV
BOSTON—The latest Congressional proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), sponsored by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), would make…
“Becoming Visible” Workshop Educates Clinicians on Transgender Patient Care
Transgender health needs prompt culturally-sensitive medical training By: Jenna Spinelle/TRT Reporter— SOUTH ATTLEBORO Mass.—Rachel Legend has spent her career advocating for the LGBTQ community across…
Fenway: Under Senate Plan Among 22 Million Would Lose Health Insurance
LGBT & PLWH Disproportionately Affected by It BOSTON—The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), a U.S. Senate bill to…
U.S. Senate Version of Health Bill Will Likely Harm People With HIV
By: Eric Brush*— As this column was being finished, the U.S. Senate was still working on its version of a bill that would replace the…
Congressional Budget Deal Has Good News; GOP Health Care Bill Does Not
By: Eric Brus* Congress agreed on a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that will fund most federal government operations through fiscal year (FY) 2017, which…
Fenway Health Urges Senate to Preserve Health Equity Measures and Coverage Expansions of ACA
BOSTON―Last week, the US House of Representatives approved the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a bill designed to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If…
Organizations, AG Respond to Trump Executive Order on Religious Exemptions
A directive that has worried many in the LGBTQ community and women circles reared its ugly head today. President Trump, with the stroke of his…
New Amendment to GOP Healthcare Bill Poses Greater Threat to LGBTs Living with HIV
The GOP Healthcare Bill is bad news with people with pre-existing conditions BOSTON, Mass.―Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief analyzing…
Far-Right Republican Health Care Repeal Would Leave Millions of LGBT People Uninsured
SAN FRANCISCO—Despite overwhelming opposition to previous efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, far-right Republicans in Congress have come out with a new plan to…
Health Care Gains Made Under Obamacare Remain At Risk
Obamacare could still be on the chopping block By: Eric Brus*— Now that Congress is no longer considering the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a…